This is DEFINITELY the best Duane Reade in the area.
It's been recently overhauled and brought into the 21st century (unlike the nearby Elmhurst and 37th Avenue locations) and boasts key features like…. well stocked and organized shelves, bright lights, and.. wait for it… a nice staff.
Sometimes I forget how close I am to the filth of the 7-train and Roosevelt Ave when I cross through those automatic doors. It's like another world.
This new location is fantistic! It has a very Manhattan feel to it. This is a multi level location that has been built brand spankin new. Rite Aid better be shaking in their little booties with regards to this place sprouting out from nowhere. You can tell all of the employees are "openers" looking like they live nowhere near this location and the attidude is very friendly which is nothing like Jackson Heights at all…I am glad to have walked in on opening day and used my DR card that I have been using only in the city up until that point. Very happy to see a Duane Reade so close especially on 82nd street which needed a quality drugstore.
It's a Duane Reade. It's brightly lit, well-stocked, well managed and part of a large corporate pharmacy (and other goods) chain. I've filled prescriptions here and they're pretty quick, thorough and knowledge-able with a pretty consistent refill turnaround time.
The downfall? They seriously have the most pitiful holiday card section I've ever seen at a Duane Reade…I'm not talking about the really small, not yet renovated and re-branded Duane Reade's – I don't really see many of those left around – I'm talking about how this is a nicely sized, normal Duane Reade and I've tried 3 or 4 times now to pick up a quick card for a variety of occasions from birthdays, anniversary's, just because and a wedding (looooooong story as to why that was a last-minute thing, lol).
I tend to prefer craft shops or specialized places like Papyrus or Ricky's for thoughtful, quirky, crass or pretty cards – but there are times (and people) where a card from Duane Reade would suffice…they also don't carry the black eyeliner I like. It's Maybelline – they've got everything else but that one 24 hour Onyx Black liner I like. Blarg, lol.
This is DEFINITELY the best Duane Reade in the area.
It's been recently overhauled and brought into the 21st century (unlike the nearby Elmhurst and 37th Avenue locations) and boasts key features like…. well stocked and organized shelves, bright lights, and.. wait for it… a nice staff.
Sometimes I forget how close I am to the filth of the 7-train and Roosevelt Ave when I cross through those automatic doors. It's like another world.
Bravo!
This new location is fantistic! It has a very Manhattan feel to it. This is a multi level location that has been built brand spankin new. Rite Aid better be shaking in their little booties with regards to this place sprouting out from nowhere. You can tell all of the employees are "openers" looking like they live nowhere near this location and the attidude is very friendly which is nothing like Jackson Heights at all…I am glad to have walked in on opening day and used my DR card that I have been using only in the city up until that point. Very happy to see a Duane Reade so close especially on 82nd street which needed a quality drugstore.
It's a Duane Reade. It's brightly lit, well-stocked, well managed and part of a large corporate pharmacy (and other goods) chain. I've filled prescriptions here and they're pretty quick, thorough and knowledge-able with a pretty consistent refill turnaround time.
The downfall? They seriously have the most pitiful holiday card section I've ever seen at a Duane Reade…I'm not talking about the really small, not yet renovated and re-branded Duane Reade's – I don't really see many of those left around – I'm talking about how this is a nicely sized, normal Duane Reade and I've tried 3 or 4 times now to pick up a quick card for a variety of occasions from birthdays, anniversary's, just because and a wedding (looooooong story as to why that was a last-minute thing, lol).
I tend to prefer craft shops or specialized places like Papyrus or Ricky's for thoughtful, quirky, crass or pretty cards – but there are times (and people) where a card from Duane Reade would suffice…they also don't carry the black eyeliner I like. It's Maybelline – they've got everything else but that one 24 hour Onyx Black liner I like. Blarg, lol.