Accepts Credit Cards: Yes Accepts Apple Pay: Yes Bike Parking: Yes Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
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$$ Price range Moderate
6 reviews
Elroy Dean
This location is a weird maze and the aisles are narrow. I remember when Duane Reade was not on every corner like Starbucks. They recently revamped the rewards program we will see what happens. I desperately needed tissues on a cold Sunday afternoon before seeing a matinee of Fela! and Duane Reade was there for me.
I remember this place very well, cuz I've been there many many times during my NYC visit at end of December 2015. I got almost everything I need to survive (*lol*) since other shops are much more expensive. The staff is NYish friendly and the shop is cleaner, than I expected. I'll come again. For sure! 🙂
This Duane Reade was better than most. The staff, while aloof, was still very helpful when pressed. The aisles were well stocked and organized, the store was clean, and they are open 24/7. So much better than the one over on 9th Ave!!!!!!
After writing a hater review of the DR on 5th Ave and 23rd St I decided to balance it out with a positive review for this location. I had just moved to NYC and wanted a DR member card. I asked at the counter but she said they were out so she paged a guy to search in the back. He stopped what he was doing to go hunt around and found one for me. I thought that was really nice of them because she could have just told me they were out of them and left it at that. She also waited for me to fill it out before taking another customer even though I told her I could fill it out on the side. I appreciate this experience and will definitely go back to this DR…if there's no CVS nearby.
I am very satisfied with the layout of the store. The merchandise is always stocked on the shelf and the staff is cordial. The employees are not disgruntled and very helpful. When the line is long another staff member will come and open a new register. There is another entrance in the back of the store but is only open during pharmacy hours. Sometimes I will be tricked to walk to the back of the store to exit only to find out I have to walk back to the 8th and 53rd Street corner exit. I do like their magazine Isle. I am able to sneak read an article here and there without inconveniencing another patron.
You can't get an extra star from me if you don't have 5th Avenue candy bars at the register! How many Duane Reade's do I need to review before they understand that?
The lack of my impulse purchase of choice notwithstanding, I usually find what i need pretty quickly here. During pharmacy hours, you can enter through the door on 8th Avenue close to 54th St, so that saves me some walking and I am INCREDIBLY lazy.
They do a good job of keeping their stock up to date. They don't have as much selection as the DR at 52nd and Broadway, but the lines are generally much shorter here. Since this is close to my apartment, I go here a lot.
So I'll continue to get a Snickers when I check out, but I'll eat it resentfully.
This location is a weird maze and the aisles are narrow. I remember when Duane Reade was not on every corner like Starbucks. They recently revamped the rewards program we will see what happens. I desperately needed tissues on a cold Sunday afternoon before seeing a matinee of Fela! and Duane Reade was there for me.
This is my 600th review *throws confetti*
I remember this place very well, cuz I've been there many many times during my NYC visit at end of December 2015. I got almost everything I need to survive (*lol*) since other shops are much more expensive.
The staff is NYish friendly and the shop is cleaner, than I expected. I'll come again. For sure! 🙂
This Duane Reade was better than most. The staff, while aloof, was still very helpful when pressed. The aisles were well stocked and organized, the store was clean, and they are open 24/7. So much better than the one over on 9th Ave!!!!!!
After writing a hater review of the DR on 5th Ave and 23rd St I decided to balance it out with a positive review for this location. I had just moved to NYC and wanted a DR member card. I asked at the counter but she said they were out so she paged a guy to search in the back. He stopped what he was doing to go hunt around and found one for me. I thought that was really nice of them because she could have just told me they were out of them and left it at that. She also waited for me to fill it out before taking another customer even though I told her I could fill it out on the side. I appreciate this experience and will definitely go back to this DR…if there's no CVS nearby.
I am very satisfied with the layout of the store. The merchandise is always stocked on the shelf and the staff is cordial. The employees are not disgruntled and very helpful. When the line is long another staff member will come and open a new register. There is another entrance in the back of the store but is only open during pharmacy hours. Sometimes I will be tricked to walk to the back of the store to exit only to find out I have to walk back to the 8th and 53rd Street corner exit. I do like their magazine Isle. I am able to sneak read an article here and there without inconveniencing another patron.
You can't get an extra star from me if you don't have 5th Avenue candy bars at the register! How many Duane Reade's do I need to review before they understand that?
The lack of my impulse purchase of choice notwithstanding, I usually find what i need pretty quickly here. During pharmacy hours, you can enter through the door on 8th Avenue close to 54th St, so that saves me some walking and I am INCREDIBLY lazy.
They do a good job of keeping their stock up to date. They don't have as much selection as the DR at 52nd and Broadway, but the lines are generally much shorter here. Since this is close to my apartment, I go here a lot.
So I'll continue to get a Snickers when I check out, but I'll eat it resentfully.