Walgreens

On Christmas Day 2015 today, I purchased a $ 40 McDonald Gift Card from this Walgreens (which contained 4 — $ 10 gift cards inside the package). Went to Duane Reade shortly after, & saw McDonald individual gift cards that you could fill with $ 10 — $ 100 amount. I called Walgreens to ask if I was able to return the gift card I just bought 30mins ago, & the lady said yes I could. I purchased the individual McDonald gift card from Duane Reade. I went to Walgreens & the same lady I talked to on the phone, told me I couldn’t return the gift card. She said that she thought what I meant was the regular birthday or Christmas Hallmark cards. This is why you shouldn’t hire people who don’t understand English. This lady is very irresponsible & showed poor customer service. Such a shame because the other associates are nice. This lady has cost me money. I will not return to Walgreens.

Pros:
–It exists. Walgreens are full of essentials at affordable prices.
–It’s relatively close to the subway
Meh:
–The staff are NYC rude and kind of dumb
–The lines can sometimes be a bit long, but in my experience they usually open another register
–I feel that the one further along on Broadway has more goods
Cons:
–Nothing too terrible.

The help try to handle things well, but the management (especially on weekends) do not really care. The bottom line is Walgreens does not want to hire enough help to handle the business. They have a great selection of items. Half the time one of the doors is broken, making hard to come, and go.

The service is s-​l-​o-​wwww. Zzzzzzzz. Don’t really have much of a choice since it is 24hrs. Oh well.

This is a review of the Walgreens Pharmacy. Have been here several times and picking up medications for family members.
The pharmacy staff is amazing. In this day and age when there are so many medications available it can be very confusing on what to take and when. Half the time going to the doctors is like an all day event. By the time one leaves the office with several script, one does not recalling which is for what and how often to take.
Jenny, the pharmacy tech was so helpful with reading the handwriting of the doctor on the scripts. Described where the cough medication can be found on the shelves. As for the other two scripts she checked for us what it was and even the cost/​coverage.
Had questions on dosage and what medications was for. The pharmacist, Song was a wealth of knowledge and called the doctor’s office regarding one of the script.
There are many drugstores that are so busy they just fill the scripts, call your name and ring you up. Not at this Walgreens. I feel comfortable every time I bring in scripts from the doctor’s office that I will be informed about the medications and how to take them. My family is in good hands.

Incredibly long lines. The line spanned across the store and disappeared around the corner when it hit the last aisle yet there was only ONE cash register opened, by a short woman whose ID read Beauty Consultant and she took her sweet old time (maybe because she doesn’t have experience with the register). One guy finally came after 10 minutes to open a second register but he was approached by another staff member, probably manager, repetitively asking him «you’re leaving Danielle?» and disapproving of him opening up the second register. Are you kidding me?! Why are you bothering him and not opening up a third one?!

This Walgreens isn’t that bad. They usually have the soap and/​or shampoo I need and lines, while sometimes long, move at a steady pace. The other Walgreens a few blocks away has more products, though and is open 24 hours.

I come here to buy my detergent, toilet paper, and spices. The lines are never really long. There is a huge variety of food options here, especially for the single gal. There are tons of discount items usually hair products and random things. I also see clothing available for purchase. The staff is friendly and helpful also.

The lines are always super long, but I have received exceptional customer service from a guy named Robert. He was very nice & sweet unfortunately he had a wedding ring so I did not get the digits.
I would go here again, just go in & out. Done!

Announcement says «short lines». I see two long lines.
If I heard correctly, some of these Walgreens locations are being taken over by Duane Reade, who became successful by improving traffic flow and lighting, but back in 2012, when I wrote the original quick tip, there wasn’t any evidence of these improvements.

Almost always packed with long lines! But they usually have what I want, but when they don’t I go down Broadway to the other Walgreens. (If only that one was closer!)

I prefer the Walgreens further down Broadway. This place always seems to have super long lines!