T & T Plastic Land

Happy I found this place.
Fast, efficient and friendly!
Why deal with the rude people at Canal Plastics.

Really disappointing visit here, as we found the prices a bit absurd and the place really behind the times.

As the name suggests, T&T is all about plastics (plexiglass mostly). They can custom make you items or you can just stop in for some materials. The shop is rather small and their selection is a fraction of what Canal Plastics has but their prices are a bit better. The service I got here wasn’t very good but between the prices and the fact they took credit cards it’s an ok shop worthy of a solid 3 star rating. The great thing is because they’re only a block away from Canal Plastics, come here first, if they don’t have what you need, you’re right by another store that probably does.

Love this place! They make good suggestions and they’re accurate and timely in what they do. They respond to calls and emails swiftly and the music is pretty awesome while you are waiting here.
You can design any custom box you want here and they have samples of the sizes and colors available. If you’re not sure what you need, they’re more than happy to walk you through it. All in all, each time I stopped by here, I’ve got exactly what I wanted.

Dog-​friendly! I walked little Kula over there and she knew what the guys had, they knew she knew, so one guy finally brought out a box of Milk-​Bones. She’s a regular and loves coming in here.
They have a wide assortment of acrylic frames and boxes; although one reviewer here suggests – based on the store’s location – they’re geared to using the boxes to hold, «um, ‘stuff’” – I find them to be useful for sorting and collecting many tiny things, such as beads, screws, and the like.
When I was a student several years ago, a group of us would often make runs down to Canal street and go gallery-​hopping and to the various stores down here, including the plastic stores. This store is a great destination for all your Mylar and plastic needs.

My original plan was to go to the Canal Plastic. But when I got there they were so rude that I left the store without shopping what I needed. And guess what no one even cared that they missed a customer! anyway I ended up going to T&T Plastic which was like a 5 star hotel after such a horrible experience with the Canal Plastic.
Every one in this store is super friendly and the prices are reasonable. Their services is very good and actually the lady over there showed me how to DIY some stuff to save some money! To add one, what was $ 59 at Canal Plastic I bought for $ 49 at T&T.

always find what i need plastic wise here.thanks.

Less abrasive than Canal Plastics in my experience.
A good selection of plastics and vinyls. Prices are not cheap but not the worst Manhattan price gouge either.
I second the other poster’s recommendation about coming with a drawing or written specs if you have anything more than a simple cut.
I don’t love how they manhandle some of the vinyls taking them off the roll. Tap Plastics (a great chain out West) has a rolling cart to avoid that awkward, approximated, wandering scissor cut in one hand /​hold the roll in the other hand.
Also, once, they sold me what was left on the roll, but wouldn’t leave it on the core for me, which would have made carrying a 60″ long floppy piece of vinyl on the subway a lot easier.
I shop here out of necessity. If a Tap Plastics opened up anywhere below 59^th Street, I’d switch there in a heartbeat.

The guys here are super helpful. I had to construct something out of plexi for the first time and was really clueless about putting it together. The guy behind the counter advised me about the thickness I needed, how to glue it, etc etc.
Definitely worth it to stop in and browse around too. Lots of crafts items, mirrored things, and colorful acrylic containers. I’ve heard the prices are good compared to Canal Plastics and I’ve only heard horror stories about their customer service.
Great scrap section for small projects. They’re leftover from cut pieces and priced super cheap.

T&T is an unusual and very intriguing store – a boon to those who still use their hands directly to make creative projects and handicrafts (rather than being phony artists who work solely on computers and the internet). This odd store will supply you with pieces of acrylic and plastic in any number or size to meet your needs. Flat or curved; colored or clear or opaque. The sheets are cut to order (barring miscommunication). Me, I would always come here with a properly dimensioned, measured drawing so as to avoid any confusion. I recommend this to everyone. Use Visio, Inkscape, or SmartDraw to lay out your design. Its not cheap– a 4’x2’ sheet is almost $ 50. But they’re willing to give you leeway on price wherever they can and they explain to you what each item is on the bill. All in all; a superb service for things you have to DIY yourself with plastic involved.

I ordered plastic sheets from here for work. It was a disaster. They got my order wrong initially — I had ordered 4 $ 20 corrugated plastic sheets, but they had my order as one $ 83 plastic sheet instead of. I sent a courier to pick up my order. He called me to ask how many plastic sheets I ordered (as they had my order down as four sheets but the store had my order down as one sheet) — I reported four. The courier reported this to T&T Plastic, and so they charged me $ 249 for three $ 83 sheets of plastic, without me authorizing this charge! When the four sheets of the wrong type of plastic were delivered and I was given the expensive reciept, I called to ask 1) how they got my order wrong and 2) how they dared to authorize a $ 249 to my card without speaking with me to authorize it. They offered no explanation or apology. The salesperson I was speaking with (she is the female one) was incredibly rude and kept repeating that it was «no problem» — when you charge me $ 249 for somethign I didn’t want to order without asking me, there is a problem!!!
Now I have to pay a courier to bring my order back and pick up the correct plastic sheets. I am not happy with T&T Plastic at all. Their customer service is remarkably terrible.

Found this place from a recommendation by Canal Rubber. Very helpful staff, super courteous and professional. Completely willing to go the extra mile to get exactly what you need and 80% cheaper than Canal Plastics!
Why do they have to have a store in the Bermuda Triangle of NYC though? I think I might know why… they have a fabulous selection of various transparent acrylic boxes. My guess is that the customers of those very special boxes, for very special-​um, ‘stuff’, don’t want to parade into a shop on Canal with thousands of camera snapping midwestern tourists with knock-​off Rolex handbags. They might get freaked out or something… why am I suddenly getting an intense craving for cheetos? What was I saying again? Did you know that the universe is expanding, dude? And it’s accelerating?! That totally blows my mind!

Intrigued… I know I had some project where I wanted metallic sticky paper and colorful plexiglass… now, when I remember what it was, I’ll know where to look. They’ve got lots of cool stuff here.