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Tease And PleaseFlushing

33-37 108th St, Flushing, NY 11368

★ 5.0 · 28
2

365 shop Inc / Brooklyn Adult Sex Toy & Lingerie StoreBrooklyn

5704 8th Ave Ste 205, Brooklyn, NY 11220

★ 5.0 · 96
3

Lady Konfidential

119 W 57th St Suite #1201, New York, NY 10019

★ 5.0 · 100
4

Afterglow | Sex Toy Store | Sex Toys | Lingerie Store | Sex Shop | Sexual Health & Wellness | UES

1308 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10065

★ 5.0 · 142
5

Afterglow | Sex Toy Store | Lingerie | Sex Shop | Sexual Health & Wellness

257 W 19th St, New York, NY 10011

★ 5.0 · 515
6

Romantic Depot YonkersYonkers

1937 Central Park Ave, Yonkers, NY 10710

★ 5.0 · 524
7

Romantic Depot Flatbush Ave BrooklynBrooklyn

1974 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11234

★ 5.0 · 1085
8

Adult Shop Sex Toys BrooklynBrooklyn

6 Bay 23rd St 2nd floor, Brooklyn, NY 11214

★ 4.9 · 141
9

CherryBoxxx

161 W 4th St, New York, NY 10014

★ 4.9 · 148
10

Romantic Depot RocklandWest Nyack

301 NY-59 St, West Nyack, NY 10994

★ 4.9 · 1114
11

Romantic Depot BrooklynBrooklyn

906 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11238

★ 4.9 · 1400
12

Romantic Depot WestchesterElmsford

6 Frontage St, Elmsford, NY 10523

★ 4.9 · 1498
13

Romantic Depot QueensSunnyside

47-02 Queens Blvd, Sunnyside, NY 11104

★ 4.9 · 2472
14

Romantic Depot BronxBronx

3703 Provost Ave, Bronx, NY 10466

★ 4.9 · 2566
15

Romantic Depot Manhattan

3418 Broadway, New York, NY 10031

★ 4.9 · 3343
16

Please - An Educated Pleasure ShopBrooklyn

635 5th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215

★ 4.8 · 36
17

London FetishBrooklyn

167 Bedford Ave #1r ( Rear of building on 8 street, Brooklyn, NY 11211

★ 4.7 · 30
18

Afterglow | Sex Toy Store | Sex Toys | Lingerie Store | Sex Shop | Sexual Health & Wellness | WilliamsburgBrooklyn

292 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249

★ 4.7 · 55
19

Xpressions - Sex Toys & Adult StoreOakdale

4134 Sunrise Hwy, Oakdale, NY 11769

★ 4.7 · 95
20

Xpressions - Sex Toys & Adult StoreLindenhurst

146 W Sunrise Hwy, Lindenhurst, NY 11757

★ 4.6 · 55
21

Romantic DepotLodi

100 NJ-17, Lodi, NJ 07644

★ 4.6 · 129
22

HUSTLER® Hollywood

41 W 8th St, New York, NY 10011

★ 4.5 · 48
23

Pleasure Chest

156 7th Ave S, New York, NY 10014

★ 4.4 · 77
24

Playtime BoutiqueEdison

321 US-1, Edison, NJ 08817

★ 4.4 · 80
25

Adan Y EvaElizabeth

956 Elizabeth Ave, Elizabeth, NJ 07201

★ 4.2 · 12
26

Essex Adult EmporiumFairfield

276 US-46, Fairfield, NJ 07004

★ 4.2 · 26
27

Best Kept SecretBayside

216-15 Northern Blvd, Bayside, NY 11361

★ 4.2 · 30
28

Midnight BloomBrooklyn

2055 Utica Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11234

★ 4.2 · 71
29

The Blue

236 W 40th St, New York, NY 10018

★ 4.1 · 15
30

FANTASY PARTY NYC

333 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014

★ 4.0 · 92
31

Pleasure Plus VideoSaddle Brook

205 N 6th St UNIT 46, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663

★ 3.9 · 41
32

BabelandBrooklyn

462 Bergen St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

★ 3.9 · 43
33

The Pleasure Chest

810 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10065

★ 3.9 · 57
34

Pink Pussycat Boutique | Adult Sex Toy Shop | Sex Store | Lingerie & Sexy Clothing

167 W 4th St, New York, NY 10014

★ 3.9 · 83
35

Naughty A Couple's BoutiqueUnion

2540 US-22, Union, NJ 07083

★ 3.8 · 57
36

Harmony

165 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011

★ 3.5 · 39
37

Montclair Video BoutiqueMontclair

385 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042

★ 3.4 · 47
38

Video Extra BoutiqueElizabeth

701 Spring St # 7, Elizabeth, NJ 07201

★ 3.2 · 31
39

Rainbow Station

203 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011

★ 3.0 · 86
40

VISHARA VIDEO INC.

781 8th Ave, New York, NY 10036

★ 2.5 · 62

About New York

New York City has the deepest in-person adult-retail history in the country and the modern map reflects it in three concentrations: the Eighth Avenue / Times Square remnant, Chelsea and the West Village, and the Brooklyn boutique cluster around Bedford-Stuyvesant and Williamsburg.

The 1990s zoning push (the 60/40 rule) reshaped most of Manhattan, closing dozens of mainline storefronts and pushing operators into mixed-use spaces in the Garment District and along Tenth Avenue. The modern result is a smaller but more varied set of stores: fewer video-arcade spaces, more curated boutiques. East Village storefronts are tightly clustered between Avenues A and B.

Brooklyn's listings are newer and skew queer- and women-owned, with the heaviest density along Bedford Avenue. Queens listings are concentrated in Astoria and Jackson Heights; the Bronx and Staten Island have the thinnest coverage. Most NYC stores stay open until midnight or later on Friday and Saturday -- check individual listings, as some Brooklyn spots close earlier than their Manhattan equivalents.

Understanding the modern map requires understanding the regulatory inflection point. The Times Square consolidation of the late 1970s -- more than 140 adult businesses in a 35-block area at peak -- drove the political backlash that produced the 1995 adult-use amendment. That ordinance required 60% non-adult inventory or floor space and imposed 500-foot proximity buffers from schools, places of worship, and other adult establishments. The practical effect was rapid: between 1995 and 2002, the city's licensed adult-establishment count fell by roughly two-thirds. Many operators reorganized inventory to fall under the 40% threshold and remain as general-retail businesses with adult sections. Others moved to the West Side rail corridor, the Garment District, and east into Brooklyn and Queens.

The post-zoning Manhattan map has three legible nodes. The Eighth Avenue corridor between 42nd and 45th carries the last surviving concentration of the Times Square era, with a handful of historically-anchored storefronts. Chelsea (8th and 9th Avenues between 14th and 23rd) carries a denser concentration of post-zoning boutique storefronts, many serving the area's queer-community resident base. The West Village (Bleecker, Christopher, and the side streets between 6th and 7th Avenues) carries a smaller but historically continuous set of stores. The East Village's cluster between Avenues A and B is the smallest, with a handful of long-running independents.

Brooklyn's footprint is the newest and the most distinct in inventory mix. The Bedford-Stuyvesant and Williamsburg corridors carry the densest queer-friendly and women-owned boutique presence -- many of these storefronts opened between 2010 and 2020 and carry inventories oriented around sex education, kink, and specialty merchandise rather than mass-market product. Greenpoint, Park Slope, and Crown Heights carry smaller boutique storefronts in similar mold. Bushwick adds a few warehouse-conversion storefronts tied to the neighborhood's nightlife and gallery economy.

Queens coverage runs along Steinway Street in Astoria and Roosevelt Avenue through Jackson Heights, with smaller storefronts in Flushing and Forest Hills. Astoria carries a mix of independent and chain; Jackson Heights' coverage skews toward queer-community-oriented stores serving the area's resident population. The Bronx and Staten Island each carry a handful of listings -- most Bronx residents drive south into Manhattan or north into Yonkers and Westchester for in-person shopping. Staten Island residents typically cross into New Jersey or take the ferry into Manhattan.

Walking the modern NYC scene end-to-end means at least three borough trips and one or two longer subway rides. Inventory mix varies more between Manhattan and Brooklyn than between most other cities' entire footprints.

Where to shop in New York

The city's adult-retail neighborhoods break into seven tiers by density, history, and inventory orientation.

- **Chelsea & West Village** (Manhattan) -- The densest post-zoning concentration in Manhattan. 8th and 9th Avenues from 14th to 23rd carry the Chelsea cluster; Bleecker, Christopher, and the West Village side streets carry the Village set. Inventory mix skews toward queer-community boutique with some legacy mainline storefronts. Most stay open until midnight or later on weekends.

- **East Village** (Manhattan) -- Tightly clustered between Avenues A and B. Small footprint but high continuity -- most operators have been in place since the 1990s or earlier. Inventory tends toward independent and curated rather than chain.

- **Bedford-Stuyvesant & Williamsburg** (Brooklyn) -- The newest and fastest-growing concentration in the city. Storefronts along and off Bedford Avenue carry the densest queer- and women-owned boutique presence. Most opened between 2010 and 2020. Hours can close earlier than Manhattan equivalents -- some shut by 9 or 10pm weekdays.

- **Astoria & Jackson Heights** (Queens) -- Queens' main coverage. Steinway Street (Astoria) carries a mix of independent and chain; Roosevelt Avenue (Jackson Heights) skews toward queer-community-oriented retail serving the area's resident population. Forest Hills and Flushing add scattered storefronts.

- **Eighth Avenue / Times Square** (Manhattan) -- The last surviving concentration from the pre-1995 Times Square era. Highly visible storefronts along 8th Avenue between 42nd and 45th carry a mix of tourist-oriented and legacy mainline inventory. Hours run latest in the city.

- **Greenpoint, Park Slope, Crown Heights** (Brooklyn) -- Smaller boutique storefronts in the same mold as Bedford-Stuy. Bushwick adds a few warehouse-conversion spaces tied to the neighborhood's nightlife and gallery economy.

- **The Bronx & Staten Island** -- Thinnest coverage in the metro. Most residents commute into Manhattan or cross into Westchester, Yonkers, or New Jersey for in-person shopping.