Rite Aid

This location gets three stars for being open ²⁴⁄₇!
Rite Aid needs to offer Ben and Jerry’s ice cream at this location. When it’s on sale I have to go to another location. It’s melting by the time I get home! It’s a small store so they don’t have a big selection of merchandise. What they carry is always well stocked.
Be careful with expiration dates. I’ve removed items from the shelf and showed them. It’s a lost sale because cold and cough MEDS have expired. I’ve never needed to use the pharmacy. They are always busy. Close quarters back in that part of the store. If you weren’t sick when you came you might be by the time you leave.
Rite Aid in general has great prices compared to DR and CVS. You also can sign up for Plenti points. They build up fast. If you have their Rite Aid Wellness card the deals are even better. I’m close to getting 10% off almost everything in the store for a whole year.
I’ve always shopped Rite Aid when I lived in other States where they have stores. My advise is give up on Walgreen’s DR. They are overpriced and so is CVS!

Change management already. The store is never organized and very small in size. Standing on long lines in a small space is very uncomfortable. The manager is always standing in the front chatting away while he watches the line. I asked him where a few things are but he seems to busy following customers around the store. Weird their is never anyone on the floor to talk to because he is with them talking or following customers. I only go here if i absolutely have to, otherwise I go to a more customer friendly place. My recent visit here was still surprised that nothing has changed. Make changes. Needs new manager.

Yes, this store doesn’t appear clean/​organized, but it has MUCH cheaper items than any local pharmacy/​grocery store. Plus, I got THE least painful flu shot from a guy named Harvey that I have ever gotten in my life– and I get these each year!

What can I say? It’s Rite-​aid! Open 24 hours when I need them and they sell my Aveeno face pads for $ 1 less than Duane Reade up the block. It’s not super warm and friendly inside or huge, but it’s so close and convenient!

I HATE this place! Everything about it! Nobody is ever helpful, and they all look miserable. Every single time I go in there the workers look at you and what you are holding like you are a theif. Especially the lady in the front, whom I believe is the manager, she looks evil. Also the Spanish guy, that looks like he’s a drag queen on weekends always gives me a creepy look. Please, go anywhere else, theres a duane reade a block away.

They are open late and have all of your essentials, you can’t beat that!

This rite aide is a bit small and lacks a lot of great items bigger rite aids stock. However, I still take the time to look up the weekly ads as I’ve seen some great deals here. Particularly on sodas, cereal, and toilet paper. The staff has always been fine. One time I wanted some cereal which I assumed was on sale. The woman at the cash register said even though it went off sale the day before, she still discounted it for me. I got four boxes of good cereal for $ 10!
Overall it’s right across the street from my apartment and I usually find it worth checking out.

I’m going to give this Rite Aid a wee bit more love then it seems they’re used to getting. They are MUCH cheaper than DR and CVS (both are in proximity of this location) and I’ve never really had to interact with the staff other than to check out. Those of you complaining about the long check out lines — have you BEEN in a Duane Reade ever? Those bastids are famous for their Great Wall of China length lines.

I give them one star because I can’t give them zero. This is the only time I’ve ever encountered a pharmacy that couldn’t fill a prescription because they didn’t have the medicine. I mean, they’re a chain. All over the city. They can’t call another branch? I’ve also had occasions where they refused to fill prescriptions because the doctor’s «code» wasn’t on the prescription. The doctor’s phone number was at the top of it! They can’t call? Even outside of their pharmacy department, you often can’t get at items because they have boxes in front of the aisles. This sort of crap would be, at best, marginally acceptable in a ghetto. On the Upper East Side, it’s completely out of line.

This Rite Aid is disorganized, dirty, and looks like it’s in a perpetual state of restocking.
I do frequent this particular one because it’s the closest to where I live AND they happen to be WAY cheaper than Duane Reade (who is attempting to run every other drug store out of business).
The staff here is… well, there’s a mix. Some have the potential of being quite helpful but most are miserable looking and weird. Yes, I said it. So I avoid asking for assistance.
One last thing you should know about this Rite Aid: Line can get SUPER long. Be prepared to wait awhile. Often there are like 3 different employees behind the register counter but only ONE register open. Like, really? Get it together.
OH, ONE more thing you should know: If you buy something that is on sale– let’s say, buy one get one free, for instance. But you don’t know… and you happen to just get one; they WON’T tell you it’s on sale. It’s an awful policy… and quite f-​ed up so be on top of your bargain game and look at the flyer.

I don’t mind Rite Aids (though Rite Aid is usually my least favorite of all the chains) but this one was particularly sub-​par, it was an older and dirtier location with poor management as it took at least 15 or so minutes with a line of 10+ people to get a couple more cashiers up to the front. Come here for your drug store needs, just don’t expect a bright, clean, helpful location.

Why doesn’t this Rite Aid have magazines? So annoying!

I’m a fan of Rite Aid because I’m a bargain hunter — I read all the sale circulars and Rite Aid, for the most part, has the best deals, not to mention a great rebate program. I can proudly say I’m getting $ 25 back in rebates for the month of May! WAHHHOOOO!
Cereal is much more affordable here than at any supermarket and there’s always a sale one week or the other on toliet paper, paper towels, water, and candy – I mean, what else more could you want? :)
This Rite Aid is a bit funky with its hours — seems to open and close whenever. Very sketchy hours during holidays so always be sure to check ahead or call before coming down. Store does seem a bit dirty/​dark, but there is a high turnover of products. Located right next to a bus stop, the entrance to the FDR, and the soon to be 2^nd avenue subway, it’s usually busy with a line.
Be nice to the staff — they work hard and have a million people pulling them in all directions. They’ll help you get down toliet paper or paper towels that are stored on top of the shelves and if you don’t see something you’re looking for, ask. They may have it in the back — you can always get a raincheck.
Unfortunately, I have to say the aisles aren’t big enough for a wheelchair and they get a bit strange toward the back of the store.

This drugstore at first is annoying due to the horrendous lines at times. But the lines move, so try to go with the flow. I’ve almost never seen a yuppie in this store and I believe that I’m one of the few people who go there who actually has a job. A lot of people have migrated to the store because another RIte Aid further uptown closed and all the customers on Medicaid needed to get their scripts. That said, the people who work there are rather nice and once you get to know them are helpful. They do carry Bedhead. I hate going to Third Avenue for anything. So give it a shot, you investment banker types. Never once saw ANYONE from my hi– rise go in there. I think it’s because they are arriviste snobs who won’t hang with the people of the hood!
P. S. I stopped going to this drugstore because they 1) lost one of my prescriptions 2) wouldn’t fill one of my prescriptions, saying they were «out» of the medication and that went on for weeks. I don’t believe them. A few of the employees are incredibly lazy here, esp. the older grumpy so called pharmacist. 3) The day manager is an annoying jerk who used to follow me around the store. I started going to the Duane Reade on Third Ave. and 93^rd St. I can only take so much bad service and I’m OUTTA THERE. A drugstore with a ghetto mentality. GO there if you don’t mind rude service.