Tri-State (NY-NJ-CT) LFS directory
 

I hope this post serves both new hobbyists and those looking to venture into new areas of the city. Kindly PM me with any additional entries and I will amend. The list was compiled from feedback of our community.

New York
Eastern, Queens

• Fishtown USA, Inc :smile::smile::smile:
  196-33 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY (718) 539-5396
  Regularly imports exotics species.
• Kissena Aquarium Inc :smile::smile:
  4630 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY (718) 358-0761
  Generally carries common fish. occassionally imports exotic species of fish and shrimp
• Northern Aquarium Inc :smile::smile:
  13502 Northern Boulevard, Flushing, NY (718) 321-9722
• Rainbow Aquarium :smile::smile:
  14314 45th Avenue, Flushing, NY (718) 886-4200
• Animal Pantry
  13720 Crossbay Blvd # 1 Jamaica, NY 11417 (718) 845-8400
• House of Fish & Pets :smile::smile:
  16905 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY (718) 739-3090

Western, Queens

• Blue Gold Aquarium Inc :smile::smile:
  8612 Whitney Avenue, Elmhurst, NY (718) 565-8583
• Golden Aquatic Aquarium :smile:
  7620 Woodside Avenue, Flushing, NY (718) 606-2428 goldenaquatictrading.com
• Coral Aquariums Inc :smile:
  75-3 Roosevelt Avenue, New York, NY (718) 429-3934
• Paradise Aquarium
  66-16 Fresh Pond Road Ridgewood, NY 11385 (718) 366-6921

Manhattan

• Pacific Aquarium & Plant Inc :smile::smile::smile:
  46 Delancey Street #1, New York, NY (212) 995-5895 ‎ · pacificnyc.com
• 38 Aquarium Inc :smile:
  371 Broome Street, New York, NY (212) 966-0397
  Specializes in flowerhorns and parrot cichlids.
• Win Tropical Aquariums :smile::smile::smile:
  169 Mott Street, New York, NY (212) 343-2875
  Imports nano and exotic fish and plants.
• Aqua Star Pet Shop :smile::smile:
  176 Mulberry Street, New York, NY (212) 431-4311
  Carries popular tropical fish, goldfish, discus, angels, bettas, birds, inverts, etc...
• PET INN USA - http://www.petinnusa.com/
  112 madison st new york ny10002
  Mainly Goldfish
• Petco [14 st Union Sq flagship store]:smile::smile::smile:
  860 Broadway New York, NY 10003 (212) 358-0692
  Imports exotic species
• Petland Discounts :smile::smile:
  132 Nassau Street, New York, NY
• Petland Discounts :smile::smile:
  632 Broadway New York‎ New York‎ 10012
• Fauna - www.faunanyc.com
  265 W 87th St # 1 New York, NY 10024
  A fair number of tanks (FW/SW - all fish stuff in basement) - but I don't remember them having much/any plants

Westchester county

• Exotic Pet Warehouse
  597 Central Park Avenue Yonkers, NY 10704
  (914) 963-6557
  http://www.exoticpetwarehouse.com/home.htm
  Large selection of FW (not a lot of nanofish) and SW - but the place is dirty, tanks not incredibly clean

Bronx

• Zoo-Rama Aquarium
  2574 East Tremont Ave.
  Bronx, NY 10461

Brooklyn

• King Fish Aquarium & Pet Supply :smile::smile:
  4818 8th Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220 (718) 438-3189
• Reef Aquarium :smile::smile:
  5415 8th Ave (between 54th St & 55th St) Brooklyn, NY 11220 (718) 633-7850
• World Class Aquarium :smile::smile:
  2015 Flatbush Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11234 (718) 258-0653
• Brooklyn Zoo and Aquarium :smile::smile:
  2377 Ralph Ave. New York, NY 11234 (718)251-7389
  10% discount if you're a member of BAS, some plants and sometimes nice fish. Out of the 2 I like WCA better.
• New Island Aquarium
  1963 Utica Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11234 (718) 241-6688 :smile:
• Royal Aqua World :smile::smile:
  815 65th Street Brooklyn, NY 11220 (718) 238-0718.
  Nice plants and fish, upstairs tank setups. Hard area to park most times.
• King's Aquarium
  7106 18th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11204 (718) 621-8130
• Tamco Aquarium and Supply Inc
  6310 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn 718-232-2885

Long Island

• Pets Warehouse :smile::smile::smile:
  177 Glen Cove Road, Carle Place, NY
  (516) 307-1522 ‎ · petswarehouse.com
  Extensive FW collection with exotic stock + reasonable plant section
• Aquarium Village Inc. :smile::smile:
  473 Old Country Road, Westbury, NY
  (516) 333-0682 ‎ · nyaquariumvillage.com
  More salt than fw. no plants but has plenty of dry goods and equipment. nano rimless tanks
• Tropical Showcase :smile::smile::smile:
  372 West Old Country Road, Hicksville, NY
  (516) 433-0988 ‎ · tropicalshowcase.com
  Large FW selection, exotic livestock and plants, tends to be pricey and the owners are known to be a tad rude.
• Country Critters :smile::smile:
  152 Medford Avenue Patchogue, NY 11772 (631) 758-6777
• Magic Isle Aquarium :smile::smile:
  205 Centereach Mall Centereach, NY 11720 (631) 585-2939
• South Shore Tropicals
  127 Merrick Road Amityville, NY 11701 (631) 608-8100
• Aqua Hut Inc
  264 Middle Country Road, Coram, NY 11727 (631) 732-3620
• BTJ's Jungle
  150 Sunrise Hwy, West Islip, NY 11795 (631) 587-8191
  
• Caribbean Blue Aquatics
  1756 Sunrise Highway Bay Shore, NY 11706‎ (631) 969-2583

Albany

• Davy Jones Locker
  368 Delaware Avenue, Albany NY, 12209 (518) 436-4810
  Helpful and knowledgeable staff; diverse selection on livestock, inverts and a decent selection on plants.

New Jersey

• Pet goods
  651 Route 17, Paramus, NJ 07652
  open before noon; bulldog pleco
• Fishtown USA
  735 New Jersey 17, Ramsey, NJ 07446
• Ridgewood Aquarium Imports
  10 S Broad St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
  Ada and do aqua! Planted Specialty "pro" shop, Must see for ADA tanks!
• Rt4 aquarium
  143 Broadway, Elmwood Park, NJ 07407
  Large livestock and equipment, exotic sw, exotic shrimps and CPOs in stock.
• Absolutely Fish
  1080 U.S. 46 Clifton, NJ 07013
  Large selection of everything. A must see in the area.
• Fish Hut
  114 U.S. 46, Saddle Brook, NJ
  daphania cultures, awesome killis, ricefish, great prices review thread
• Kazmir Pet shop
  82 Anderson Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
  Proverbial hole in the wall shop with Gems to be found. awesome fish selection. Great steals on dry goods,
  lots of cool plants
• Shark Aquarium - www.sharkaquarium.com
  245 U.S. 22 Hillside, NJ 07205
• Aquarium Paradise/AquaScapeOnline
  234 Washington Ave Belleville NJ 07109 - 908-634-0820 / 908-634-0825
• Ely's Aquatic Farms
  326 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park, NJ 07932 - (973) 377-0570
• Pet Shanty
  2507 US Highway 22 Scotch Plains, NJ 07076 - (908) 889-8262
• Ocean Gallery II
  980 U.S. 22, North Plainfeld, NJ
  Mostly saltwater - and a nice store for that.
• Shark Aquarium - www.sharkaquarium.com
  245 U.S. 22 Hillside, NJ 07205

Connecticut

• House of Fins
  99 Bruce Park Avenue Greenwich, CT 06830 (203) 661-8131
• Greenwich Aquaria
  1064 East Putnam Avenue Riverside, CT 06878 (203) 344-1572

Google Map - https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=U...09b9878cffe7fd

Special thanks to rozdaboff for the google map

Thx, helpfully

Here's another for Queens:


Animal Pantry
13720 Crossbay Blvd # 1 Jamaica, NY 11417 (718) 845-8400

I'm assuming you're leaving out Petcos and Petsmarts?

Thanks! This is very helpful

Edited it again. Didn't see the listing earlier.

In manhattan there are a few petcos & petsmarts that are occasionally worth checking out. And of course the numerous petland discounts that are either hit/miss on their fish & plants.

useful thread bump

I think Petland by Pace is a worthwhile store to add.

Some decent deals and I usually end up buying something there.

132 Nassau Street, New York, NY

Might be a little far out for a thread called NYC LFS, but two L.I. stores well above average fish-wise would have to be:

Country Critters
152 Medford Avenue Patchogue, NY 11772
(631) 758-6777

Magic Isle Aquarium
205 Centereach Mall Centereach, NY 11720
(631) 585-2939

Aside from the smiley faces....I think we should also include some sort of symbol to signify whether we are able to haggle or bargin over the prices --> since many of these LFS are asian runned. :)

I'll start by contributing my experience:

-- Pacific: price-negotiating potential if you buy from them in large quantity.

-- Royal Aqua World: definitely possible, if you haggle over the right items...and if that asian lady is in a good mood that day LOL.

We can probably create a thread for each one of these... and update on the specifics?

Doesn't Pacific give discounts for TPT members? Somehow I never wind up paying the full price I'm quoted for my rocks.

... I just realized that technically, I took the train into Manhattan to buy three pounds of rocks.

10% off normally, 15% when we have tours, but it also depends on who is writing your receipt, since not all of them that work there are aware. I'm getting the impression they recognize many of the forum regulars.

Nice list. Though House of Fish & Pets and Animal Pantry are nowhere near Elmhurst :)

Also, add Aqua Hut to the list.

Aqua Hut Inc
264 Middle Country Road, Coram, NY 11727
(631) 732-3620

Been to animal pantry there a few blocks away from my house. I bought my beta from there. There fish look good.