One day I was roaming around our little Belmont area and taking notes for a design project when I stumbled across two interesting little antiques stores: Big Apple Furniture and Antiques, and Diaz Second Hand Antiques.
Big Apple, off Third Ave. on 188th looked at first glance to be full of a bunch of junk, however I actually ended up seeing a few interesting things. I picked up a red and orange cast iron (I think) pot and lid that can go in the oven for $5. There was a bunch of women's clothes but it was all shoved in a space behind furniture that was inaccessible. The guy said he gets new stuff in often, so I think it could be a good little spot to check back once in a while.
Diaz Second Hand on 187th was mostly, if not all, furniture. I asked for kitchen stuff but they didn't have anything. It was a maze of tables, dressers, and chairs and had a really creepy cat. I didn't get anything there, but there was a ton of bed frames outside on the sidewalk, and it could be a good place to get furniture if you're moving to an off campus apartment nearby.
I was surprised to find these little stores in our neighborhood! I think there are a lot of little things around here that it is easy to be unaware of, but I like the idea of supporting little Bronx businesses for the time that we are here. It's too bad I only discovered these places in the end of my senior year!
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