Barneys Hardware

I already loved Barney’s but I had to write a review because– I had a cabinet pull that had a broken screw stuck in it — and there was only a tiny nub of screw left in it– hard or impossible to remove. I tried to find a replacement. I tried every local hardware store in the neighborhood to find a replacement. No luck. They tried to pry the screw out for me out for me without success at all local stores and Lowes and Home Depot but it was ONLY at Barney’s Hardware where this beautiful man succeeded. He saved my cabinets from looking stupid. I have always loved Barney’s. Now I love them even more. I can always find what I want. They give good advice. They’ll come over and install your air conditioner — and these are men who know how to do things men in other hardware stores can’t.

Went there and it was closed. Sign says it closes at 6:00pm and it was only 4:50pm. Unreliable and unacceptable!

False advertising!
Despite the name, there was no sign of Barney ever having been here. No suits, no loose women, no crazy playbook detailing how to pick up said women.
However, Willy and the staff are great.

My favorite hardware store! They do an amazing job duplicating keys. I’ve had a number of issues with key duplicates from Home Depot and was so happy to find Barney’s.

Willy and his crew are extremely helpful and informative. Not nice per se, but highly efficient for sure. They actually often under price the Home Despot (haha) on a lot of items. They have an amazing range of specialized light bulbs and they can cut key copies in about 10 seconds which is top notch for Manhattan. I’ve been coming here for 6 years now and I’ll continue to do so.

Barney’s to the rescue!
I recently broke this random, likely-​impossible-​to-​replace plastic towel rack bar. With two ceramic pieces nailed into my bathroom door, replacing the entire rack was less than ideal. I considered foregoing a towel rack, but decided to at least look for a replacement piece before giving up.
And so i set out, with plastic bar in tow, to home depot (fail), container store (fail), and bed bath beyond (almond milk success, but plastic piece fail). I had come to accept that I would potentially have to forever live with two ceramic ends sans plastic rack jutting out of my door… until my pal (aka resourceful man) suggested visiting the local hardware store. «Wow, great idea!» I told him while really thinking «just let it go– it’s game over for the towel rack bar mission».
And so I entered Barney’s, whipped out this miscellaneous plastic towel rack bar, and asked, «I know this is a long shot, but any chance you carry these?» The employee gave me the «you fool» look (yes, i know this look quite well) and said «of course… duh». He lead me to the wall in the back and asked which color I wanted.
A mere 10 minutes later, my new plastic towel rack bar had been inserted and my towel had resumed its place on the door.
Thanks Barney’s! You came through when all others failed… you rock!