The Service was great and the selections were good too, I bought an Igor vinyl for 30.99read more

Great selection and helpful staff! I've bought from them at their last 3 locations and will…read morecontinue to be back..

Awesome selection of city pop and Japanese records, including Japanese prints of American music…read more Small and cozy store, and shop owner was super cool and knowledgeable. Considering the difficultly of acquiring records like this outside of shipping from Japan, I felt like the value was fair. Would love to return next time I'm in town.

Japanese City Pop heaven tucked away in Brooklyn. Originally from Tokyo - the only store of its…read morekind in America. Also great for collectors of Japanese Jazz imports.

Captured Tracks Shop has various ways to inspire your collection…read more Their records are labeled and organized to give you new ideas - the Caribbean section, for example, is stocked with Haitian Kompa, Jamaican Mento, and Trinidadian Calypso, genres you maybe didn't consider upon arrival but now feel necessary to browse. You can search by labels, artists, and decades, or, you can simply flip through their New Arrivals section which is updated daily. If you are feeling spontaneous, just look at their "To File" sections with albums yet to be organized. The best part is when you finish browsing for rarities you can enjoy finding popular favorites - sometimes you just want that album everybody has and you just love to sing along. Ever stepped in a store to buy one thing and leave with a hundred? You will likely get that feeling at this shop.

Best local source for audio! Better than schlepping online or to the city. I'm not going to take a…read moretrain to Manhattan just to find some LP's.

Four stars for for the sheer variety and rarity -- if you're a collector looking for…read morePolish/Italian/eastern European releases, this place is worth a scour. Instead of grouping their albums in the usual alphabetical order, they group by type of awesomeness. That's why there's a section dedicated to hair rock - from AC/DC to Judas Priest. Jokes aside, there's also a sizable electronic section (yay italo disco!) and a section that must be dedicated to my 90s high school radio station. Also an impressive array of DVDs, both domestic and foreign, and an intriguingly large section of children's DVDs from both here and there. Note: There are definitely some bootlegs, which is why this place isn't necessarily for the kind of CD or DVD you could find anywhere. In contrast, some of the rare stuff I saw doesn't exist ANYWHERE now, including eBay. If nothing else, it's great for a CD-cover trip down memory lane.

Nice spot, found a record for my friend that she had been searching for. Only complaint is the…read moreplace is a little cluttered, and could have been better organized.

As a cinephile, I recently visited Night Owl Video in Williamsburg - a retailer of all things film…read more(DVDs of all types, cassette, t-shirts, VCRs, books) especially of a rare and vintage type that you can't just simply buy at Amazon or Walmart. Store is well organized separated by new DVDs, UHDs, Blu Ray, cassettes and Used. In addition, there is a large selection of the Criterion Collection which is a cinephile fav. Prices are fair and saw used DVDs in the $10-$12 area. Night Owl has a deep social media presence. Also a decent collection of non-DVD items such as books, horror t-shirts, buttons and VCRs and older DVD players (which are all hard to find these days in working condition). For movie fans, Night Owl Video is a stop for you. About a 10 min walk from the L/G station at Metropolitan. Also can walk from the L Bedford as well.

this was a very nice video store! Feels very nostalgic when you walk in there. I was mostly looking…read moreat the DVDs. They definitely had a huge selection! Very friendly staff as well.

Was here today. The basement is no longer accessible and the back part of the upstairs was…read moresectioned off.

If you have a lot of patience, and no aversion to dirt, then you must visit The Thing. Lovers of…read morevinyl records will like this place the most. There are thousand and thousands of vinyl records in the basement of The Thing, and they are all $2. I recommend vinyl gloves and a mask when visiting, and not because of Covid. The store is not very clean, and you may not want to breathe the toxic dust in their basement. On my most recent trip I found a Gino Vanelli LP, a Manhattan Transfer LP, and a Mariah Carey cd that were all factory sealed. I hope that I will be this lucky the next time that I visit.

Metal record stores are more of my son's thing. But we were together and he knew the owner through…read morecommon friends. When you enter, you are reminded of used record stores from the old days. Vinyl albums are in wooden cases separated by either letters or band names. Their main thing is metal, but they have a healthy selection of 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s rock, jazz, blues, and more. They also have some unique Japanese pressings you wouldn't ordinarily see. They also have a selection of tapes, and I think a few CDs. There are a few items of memorabilia. You can listen to any album you want, as long as it isn't new. All-in-all, this is a great used record store (with some new). And, while mainly catering to metal, they have a very good selection of other styles and genres of music.

Always worth a pop in when in Brooklyn. Friendly staff, decent prices, small but rotating selection.read more

Bookoff is such a gem! They have such a wide variety of books, manga, cds, vinyl, anime figurines,…read morevideo games, and more! It has multiple floors and deals tucked in every corner. There's so much to see, so the space can be a little overwhelming, but it's definitely something every bookworm or nerd should check out in the city.

Buying and Selling at Book Off What a cool store. So much to…read moresee. Unfortunately, it is lousy to sell at and expensive to buy at. First, Selling. I brought in three statue items unopened in the original packaging. I checked on ebay for what the items sold for (not asking price but sold price) and it added up to about $600, I lugged the items over there and had to leave them there because they wouldn't get to them right away. The people/kids working there were very nice. I went to have lunch and got the text to return, and they are offering $150. So I picked up the items and turned down the offer. Again, they were very nice, it's just I wasn't willing to accept 25% of the value. I figured at worst it would be 50%. But I am better off getting closer to the actual price on ebay. Now, Buying. Lots of very expensive and exiting things to get, and I didn't have time to price check things so much, but my son is into the Nintendo switch and i spotted a used Marvel VS Capcom game he might like. It was $34.95. But just in case, I pulled up Amazon and looked the game up. A brand new one costs $21.79. So it would have been a terrible idea for me to buy it there. I guess if you are leaving work and need a quick gift, you might stop in and pay too much for an item. If you are in real trouble and don't have time to wait for an Ebay sale, you might consider selling your collectables for 25% the value, this place might come in handy.