{"id":518429,"date":"2026-01-15T17:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518429\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:37:15","slug":"the-best-new-childrens-stores-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518429\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best New Children\u2019s Stores in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the running competition for Best Aunt, I am going for gold. One key to achieving that goal (as shameless as it may be) is getting excellent gifts<\/a> for my nephews. Not the flashiest little outfits or the newest, most expensive toys, but things that are truly unique and special\u2014a vintage coloring book, maybe, or a one-of-a-kind shirt. Lucky for me and other New Yorkers, the last few months have seen a wave of exciting new children\u2019s stores open in the city.<\/p>\n

These new offerings bring a fresh burst of energy to the independent children\u2019s store landscape, joining established standbys like Mary Arnold Toys<\/a>, Books of Wonder<\/a>, and Kidding Around<\/a>, and relative newcomers like Misha and Puff<\/a>. Even better, they also serve as community spaces, with story times and other events to bring everyone together.<\/p>\n

Below, meet the newest brick-and-mortar children\u2019s stores that are delighting the city\u2019s kids and adults alike.<\/p>\n

141 India St, #4, Brooklyn, NY 11222<\/p>\n

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Photo: Kelly Adelia<\/p>\n

A candy-colored dream in Greenpoint, Store Called Store opened in October 2025 and was conceived by artist Kelly Adelia as a \u201cliving installation\u201d full of vintage toys, quilts, lamps, collectibles, and unusual objects.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Joshua Simpson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the running competition for Best Aunt, I am going for gold. One key to achieving that goal…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":518430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,18302,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,60107,95874,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,1940],"class_list":{"0":"post-518429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-living","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-splitscreenimagerightinset","17":"tag-storytypereporting","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa","24":"tag-web"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115900333775331381","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}