Design Supplies

List of supply shops and information for art students in the NYC area. Click on a heading below, or scroll through the list.

Art Supply Stores

Bookstores

Catalogs

Hardware

Libraries

Lumber

Metal

Paper

Photography

Plastics

Reproductions

Rubber

Service Bureaus

Stone

Art Supply Stores

A. I. Friedman
44 W. 18th St.
(212) 243-9000

Especially for graphic art supplies. Student discount 20%, 10% on books. Small quantities of stat materials can be purchased and scheduled use of Friedman's facilities (which include a stat camera and INT unit) are possible after taking their one-day introduction to the equipment.

Americas Hobby Center, Inc.
146 West 22nd St.
(212) 675-8922

Charrette
33rd St & Lexington Ave.
(212) 683-8822

Checks, Mastercard, Visa. 20% discount for students.

Kate's Paperie
8 W. 13th St.
(212) 633-0570

Hard to find exotic paper

Lee's Art Shop
220 West 57th St.
(212) 247-0110
Fine Arts, Graphics, Framing, Furniture, Gifts

Pearl Paint
308 Canal St.
(212) 431-7932

Art Department Store. Must apply for check privileges, Visa, Mastercard. Take A train to Canal Street.

Sam Flax
233 Spring Street
(212) 675-3486

Art & Design supplies. Many other stores around Manhattan. Check yellow pages.

Utrecht
111 4th Ave.
(212) 777-5353

Discount Retailer. Will take checks with student I.D. Visa, Mastercard. Take 4, 5, 6 train to 14th Street.



Bookstores

Academy Book Store
10 West 18th St.
(212) 242-4848

Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway @ 82nd St.
(212) 362-8835

21st @ 6th Ave.
(212) 727-1227

105 5th Ave. & 18th St.
(212) 807-0099

879 6th Ave. @ 33rd
(212) 268-2505

B. Dalton Books
396 6th Ave., corner 8th
(212) 674-8780

Books Of Wonder
132 7th Ave. @ 18th
(212) 989-3270

Colliseum Books
1771 Broadway @ 57th(near 8th Ave.)
(212) 757-8381

Computer Book Works
25 Warren St.(A train to Chambers)
(212) 385-1616

Magazines
Park Ave and 17th
(212) 598-9406

Manhattan Books
150 Chambers St.
(212) 385-7395

McGraw Hill
1221 Ave. of the Amer.
(212) 512-4300

Morton
989 Third Ave.
(212) 421-9025

The Interior Design Book Store

Pratt Bookstore
Main Building, lower level

Rizzoli
454 W. Broadway bet. Houston and Prince
(212) 674-1616

Spring Street Books
169 Spring Street
(212) 219-3033

Strand
828 Broadway at 12th St.
(212) 473-1452

Used, rare, out of print books.

Tower Books
Corner of 4th & Lafayette
(212) 228-5100

Urban Center Books
457 Madison Ave. bet. 50 & 51
(212) 935-3592

MUSEUM BOOKSTORES:

Metropolitan Museum Of Art
5th Ave. & 82nd St.
(212) 535-7710

MOMA
11 W. 53rd Street
(212) 708-9400

Cooper-Hewitt
2 E. 91st Street
(212) 860-6868

Guggenheim
1071 5th Ave. near 89th
(212) 360-3500


Catalogs

Small Parts Inc.
13980 NW 58th Ct.
P.O. Box 4650
Miami Lakes, FL 33014-0650
(305) 557-8222

Hardware

Adami
449 Myrtle Ave.
Brooklyn

Octagon
239 Dekalb
Brooklyn

Benjamin Moore
51 Canal Street
New York, NY

Ben Rose
215 Park Ave. So.
New York, NY


Libraries

Brooklyn Public Library
Flatbush Ave. at Grand Army Plaza
Hours: (718) 780-7810 / Info: 780-7700.

New York Public Library
5th Ave. at 40th St. in Manhattan
Main Branch
(212) 621-0626

New York Public Library
5th Ave. at 42nd St.
(212) 661-7220
Research library (no lending)

New York Public Library
W. 43rd St.
Patent Annex


Lumber

ABC Lumber
654 Washington(bet. Dean & Bergen)
(718) 638-1770

Bedford Lumber
650 Dekalb Ave. (Bed-Stuy nr. Nostrand Ave)
(718) 622-2800

Dykes Lumber
348 West 44th St.
(212) 246-6480

Metropolitan Lumber
175 Spring St.
(212) 246-9090


Metal

Bob Michaels Surplus
321-323 Canal Street
(212) 226-6467

Alum., Brass, Copper, Steel, Stainless

Mail Order Metals, Inc.
371 Canal
(212) 941-0737

Space Surplus Metals
325 Church St. at Canal
(212) 966-4358


Paper

80 Papers
510 Broome at W. B'way
(212) 431-7720

Kate's Paper
8 W. 13th
(212) 633-0570


Plastics

Canal Plastic Center
345 Canal Street
(212) 925-1032 or x-1164

Industrial Plastics
309 Canal St.
(212) 226-2010

Mail Order Plastics
302 Canal St.
(212) 226-7308

AIN Plastics
300 Park Ave. South
(212) 473-2100


Photography

Film Processing

Baboo
37th W. 20th St.
(212) 807-1574

Colorite
115 E. 31st St.
(212) 532-2116

Duggal
9 W. 20th St.
(212) 633-1266

Spectra
510 Laguardia Place
(212) 979-1100

Spindler
1501 Broadway
(212) 730-1255

For slide dupes

Tony Color
W. 23rd St.
(201) 807-7988

Photography

Colorwheel
227 E. 45th St.
(212) 697-2434

Cosmic Sound Delights
225 E. 43rd Street
(212) 688-8686

K & L Tartaro
222 E.44th St.
(212) 949-8191


Photocopying, Blueprinting, Stats

Blueprinting is available on campus in Pratt Studios (Interior Design, second floor) and the basement of the library. See either for prices. In addition, copies are available in the first floor of Higgins Hall.

Alle's Repro
12 E. 33rd St.
(212) 532-1883

For Tone Stats

Brooklyn Progress
193 Joralemon, between Court & Clinton
(718) 875-0696

Blueprint and copy

Columbia Blue & Photoprint
32 West 40th St.
(212) 221-0192

East Side Copy Center
15 E. 13th St.
Between 5th Ave. and University Pl.
(212) 807-0465

Color copies, oversize xerox

Ever Ready Blue Print
Union Square, 200 Park Ave. South
Corner of 17th (13th Floor).
(212) 228-3131

Open weekends. $3.00 minimum. No waiting or up to one hour. 8% student discount with I.D. Blue, Black, Brown line xerox on bond or vellum. Good to medium quality. Take 4, 5, 6 train to 14th Street.

Fotoscreen
32 E. 31st St.
(212) 889-1110

For fineline prints, stats, good quality

Kinkos
Several locations:

24 E. 12th street @ University Place
(212) 924-0802

F.I.T./Chelsea
245 7th Avenue @ 24th Street
(212) 929-COPY

Midtown @ 34th Street
191 Madison Avenue @ 34th street
(212) 685-3449

Midtown @ 52nd street
16 E. 52nd street @ Madison Avenue
(212) 308-2679

Uptown @ 112th street
2872 Broadway @ 112th street
(212) 316-3390

Makin' Copies
(Color copies)
20 W. 23rd bet. 5th & 6th
(212) 366-0400

Metro Giant
45 E. 17th St.
(212) 477-1792

For stats larger than 24"

National Reprographics
110 W. 32nd Street, 8th Fl.
(212) 736-5674

666 Third Ave. (Kent Bldg. on 42nd Street)

One block from Grand Central. $5 minimum. Blue, Black, Brown line available. 20% discount for students on all white print services. Other services include xerox large format reduction, binding, photostats, excellent to good quality.

Park Slope Copy
123 7th Avenue
(718) 783-0268

Blueprints

Pro Print
51 E. 19th St.
(212) 473-3200

Stats

SMP Stats
26 E. 22nd St.
(212) 254-2282

Stat Store
148 5th Ave.(20th St.)
(212) 929-0566

$4.75 minimum. 2 hours wait. Take F train to 14th Street. Services include color xerox, xerox, photostats. Excellent to good quality.

Superior Copy
10th St. between 1st and Ave A

Color copies, B/W copies, prints from slides and friendly service.

Unique Copy Center
9 E. 4th street
(212) 777-5391

Unsloppy Copy
5 W. 8th Street
(212) 254-7336

Services include: reduction, color xeroxing, xeroxing onto card stock, binding, laminating, color xerox blow-up from color slide. Work done while you wait. Take A train to West 4th Street.


Rubber

Canal Rubber Supply
329 Canal St.
(212) 226-7339

Latex, rubber, polyurethane foam, tubing


Service Bureaus

MPC
4 W. 20th
(212) 463-8585


Marble, Granite, Stone

Domestic Stone & Marble
41 E. 42nd St.
(212) 557-1980

Marble Technics
150 E. 58th St.
(212) 750-9189


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