Barnes & Noble Booksellers

I loved this Barnes and Nobles. So many floors, so many books. It had a good spanish language book area too, not many stores have one. I really miss this Barnes and Nobles. I use to spend lots of time here whenever I was in the area.

This business is closed.

Good layout, attentive service. i like how they have people in front redirecting traffic as soon as you walk in. it’s a great idea for the busy shopping season. the café has ample seating, but of course none avail when you are there which is normal for all of them.

This BN is probably one of the oddest shaped and busiest, but it’s very well organized and can handle the mass of people (unlike some other NYC locations). I think this one in particular has a nice stationary/​journal/​card selection. Check out is very speedy.

So.. . many.. . books.…
For a bookworm like me, 4 stories of books is a dangerous thing. Even more so when there’s coffee available. I’ve been to more than my share of B&Ns and I really like this one. The staff is friendly, the store is clean and the selection is excellent.
It will be a sad, sad day for the neighborhood when they’re gone in January.

This is the biggest B&N I’ve ever been to… The entire 5^th level is a huge café. Even then, good luck trying to find a seat… But the clientele seems to move quickly enough, so just hanging around for a few minutes might do the trick.
I enjoyed finding books that other B&Ns usually don’t keep in stock and wish I had more time to browse before having to catch the metro.

Nice store! It’s always clean. It’s humungous! The bathrooms are spacious and well kept. The staff is, in general, helpful and friendly. The cafeteria upstairs is also quite nice with ample seating. And they have a lot of special events, particularly from Broadway casts. Check them out on the regular!

I shall miss this Barnes & Noble once it shuts its doors come January.
Definitely a haven of cool air in the summer. I have no complaints about this particular B&N. It’s very spacious and each floor is dedicated to different genres of books. So it’s not too hard to find the book that you’re seeking. There’s always a free spot to hideaway and preview that book you were thinking about purchasing.
I think I just like the fact that this Barnes & Nobles is right near Lincoln Center and The Met. It makes it seem more cultured then the others but that’s just my opinion though.
Every time I need to ask a salesperson for help, I’ve never had a problem locating one. However, I could see how the sheer size of this business could make them seem scarce.
I’ve had some great conversations here and I’ll miss that when it closes for good in January.

I am a B&N fan, this location is very pretty, and huge, about 4 or 5 or 6 floors. But I’m not a huge fan of this location. Its like the bigger the store the less the customer service. This place quickly starts to feel like more of a corporation than a lovely neighborhood bookstore.
My main two problems were the location of the café, its all the way at the top, also where they keep the magazines. So you can’t just run in and grab one, you have to go thru a book labyrinth to reach a magazine and just pray it isn’t covered in someones soy latte.
Two: I went here for a book signing, and people cut the line, i told someone who work there and i got the run around. I was told that they are not allowed to police the line. BUT! If you go to a signing at any other location that’s what they do! There needs to be a company wide policy about events. But in this location it was just employees being lazy or having better things to do.
On the plus side, the event space is set apart from the rest of the store, its neat, and comfy, slightly on the small sized tho.

I can think of better places to cool off, use the restroom, get a drink of water, and regroup. But this one is not bad at all.
It has like 5 or 6 floors. Café. Books galore. And super helpful staff. We even looked at some of the books on sustainable home building… on our way back out into the heat.

I find this place fascinating because in the basement level, where they keep their classical music compact discs and dvds there’s a raging lunatic who works here that says things like «Carlo Mario Giulini was conducting the Berlin Philharmonic and because someone played a wrong note he broke his baton and screamed YOU SHOULD BE MORE LIKE JERRY OVER AT LINCOLN CENTER TOWER RECORDS, REST IN PEACE» and «Although the hair may be dyed, and the teeth may be fake, the rest of me is all real baby, oh yeah.»
I hate this place because the people who work at the Starbucks on the top floor are really rude and unhelpful. And lots of stinky smelly people loiter for far too long, loudly chatting on their cellphones and littering.
And, finally, I love this place because because because they occasionally have panel discussions with such classical music luminaries as Pierre-​Laurent Aimard, Susan Graham, and the Emerson String Quartet.

Ah, B&N Lincoln Center, how I love thee. Love Love LOVE! Let me count the ways:
One: How many times I had to ask for assistance before one of their staff escorted me through the store looking for an obscure title I was determined to gift to a friend.
Two: The teas I drank from the Starbucks café upstairs. This is a Starbucks on steroids – they have a beefed up menu of sandwiches and salads from which to choose such that you really could live in the store (until they notice you sleeping in the children’s section and kick you out, of course).
Three: The hours I wasted, I mean, spent wandering around the aisles, browsing books, and lingering in the café.
Four: The number of floors in this huge store, from the bottom floor stocked fully with gifts/​journals/​cards/​magazines to the top floor café overlooking Broadway.
Five: The months left on my B&N membership. A $ 25 annual fee gets you 40% off bestsellers, 20% off other hardcovers, and 10% off everything else in the store, including those teas in the Starbucks upstairs.
Six: How much I paid for Amy Sedaris’s I Like You: Hostessing Under the Influence because it was a «Bargain Book» (the name for their sales merchandise, laid out nicely on tables strategically close to high-​traffic areas in the store, luring compulsive shoppers like me).
Seven: How many of the NYTimes bestsellers I intend to read; they have the list posted in the store.
Eight: The minutes I waited in the check out line, staring at knick-​knacks like book lights and found myself pondering age-​old questions like «do people really read in the dark?».
Nine: The time the store opens in the morning, for early birds hoping to get a jump on the day or last-​minute gifts before heading out to birthdays on Long Island.
Zero: The amount of money I had to spend using the wireless internet in the store. Yippee for free wifi!
Yours Always,
C.M.

My search for a bound (non-​spiral) girly girl journal/​notebook without lines (blank pages) continues as I need it for my Chinese classes. However, to my utter dismayal this multi-​level Barnes & Noble carries a gargantuan choice of lined journals/​notebooks.
Yet the renowned legendary (also my favorite) Moleskine notebooks are available and in stock in multi-​colors which is «made exclusively for Barnes & Noble.» As the lady in red, I opt for the small red Moleskine ruled pages pocket size 3.5″ X 5.5″ journal. This Barnes & Noble carries a limited stock of Vera Bradley products. Customer service is very prompt, courteous and professional upon requesting for a business card and the updated edition of «New York’s Best Places to Discover and Enjoy Central Park» by Putnam and Cramer; New York City & Co. which an associate took initiative to search B&N’s company-​wide inventory. To my utter dismayal, the Soho location is the only one of all the five boroughs that has any available in stock.
… So my quest for a girly girl unlined, bound journal/​notebook continues! Ayia, so does the frustration gloom deepens!

This is by far my favorite location of all the B&N stores.
Idk, but to me it’s just easier to find whatever books I’m looking for than the Union Square location, and it’s less crowded too. It could definitely have a better mag section but this is the only location where I feel completely comfortable grabbing a few books, finding that perfect nook and reading until my ass falls asleep, without a ton of people constantly passing by.
(Giving myself away here) I was also able to pick up Breaking Dawn literally 5 minutes before it was officially released without having to wait on a long line. It was great.
Plus, I always get a seat in the café! Woop Woop!

This is my new favorite Barnes & Noble location!
The café on the fourth floor is fantastic! There is ample seating at the tables and at the bar counters. I also like the way the books are displayed… for some reason I find it really easy to find books here and it seems as if more books are put out.
The only complaint is that this location is 4 stories so getting to the café means going up 4 escalators.

I prefer the B&N in Union Square, but this one is pretty good too. When I was living in the UES I was used to catch the M66 crosstown bus and spend a couple of hours every now and then at this B&N. It made for a pleasant way to kill an evening while reading a new book and browsing through a couple of magazines.
It’s smaller than the one by Union Square, and at times when it is busy the area by the escalator can get pretty crammed. The magazine section also could be a lot better. Nevertheless I have fond memories of this store.

It’s kinda funny. I was going to say I’m a little biased writing this review since I work for Barnes and Noble’s competitor. That said, I LOVE THIS STORE!!! People often tell me that my store (which shall remain unnamed) is HUGE. It’s not. In comparison to the Barnes and Noble on 66^th my store pales. This place has a good 6 levels of books/​media/​coffee. It’s amazing! I feel as if everything is laid out in such a pleasing manner to the eye. I get caught in one thing and am instantly pulled to the next, so on and so forth!
As far as staff friendliness, knowledge, etc, I can’t say as I’ve never asked them for help. One negative thing is that I had once applied here about a year ago and had trouble doing so. No one seemed to know who to give the application too, who to follow up with, etc. I never even received a follow up call from them. Oh well!
As soon as I quit working for the competition I believe my business will be redirected to this store. Unfortunately I receive too good a discount right now!

Went in the other day and had yet another frustrating experience. The sales help in the YA section seem to be intellectually slower than the kids they assist.
When I asked the salesperson where the non fiction for young readers were he showed me the are for teens. I then asked him is this what you have for YOUNG READERS? he said no, and showed me another section.
IDIOT!

This is one heck of a B&N — giant, with four floors plus a basement for music and dvds! Insane! What I like about it is that it has a wide selection given its ginormous space, it’s located in a convenient area (right off the 1 train as another Unilocaler wrote), the café isn’t too crazy (although the service was slow), and you could probably sit there even if you didn’t patronize the Starbucks. Plus, this one has a performance/​reading space — the day I went they had a children’s group from Tada! do some singing and Carrie Fisher later on to talk about her latest book! Crazy!

This is my go-​to Barnes and Noble since it’s right off the 66 stop on the 1 train. It’s got four floors of glorious bookage, which might be confusing to navigate, but staff people are generally helpful.
There isn’t any sitting space unfortunately, except for in the café (which I’ll briefly address in a bit), and they’re a bit strict about sitting in the café unless you’ve bought something from them. Boo. However, feel free to sit on the window ledge (they’re not too dirty, and they’re quite wide), or tuck yourself into a corner on the 3^rd floor because the carpet’s not THAT bad!
The café has standard sub-​par drinks that taste a lot like sugar, watered down espresso and lukewarm milk (that means BAD) but they DO stock Cheesecake Factory’s cheesecake. Their one saving grace (and the reason why it’s four stars instead of 3) is because they have PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE. Also tasty is their key lime cheesecake. Deliciously tart and creamy. Yum.
A great place to wait around for someone or kill some time. And for CHEESECAKE.