RECOMMENDED: Full guide to shopping in NYC Been there ... At Vintage Thrift West, the shop’s second location, you can sift through men’s and women’s clothing and browse accessories displayed ...

where label-laden ladies donate gently worn goods to the Council Thrift Shop. The shop is a crowded jumble of random items—a pair of last season’s Manolo Blahniks, a digital tire gauge ...

Loads and loads of old Gap, Levi’s, Ann Taylor, and Liz Claiborne land in these vast, neon-lit stores. Prices depend on quality, but they have men’s suits for $39 to $60, winter jackets for $10 and up ...