Home-Mark 99-Cent Store

This is a great 99 cents store. It is gigantic and usually has like 3 or 4 cheap brands for every type of product. Don’t be a fool and buy furniture here. And definitely never buy headphones here — they will break in 2 weeks and you have a snowballs chance in Alabama of getting your 9 bux back, regardless of the 1 year warranty the suspect Chinese manufacturer claims. That’s advice for all 99 cent stores, can’t knock this one in particular for it.

The customer service here is horrendous. We had keys made and had to take them back numerous times because they do not work.

Never EVER go to the HomeMark 99cent store on 35thave n 31^st to buy furniture of any kind, EVER. It (a chair) will break (right in the store the moment you pick it up), they will blame you, you will demand they fix it, they will act like they can’t speak English (but somehow they know enough English to insist you buy their $ 70.00 chair), use different parts of different chair kits to build it again, you will tell them that you will return if it breaks again, and the manager will quip that he just saved you 5 bucks for not charging for repairs and that next YOU should check the underside of the chair. Then the dang chair broke ANYWAY! If it wasn’t for the fact that the person I got the chair for doesn’t want me to go back, I’d scream n swear their friggin heads off right now! If I could give them no stars I would! They will be INCREDIBLY lucky if I decide not to call the Better Business Bureau on them.

This isn’t really a 99 cent store. Most things here aren’t 99 cents! However, they stock everything under the sun.
There are tons of coloring books, cleaning supplies, strange knicknacks, hats/​gloves, discounted brand name candies, seasonal decorations, door knobs, tools, and electronic stuff from China that I’d never try for fear of burning down the house.
They have a small furniture section, but it is WAY overpriced. You could go to Ikea and pick up something for the same price that looks much better and will last probably 11 months longer…
Also, this is not the place for sterilite bins or tubs apparently. They are SO EXPENSIVE here!!! However, with some digging, I was able to find the starched canvas 99 cent store type of storage bins for $ 6.99.
So, I guess the moral of the story is: If you want something that you could find in places other than a dollar store, you are going to pay through the nose for it here. In some cases, what you’ll be paying for is worth maybe half the asking price.
But, if you dig around, there are dollar store versions of most things they offer. There just very well hidden.
They also copy keys here. I would recommend getting that done a bit before closing time so you have time to try the keys and return if there are problems. I recently had a set of keys copied and had to go back after trying them out.

great for all the cheap odd things you need for around the house. The stores is surprising large and caries just about anything you could want for the house. It’s really convenient.

Not as good as Jack’s in the city, but what 99 cent store is??? This plac have about 15 aisles of various stuff (some total junk) and a refrigerated section for food, drinks and beer. Yes they even sell beer here, but not for 99 cents or else I’d be there every other day! As a matter of fact, about half the stuff here is probably not 99 cents but overall it is cheap cheap. I’ve been here a few times for household items and always get a good price. I remember when the N train stopped service at Queensboro Plaza last year on the way home in the middle of summer and I had to walk home. I didnt have my debit/​credit card with me and no cash… the people here gave me a bottle of water for free as long as I paid them back. Very kind, and they won a customer for life… or at least until they piss me off.

These stores amaze me at how much they can fit in one place!

The 99 cent store is a curious creature that needs to be reviewed (and viewed) very much on a basis that differs from restaurants or any other service oriented organization. There are some commonalities most 99 cent stores share including a relatively disinterested staff, some questionable products right next to ones you’d find at any supermarket or hardware store and somewhere should be a wall of bootleg toys with questionable amounts of lead in their paint (I’m only half joking about that).
Anyhow, taken by the standards of the 99 cent store, Home-​Mark is a really nice one. First, the thing is huge, taking up a good chunk of a corner in Queens. It’s basically sized similar to a small supermarket, which is quite impressive.
I had visited Home-​Mark to pick up some cleaning supplies and with the exception of one item (empty plastic squeeze/​spray bottles) they had everything I needed, and brand names to boot! The prices were cheap in some cases and «just right» in others. I was a tiny bit dismayed at how few of the cleaning products actually said «99 cents» on them. $ 1.29 seemed to be the average price (like say for a bottle of Palmolive) so shop carefully, don’t expect everything to be a buck in this store.
Most of the staff seemed very disconnected. No one offered to help me as I wandered around the store and when I went up to the cashier she seemed super bored (and maybe she was), but she was perhaps the most apathetic cashier I’ve met in the past month. Still, she rung me up quickly and efficiently, and sometimes that’s worth a lot.
I would definitely shop at this store again. I like their clean store, the variety of products and of course, the prices!

When the amount of items that are not 99 cents outnumber the items that are, is it really fair to call it a 99 Cent Store? Why not call it a discount shop? Or bargain basement? Then again, basement would be misleading, too, because it’s not actually in a basement. The point here is that this store, while pretty dang cheap, is not really a 99 cent store.
You can always pick up random party supplies and balloons here, dish detergent and office supplies, magnets and various kitchen utensils. You can buy frames for $ 4, wine glasses for $ 2 and curtain rods for $ 9, however inexpensive still more than the advertised amount.

no complaints about 3 pairs of socks, a set of nail clippers and a large bottle of dish soap for $ 4.35. the selection of kitchenware was quite expansive and very affordable — i will likely be back to purchase semi-​disposable picnic/​potluck items in a pinch. also, i did not indulge, but $ 1.09 vitamin waters (not a knock-​off brand) is possibly the best deal in america.

It has quite a selection but the selections are a bit questionable. The gloves I bought broke easily and the handle fell off of a brush I bought. The long handled dust pan I bought did survive! The rest are very very questionable. The key copying has been very good. It is worth the price. I’ve been here more than once just for some cheap cheap stuff that I want to use only once.
I liked that after a while of browsing, the front cashiers sent a young girl to watch me to make sure I didn’t steal. Since this is clearly a small business likely owned by one family, I don’t mind the increased low tech surveillance.

Home-​Mark is a fantastic dollar store just off the 36^th Avenue N/​W stop. Although technically not all items are one dollar, its products, which range from Jesus candles to mussels in marinara sauce (very questionable at $ 1.50/bag) are still absurdly cheap. Think of it as the poor man’s K-​Mart (if that is even imaginable). For example, you can get any key copied for $ 1 and a turquoise toilet seat for $ 10. My only qualm with Home-​Mark is that they advertise adult beverages in the window but don’t sell them inside. Perhaps there is a secret room that contains them? I wouldn’t be surprised — this place is huge and dirt cheap.