Founded with a rebellious spirit by four college friends, Warby Parker is dedicated to providing affordable, fashionable eyewear. By circumventing traditional channels and engaging with customers directly through their website, Warby Parker is able to provide higher-quality, better-looking prescription eyewear at a fraction of the price. It is a business with a purpose. For every pair of eyeglasses sold a pair is distributed to someone in need. Our store is surrounded by cobblestone streets, century-old warehouses, and the High Line park.

Renowned art dealer Paula Cooper opened a trendy Chelsea bookstore in 2003 to rave reviews. The superb selection of literature and history, art and criticism, the social and natural sciences, travel and children's books as well as interesting events and readings draws customers back again and again. Along with Printed Matter across the street, this corridor of Tenth Avenue has a highbrow quotient in addition to endless new restaurants.

The city that never sleeps was bound to get an Apple store that never sleeps. The massive underground store open 24/7/365 is marked by a sleek glass cube at the plaza in front of the drab GM building on Fifth Avenue, a dramatic setting that symbolizes the old tech vs. new tech dichotomy. Indeed, the soaring glass cube, each face more than 30 feet, marks new territory for Apple, which before the introduction of its beloved iPod almost went to the brink. Seems intuitive that the Big Apple gets the biggest Apple Store, right? Not only is this the largest Apple Store (with more than 300 employees), its Genius Bar will have almost 100 full-time staff. In fact, with this 45-foot-long combo Genius Bar, iPod Bar and The Studio, we predict New Yorkers of all stripes will abandon Kinko's and instead hang around here to swap ideas as well as work feverishly on projects in the middle of the night.

As the Germans say, "the brand with the three stripes" has become so much more in the new millennium, with its incredibly happening line of footwear as well as fashion. Here in fashionable SoHo, the store stays humming with shoppers from all over the globe checking out Adidas' latest. Hot tip: amazing accessories here.

Classic, timeless, elegant glamor. Pantsuits, and shift dresses for business, classic clutches, and possibly the best suits on Earth for your man.

This neighborhood giant has made its reputation by selling quality Chinese goods to New York's deal-crazy shoppers for the last 25 years. From ceramics to musical instruments, home furnishings to arts & crafts, Pearl River is the undisputed champion of quality products.