Duane Reade

Made me feel at home, nice layout.

I feel like I’m at Duane Reade everyday. It is so nice to have a drugstore within walking distance. We stop in for everything, from cleaning supplies, to toiletries, to umbrellas!
This location is a bit small (1 level) but the workers are still very helpful. We like that they have green products to choose from and that the layout of the store is easy to navigate.

Last night, I was at the Commodore with my brethren, we were getting some dinner. I had been checking out the menu and I was disappointed to note that the price of the fried chicken went up by a dollar, but then I noticed a new item on the menu: Jalapeño Popper Po’Boy. It sounded delicious, but at first I didn’t know if I should get it. I try to eat meat every day and I had had vegetable curry for lunch, but then my friend said I could nibble on his chicken. I figured that was good enough, so I went ahead and ordered the sandwich.
The first bite was full of highs and lows. It tasted amazing, there was no denying that, but upon biting down, one of the jalapeño poppers popped and shot a jet of molten queso onto my lower lip. It burned like a motherfucker and I knew it was going to be trouble. I put ice on it but I could tell I was going to lose the top layer of skin and it was probably gonna look all weird.
Normally this wouldn’t be a problem, but I’m starting a new job on Monday and I don’t want to show up on the first day with my lower lip looking like I spend too much time slurping the inside of truckstop commodes. My friend called his dad, a prominent dermatologist (not Dr. Zizmor), and he recommended applying cortisone. It was as good an idea as any, so in order to prevent looking like a lot lizard, I set out for some ointment.
On the way to the Duane Reade, we walked to the pier and watched the sunset over Manhattan. We looked at the skyscrapers and discussed which one was the coolest. A boat went past and we tried to guess its length — it ended up being 150 feet long. A fisherman hooked an eel. As we watched its death throes, I said «RIP» and made the sign of the cross over it. This made some nearby Hispanic girls laugh. I thought about myself and the eel, how we had both bitten into something that wasn’t what we expected. I didn’t dwell on it. My friends and I decided we had had enough of the pier and walked back towards Kent street.
When we arrived at the Duane Reade, the pharmacist was helpful and she directed me to the cortisone ointment. I selected one and went up to the cashier to pay. The manager was working the register. He was very friendly and told me about an opportunity to win $ 3,000. If you take a survey, you get entered into a raffle. The manager claimed no one ever fills out the survey, so according to him, my odds are pretty good. He also said that sometimes they fuck with his bonus if not enough people take the survey. I thought that sounded really unfair, so I promised him I would take the survey.
This morning I took the survey. I gave the store high marks, specifically noting that the manager seemed like a good dude. I gave the current incarnation of the rewards program the lowest score possible. I thought about that three grand as I clicked submit. Under my breath, I dropped an «inshallah.»
I’ve been applying the cortisone ointment. It’s reducing the pain, but the skin has sloughed off part of my lip. I’m not sure how things will look come Monday.
I didn’t win three thousand dollars yet.

It’s clean. It’s new. It’a Duane Reade. For this emerging section of Northern Williamsburg, it’s a useful one-​stop shop. What more is there to say? Duane Reade is usually a sign that a neighborhood is respectably gentrified. I live in Washington Heights, and I’m still waiting for an alternative to Rite-​Aid. *shudder*

It’s nice to have the choice of two drugstores within a two block radius from home. Duane Reade prices are quite high compared to Tops Market and CVS but they differ themselves from their competitors but offering a small selection of eco-​friendly products which I am a sucker for. Staff here is friendly. Rather than directing me to what I want they actually escort me each and every time. Depending on my mood for the day, this can get annoying.
There’s this one cashier who can seriously talk your ears off, giving her input on every product that gets scanned. «Oh, I loveeee this color!» «This works great.» «This is delicious!!!» «You’re wasting money buying wee wee pads. The adult underpads work just as good.»
Give me a break lady, I don’t need a personal shopper. Please ring me up and let me go.

This duane reade is great. The other reviewers are just against williamsburg changing, which is ridiculous… The employees here are great for the most part and the prices are reasonable. As said by the other reviewer if you really want to save money there are other options but as for convenience this place is awesome.
Also the mexican restaurant is now open and is amazing as well. Try it you won’t regret it.

These cry babies bemoaning progress are just really selfish. If you don’t want a high rise there, then buy up the property and do whatever you want with it. It’s just self-​indulgent defeatism that makes no sense. The worst part is this guy has never even been in the store. He’s rating is a fraud. Then we have 1 guy who gave the place 1 star strictly on price, Newsflash, price isn’t the only factor when choosing where to obtain life saving medicine. There’s a bodega about 10 steps away if you want to save some money on snacks/beer.etc.
This Duane Reade is just great. They have an outstanding selection and the store is also well laid out. Having a real Chase ATM instead of some scary old box that may or may not be secure saves me $ 2 every time I hit the ATM. The folks there have been nothing but helpful too.

Last year I was shooting a film a few blocks from the mega-​ugly mega-​high rise going up at the corner of Kent & N.6^th, and found it both a bit odd and a bit depressing to discover that a Duane Reade (and a chain-​ish Mexican joint) were slated to open on the ground floor. Secretly, I hoped they would never see the light of day.
A little less than a year later, I passed by and saw that my wish hadn’t come to pass. A giant, shiny, sanitized «new-​breed: T2000» Duane Reade had indeed opened in the space (not sure about the Mexican joint, though.) It’s as well stocked as you might imagine, although the emphasis seems to be on packaged foods here. As for the prices, well, they look to be a bit higher than the average Duane Reade, which isn’t much of a surprise.
On my way back to the subway, I noticed that *another* Duane Reade is being built just a few blocks away on Bedford. Ah… progress.

Don’t be fooled by all thing shiny and new here. Prices are higher then Kings and Tops. Then again if you live in the building attached you probably don’t care about prices or know where Tops and Kings are.