City Chemist & Northside Pharmacy
We had a bit of sad news in Brooklyn this week: the building that housed families and City Chemist in Williamsburg had a massive fire. It’s always a loss when you hear of something like this happening to small businesses in NYC, but I was particularly sad because I go there probably once a week. Oddly enough, I was already planning to highlight some pharmacies in the city for my recs, so I figured it would be a great opportunity to share their GoFundMe and two locations where you could get your pharma fix still and support local business.
I’m not really sure if all the City Chemists are related or independently owned, but (after you’ve donated) if you still want to check out one of their other locations, the one in LIC can’t be beaten. It is massive. Like truly, it doesn’t feel like it’s in the city. They have everything from fancy haircare products to skincare to wrapping paper, aka everything a proper pharmacy should. They even have Byredo, fancy. And it’s ever so conveniently serviced by three train stops at Court Square so there’s no excuse to not check it out this weekend.
If you can’t make it out to Queens but are still looking to peruse in Williamsburg, may I recommend Northside Pharmacy? It’s a tiny little shop but what they lack in size they make up in variety. All those fancy products your friend told you to buy while in Paris? They got em. The prices here reflect the “ever-changing” neighborhood, but I don’t mind. I’m a sucker for those 389 little things that they have at the cash register. Whenever I go on a trip, I head to Ph7 to get my nails done, and before or after, I stop into Northside to buy something I don’t need. Last time they got me with hangover tablets and mini fancy toothpaste. I realize I just made it to the end of recommending two pharmacies and not a word about prescriptions. If you don’t know why, this probably wasn’t for you ☺️.
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