Phil’s Stationery

Great place. They have what you need at good prices. I picked up x201 small business legal stationery here instead of buying it online and save a good amount of money. They guys are real nice too.

the absolute go to place for any of your stationery needs. Highly recommend

There used to be a sign in my long-​gone, local stationery store: «If we don’t have it, you don’t need it!». The sentiment applies best to Phil’s (or Crazy Phil’s, as I like to call it). This is an urban treasure trove of everything no one else carries, anymore. Yes, you may have to wipe off a little dust and test the 4 color Bic pens, but don’t let that dissuade you. Phil’s is also a specialist in handwritten account books, which serves the nearby Diamond traders very well, indeed. You are in excellent care with Sam, son of the original owner, and the incredibly knowledgeable O.J., as well as the other seasoned hands that keep the Rolodexes turning!

This place is the best. So happy a place like it still exists in NYC.

This place is a New Yorker’s stationary heaven. It looks completely unorganized, there are boxes stacked to the ceiling everywhere, the employees yell as if they’re in perpetual civil war, and you have no chance of finding anything on your own. Luckily for you, if you ask for help, you’ll be greeted with the most kind, generous service you’ve received and even though it may not look like it, these guys have absolutely everything you need. Phil’s stationary has class. Phil’s Stationary has character. Phil’s stationary is a real New York business. Great, quality product. I’m never shopping anywhere else ever again.

Visiting Phil’s was quite an experience.
I called yesterday to ask if they had 9 by 12 inch ready-​strip envelopes (which I was having a very hard time finding) and was told they had 9.5 by 12.5 ready-​strip and 9 by 12 regular. Fine.
I get there today to find out that actually, all their envelopes are 9.5 by 12.5. Not a huge deal, but the owner was weirdly rude about it.
Then he loudly announced he was leaving to meet with his parole officer. I assumed that was a joke until he got into a shrill screaming match with his bookkeeper and again referenced his parole multiple times. («Come over here.» «You come over here! You always make me come to you!» … «You don’t trust me!» «You’re going to make me late!»). It was reality-​show quality theater, in a scary way.
The cashier kindly rang me up while that was going on. It wasn’t his fault, but because they keep everything in disorganized heaps, he charged me the ready-​strip price for every envelope when there were actually many regular envelopes mixed into the box.
Unfortunately, back at my office I found that some of the envelopes were so dirty, I couldn’t use them at all. (I bought 118, and at least 10 were unusable). They looked like they’d been stepped on.
I’m giving 2 stars instead of 1 because they did kind of have what I needed … I feel so sorry for their cashier.

This place is total chaos! But under the years of boxes, Phil’s got it.
Old new york charm with lots of hard to find supplies. Highly recommended.