Target

This is the famous big-​box, low-​price megastore that does a very good job of keeping the average asshole at bay! This is the essence of its nationwide success! Everything in Target (pronounced Tar-​zhay (Fr.)) Stores is a bit muted, and a bit classier than, shall I mention it, Wal-​Mart! The mass of proles next door, in the mall, the Walmart with no interior carpeting, however cheap, and harsh lighting on unwashed linoleum and audio and video pollution assaulting receptive sensory organs fixed into heads everywhere.
Want to buy a cheap fishing rod with some peace and quiet surrounding you (sort of like a stream), without everyone knowing about it – and screaming out for a price for you on the p.a. system? Come to Tar-​zhay. They’ll soothe you, with a bit of calm and class, and get you ready to go back out once again into the Mickey-​D, Burger Thing, Toys Ain’t Really Us, fucking Kroll’s and Kohl’s and fucking Proles fucking dorker fucking world that we all know well. Bravo.

If you don’t mind the long walk in East Harlem to get here, this is a pretty decent Target. It’s reasonably pedestrian friendly and the staff was very helpful when I had questions (at least on a weekday). Their merchandise is consistent with the inventory in Queens; it’s just the walk from the subway that’s more annoying to me, particularly in the cold weather.

Do NOT order online for pick up. The people that work in «customer service» are rude and abrasive. Avoid shopping there on the weekends all together…

I used to enjoy going to Target when I lived in another state, but this Target feels like it is on the way down. I went on the day after a major holiday, so perhaps part of the sloppiness is due to that. The lights in the frozen food display were flickering. There were many gaps in the frozen food selection, empty spaces that needed restocking. In other parts of the food area, items weren’t priced. Since low prices are a major reason for going to Target, I think it is really not smart to have unpriced items. People who go to Target do price comparisons. I decided not to buy some items because I had no idea what they cost.
The checkout experience wasn’t great. Since it was a very slow day, with few people in the store, I didn’t have to wait. The checkout employee didn’t take a break from her conversation with another employee while she checked me out. She chatted away as if I were invisible. This is common in NYC supermarkets, so I can’t fault Target specifically, as they’re no better or worse than the average NYC supermarket. I understand that being a checkout employee is boring and poorly paid, but it seems like a minimum level of customer service would require acknowledging the customer and taking a break from ongoing conversations with other employees. It’s not much to ask.
Overall, I feel like this Target was on the way to becoming a dumpy store. It wouldn’t surprise me if they wound up closing in a couple of years. Too bad, because they had so much potential. My guess is that senior management has taken their eye off of day to day operations. With retail, you can’t do that!

OK, this location is not the worst, but it definitely doesn’t deserve three stars, so two it is … or maybe 1.5 STARS!
I usually come by here before or after my Costco run. Whenever I do there is always someone being approached for shoplifting by security and the employees look like they seriously hate their lives =\. Which I guess would explain why the place is always a mess and it is impossible to find someone to assist you with anything, ever.
None-​the-​less, we are usually good with quickly finding what we need from here that we couldn’t get at or didn’t want in bulk from Costco. It is definitely worth a quick browse as they usually have great deals going on, especially with their food — super cheap sometimes!

Target finally added self-​checkout stations!
However, Target’s management completely missed the point of them.
This Target (1) got rid of the 10 items or less cashier stations, (2) added 3 working self-​checkout stations and (3) otherwise left the number of checkouts (self– or staffed) the same. So lines are still long.
Target, get it right: add self-​checkout stations IN ADDITION TO the existing staffed stations. That will reduce lines and result in happier customers.
Don’t give us 6 and take away half a dozen.

I go just to hang out sometimes in the Winter. This store is always clean, great bathrooms, lots of nice things for your middle class home decorator! I always find what I need for one of my household projects.
They have fast check out plus self check out now too! You can also order on line and pick up in store. At check out they use the new credit card scans for your protection. They finally got that right.
You can get something to eat and Starbuck’s is right there too. All of the employees I’ve come in contact with are very helpful. They go out of their way to help you find what you need. Great customer service Target!
Very good hours of operation. They open early seven days a week at 8 AM.
I can definitely say I’ve never been disappointed shopping at Target. I am particularly fond of this location! I used to have to travel all the way to Queens to shop at Target!

(This review actually pertains to
. I am posting it here because Target’s moderator deemed that my post was not appropriate for their website.)
ORDER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
Below is a detailed breakdown of my experience with Target:
1. I ordered a daybed online from
. Only the box spring, the pullout mattress and the posts arrived to my apartment. The headboard and side panels were never delivered.
2. I called Target to request that the missing pieces be sent to me. I spent 45 minutes on hold, before the call dropped and I gave up.
3. The following day (after spending an additional 40 minutes on hold), I finally got through to someone. This person suggested that Target send me an entire new bed and that I should return the (huge, bulky, heavy) box spring and pullout bed that I had already received to the store. This was a ludicrous suggestion, since I had already indicated that I live in NYC and I do not own a car. The sales representative provided me the phone number for the supplier and stated that they should be able to send me the missing parts.
4. I called the supplier. The person with whom I needed to speak had already left the office for the day. It was Friday, so they instructed me to call back on Monday.
5. On Monday, I called the supplier again. I sat on hold (twice), before they transferred me to their office in Chicago. After transferring me to another two representatives, they instructed me to call back to Target.
6. I called Target again and experienced several more transfers. In total, I wasted over an hour on this call (mostly spent on hold). We finally agreed that someone would come to pick up the parts (within a three-​day window, during which they might come at any time and only during normal business hours — when I am working). I had to rearrange my work schedule to ensure that I would be home for them to come.
7. When the UPS delivery person arrived, he indicated that Target only provided him one shipping label, despite there being three (huge, bulky, heavy) pieces. I will need to call back to Target to issue additional shipping labels so that he can come back again for the other parts (ARGH!!!)
8. I anticipate that once the item is fully returned I will receive a full refund from Target (let’s hope that doesn’t become another catastrophe!) Nonetheless, I will be shopping elsewhere for my daybed!!!

Had a good experience this morning. Fatou was helpful and very efficient during check out. We will be coming back very soon.

I love this place. Although it’s a bit out of my way, it’s worth the hike. It’s great for purchasing college dorm room stuff like sleeping pillows, 6 bucks, comforters 19.99, towels 3.49. I got a lot of nicknacks there yesterday for under 60 bucks. It’s very spacious too. I love it.

At least I love the location: inside of Manhattan. I could hike from all the way around if only I was willing to trek a bit. I guess I was in the mood the other day, only to find pretty much nothing that I was looking for in the shelf. This was disheartening.
I kicked myself that I had chosen this site over other locations for the evening. Or was it the worst time; just right before kids’ going back to school. Still, the entire store rather appeared ramshackle. I had to leave empty handed for the evening. I am sure I would go back but not with a huge ‘to-​buy list’. Ghhhh!

Great store for everything — all the basics hard to find in just the drug stores and convenient stores in the neighborhood … In the same complex as costco and petco and with car services to take you and all your shopping goods home. Service here is always really friendly !

I shopped here a couple times last year and was happy to find plenty of employees around to help. Everyone said hello and I was asked if I needed help a few times. Really nice. Then I came here a few days ago to find NOBODY on the sales floor to help me find what I was looking for. And I do mean nobody. For literally 20 minutes. I couldn’t find what I was looking for, but found a few other small items (barely worth the subway ride uptown) only to be treated rudely by the cashier, whose name I think was «Trey»? The issue was that he was trying to get the the customer in front of me to open a Target credit card. The customer didn’t really understand English very well and didn’t even realize he was applying for a credit card. I understand that employees get a lot pf pressure to convince customers to open charge accounts, but it was very obvious that this customer had no idea he was applying for a charge card, yet the employee kept pushing and pushing and forcing him to type his personal info into the screen. After a few minutes of back and forth of what was clearly a misunderstanding, Trey kept re-​scanning his paperwork and kept telling the customer to keep punching in his information into the keypad. After several minutes of this nonsense, I finally spoke up and told Trey the customer didn’t understand what was going on and was confused as to why he wasn’t able to pay and leave. Trey ignored me and kept barking at the customer to type in his info as the keypad requested. At this point, I asked the customer if he understood he was applying for a new credit card. He looked at me kind of shocked and Trey finally just let the man pay with his own credit card. Well, the shit hit the fan when it was my turn. Rude rude RUDE. Too bad he felt it was necessary to treat me like crap to make a point of letting me know he was angry that I put an end to him signing up a new customer. Terrible.
So, Target gets one strike for having nobody on the sales floor to help customers, another strike for this jerk cashier trying to take advantage of a customer who clearly didn’t understand what was going on and a last strike (you’re out!!!) for being rude to me. Id’ rather go to the Target in Target in Brooklyn and take my purchases on the subway. I won’t come back here.

Unprofessional Management. Management let their employees go and waltz out when they please and not show back up for their shift. Also WTF you are telling me that most of the shelves are empty because you don’t have Employees that want to come to work? Well then Hire people… Oh wait your Phone Interviewing Management doesn’t show up to call people for a job either… Then you make up excuses and then you never ever call the person and they get an email stating that they FAILED the JOB INTERVIEW… Really.
Corporate has been notified and I hope they all get fired and replaced by better managers.

The employees match their manager. Obese, Rude, and not helpful at all.
This place is poorly stocked.

I just moved to West Harlem from Brooklyn, and I was floored by how much nicer this Target is than the one at Atlantic Ave. I got everything I needed, and guest services even held one of my bags for me when I forgot it. A quick trip back the next day with my receipt and confirmation number, and I had the rest of my purchases.
Do yourself a favor and shop here. Grocery prices are MUCH lower than almost anywhere else in NYC, and their selection is wider than almost any other grocery store. Quality is never a problem. Also, one-​stop shopping is such a plus when you’re used to the normal NYC hunting-​gathering from 15 different stores just to get everything you need.

It’s impossible to give Target less than 4 stars because I love this store and I shop there every week. I take one point away because they never seem to have enough registers open on the weekends.

1) I got really excited when I found out (late I know) that there was a target in the city! I found this location to be very convenient it wasn’t hard to find I just took a bus to crosstown bus and it got me there
2) when I entered it was a better view than the other location in the Bronx and I got really excited they had better trend of items! it was just an overall great experience for me
I will definitely be coming to this location we more often than the others location the staff is pretty awesome the fitting room lady she was a tremendous help and when I got to the cashier. I ended up going on the express line by accident twice (LOL) I didn’t know there was two of them and it was my first time and I explained it to her and she was a doll about it! :), and there was such a long line afterwards and I felt so bad but she registered me up pretty quickly and was on her way and it was pretty good! Those are some great employees they got !

This is a decent Target. They have a broad selection and a helpful staff. They also have a Starbucks on site which is extremely convenient. The restrooms are fairly clean.
The best time to come is during the week. The weekends are crazy busy.

Too bad I don’t live closer to this Target, I have no complaints about this location except for the distance. I can always shop with ease and I never have any problems looking for anything.
This location always have a wide variety of what I’m looking for and I’ve learned before hand to double check the website to make sure certain items are in stock at this location before making the trip here.
I’ve never been disappointed!