Duane Reade

Best pharmacy in Jackson Heights. Clean, large and great selection

This is DEFINITELY the best Duane Reade in the area.
It’s been recently overhauled and brought into the 21^st century (unlike the nearby Elmhurst and 37^th Avenue locations) and boasts key features like… well stocked and organized shelves, bright lights, and. wait for it… a nice staff.
Sometimes I forget how close I am to the filth of the 7-​train and Roosevelt Ave when I cross through those automatic doors. It’s like another world.
Bravo!

Get a 4 star for opening 24 hrs and just a block from my apartment. Avoid the pharmacy as the lines are usually long and then they ask you to come in couple of hours for pickup which is a big inconvenience.

I definitely prefer this Duane Reade over the Broadway (Elmhurst) location. I’ve always had a great experience here. The manager and the pharmacist are accommodating either with price adjustments, returns, and special orders. Clean, organized, well stocked and great customer service.

It’s a Duane Reade. It’s brightly lit, well-​stocked, well managed and part of a large corporate pharmacy (and other goods) chain. I’ve filled prescriptions here and they’re pretty quick, thorough and knowledge-​able with a pretty consistent refill turnaround time.
The downfall? They seriously have the most pitiful holiday card section I’ve ever seen at a Duane Reade… I’m not talking about the really small, not yet renovated and re-​branded Duane Reade’s — I don’t really see many of those left around — I’m talking about how this is a nicely sized, normal Duane Reade and I’ve tried 3 or 4 times now to pick up a quick card for a variety of occasions from birthdays, anniversary’s, just because and a wedding (looooooong story as to why that was a last-​minute thing, lol).
I tend to prefer craft shops or specialized places like Papyrus or Ricky’s for thoughtful, quirky, crass or pretty cards — but there are times (and people) where a card from Duane Reade would suffice… they also don’t carry the black eyeliner I like. It’s Maybelline — they’ve got everything else but that one 24 hour Onyx Black liner I like. Blarg, lol.

This is what’s known as a Duane Reade Express, for the fact it’s well stocked with nothing too specific.
This store houses a little of everything: pharmaceuticals, beauty products, pantry items, school supplies… but no greeting cards. Though you may not find some items here, the items they do carry seem to be top notch. Their food aisles seem to be bursting at the seams with DR’s own brand «Delish». Normally I wouldn’t care about this at a drugstore, but being that I work about two blocks from this location, it’s nice to find a place to sell you inexpensive, tasty, food you can eat on the go. You know, for those days you have a ridiculous amount of errands, and only an hour to accomplish them. All in all, I really like this branch, though as I mentioned before, Duane Reade can stand to drop their prices a little.

The non-​shitty Duane Reade of Jackson Heights!
Overall I find Duane Reade overpriced, but if I were on 82^nd Street in need of a drug store, I’d certainly go here instead of the shit shack Rite Aid down the block. :-)
The employees here are pleasant and the store is clean and does not reek of poo.

Clean, well-​stocked, amazing. I got my prescription filled in 10 minutes.
Goodbye forever, Rite Aid.

This new location is fantistic! It has a very Manhattan feel to it. This is a multi level location that has been built brand spankin new. Rite Aid better be shaking in their little booties with regards to this place sprouting out from nowhere. You can tell all of the employees are «openers» looking like they live nowhere near this location and the attidude is very friendly which is nothing like Jackson Heights at all… I am glad to have walked in on opening day and used my DR card that I have been using only in the city up until that point. Very happy to see a Duane Reade so close especially on 82^nd street which needed a quality drugstore.