Canal Street (and TriBeCa) in NYC used to be surplus nirvana. But that was many years ago. All the really good scrap stores have closed up shop.
My dad used to take me and my brother there all the time when I was a kid. Then I worked at Trans-Am Electronics on Canal St when I was a teenager back in the 70's. Fun times. Made some great friends that I still talk to. These days... Not a lot of surplus electronic places left in NYC. The real estate itself was worth way more than the businesses could ever take in. And then rents went through the roof in the late 80's & 90's. If you did not own the building you got pushed out when your lease expired. And if you did own the building, you sold it for millions and retired. But I think Argo might still be there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QqUyNsJ02U Not sure it's worth a special trip. But if you want to come into the city and poke around Chinatown, Little Italy, and the downtown area anyway then it's still worth a peek. Just don't buy any Rolex watches or Coach bags if offered while walking along Canal . (unless you happen to be shopping for fakes) Also second the recommendation to take the PATH / NJ transit / public transport into town. Parking can be a PITA during the day. But if you're going to go out to Leed's, then having a car might be more convenient, if expensive. The bridge / tunnel tolls (not to mention the traffic) can shock the uninitiated. BTW, I used to frequently eat dinner with Bernie Goldstein. Bernie owned Leed's Radio when it was still in Manhattan on Warren St. below Canal. Another possible activity. Don't know where your data center in NJ is, but the Trenton Computer Festival is coming up in a week or so. http://tcf.pages.tcnj.edu/ The TCF indoor fleamarket is not as large as it used to be, but it is a fun show. Lots of old computer gear on parade. I'll be there selling some junk and surplus electronic components. carl -------------------------------------------------------- Henry Carl Ott N2RVQ [email protected] On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 7:32 PM, David Speck MD <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick, > > For the 8 years I lived in NYC (1975 - 83), the place to go was Canal > Street, west of the #6 train. There used to be about 7 or 8 places with > electronic surplus. Regrettably, I haven't been back since then. > > I hear the area has been gentrified to a large extent, but a quick Google > search for "electronic surplus Canal street NYC" shows that there are at > least a couple of places still open -- Argo electronics (a name I remember > from "back when", and "269 Electronics" (new to me). Sylvan - Wellington > was retail with good quality Xcellite tools, and a comprehensive inventory > of Stancor and Triad transformers. If you needed a part with specific > ratings, they would have it, though at a price. I'd still stop in whenever > I went by, just to drool. > > There were also places like Pearl Paint (lots of art supplies at bargain > prices), Canal Electric Motors -- (motors and industrial electrical > equipment of all sorts, also very inexpensive) and a couple of plastics > places where you could get all sorts of sheet Plexiglas and various molded > parts retail. > > I also remember a radio place on west 42nd (or 47th or 48th St), a third > or fourth floor walkup, crammed floor to ceiling with musty boxes of WWII > radios and components, lit by a single fluorescent tube of dubious > parentage. Only went there once, as the prices were high, and the owner > wouldn't let you browse. With current real estate values in Central > Manhattan, I doubt that they would still be there. > > When I was there, it was better to take the train than to drive. There was > nowhere to park, and no one ever stole a subway car. ;o) Don't know how > safe the neighborhood is now. > > Let us know what you find. I spent many a happy Saturday afternoon there. > > Dave > > > On 3/11/2015 3:13 PM, Nick wrote: > >> I'm in New York (actually, New Jersey) for the next two weeks... >> >> ...any surplus stores or good radio places I should visit? I have a car... >> >> ...mostly, I'll be "living" in a stonking great data centre (for the >> full 14 days, including weekends), but the engineers I'm taking over >> there don't really need me standing over their shoulders, so I may get >> some free time... >> >> I'm hoping to visit Leeds Radio in their new location in the Bronx... >> [url]http://leedsradio.com/[/url] >> >> ...bought off them several times - nice guys... >> >> Nick >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/neonixie-l/5500D07B.6050507%40davidspeckmd.org. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. 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