New York City
The shortest of TL;DRs: If you’re very short on time, the two places with the most coverage are Standard & Strange and Leffot.
What follows below is a list of welted shoe stores in New York City, first multi-brand retailers, then first party stores sorted in alphabetical order, then bespoke or solo makers, and finally a small section on temporary but regular shoe-related events in the city.
Third Party Retailers
Alden Madison
340 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10173 - Midtown East, Grand Central
Alden Madison exclusively stocks Alden.
Drake’s
327 Canal St, New York, NY 10013 - SoHo
As of November 2024, Drake’s stocks Alden, Aurora, Paraboot, Yuketen, and their own house brand with Goodyear welted shoes made in the UK and some stitchdown models made in Italy.
Hillside Footgear
175-21 Jamaica Ave, Jamaica, NY 11432 - Jamaica
As of November 2024, Hillside Footgear stocks Allen Edmonds, Danner, and White’s.
J. Crew
Numerous locations all over Manhattan
As of November 2024, J. Crew stocks Alden, Hambleton, Paraboot, Quoddy, Red Wing, and their own house brand.
J. Press
51 E 44th St, New York, NY 10017 - Midtown East, Grand Central
501 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022 - Midtown East
As of November 2024, J. Press stocks various models from Alden, Rancourt, Sanders.
Kai D. Utility
230 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY 11211 - Williamsburg
As of November 2024, Kai D. Utility stocks handsewn welted sneakers from Feit, as well as Norwegian welted boots and Goodyear welted slip-ons from their own house brand.
Leffot
10 Christopher St, New York, NY 10014 - West Village
As of November 2024, Leffot stocks Alden, Astorflex, Cheaney, Edward Green, Hiro Yanagimachi, Majordome, Norman Vilalta, and Rancourt. They also offer shoes from various other brands through their pre-owned selection, and occasionally host trunk shows.
Left Field
657 Woodward Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385 - Ridgewood
As of November 2024, Left Field stocks pegged waist cowboy boots from their own house brand made in the US.
Moulded Shoe
10 E 39th St, New York, NY 10016 - Midtown East, Grand Central
Moulded Shoe stocks Alden’s Modified last, as well as a small selection of Alden models in other lasts.
Nepenthes
307 W 38th St, New York, NY 10018 - Times Square, Port Authority Bus Terminal
As of November 2024, Nepenthes stocks Alden, Aurora, Danner, Easymoc, Paraboot, Red Wing, Tricker’s, and White’s.
No Man Walks Alone
336 W 37th St #300, New York, NY 10018 - Midtown
As of November 2024, No Man Walks Alone stocks Aurlands, Paraboot, and Tricker’s.
Self Edge
157 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 - Lower East Side
As of November 2024, Self Edge stocks Goodyear welted made in Japan engineer boots from the Flat Head.
Standard and Strange
238 Mulberry St, New York, NY 10012 - SoHo/Nolita
As of November 2024, Standard and Strange stocks Arch Support Project, Black Sign, Bruschetta Shoes (part of Brass Tokyo aka Clinch), Chamula, Clinch, Grant Stone, Rolling Dub Trio, The 2 Monkeys, The Real McCoy’s, Unsung House, Visvim, Y’2 Leather, and Visvim.
The Armoury
168 Duane St, New York, NY 10013 - Tribeca
13 E 69th St, New York, NY 10021 - Upper East Side
As of November 2024, the Armoury stocks Alden, Grenson, Spigola, Yohei Fukuda’s RTW line, and their own house brand of Goodyear welted shoes made in the UK in collaboration with Simon Bolzoni from Canons and with Yohei Fukuda.
Todd Snyder
1165 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10028 - Upper East Side
620 5th Ave, New York, NY 10020 - Rockefeller Center, Midtown East
25 E 26th St, New York, NY 10010 - NoMad
235 W Broadway, New York, NY 10013 - Tribeca
85 N 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249 - Williamsburg
As of November 2024, Todd Snyder stocks Alden, Crockett & Jones, Danner, Loake, Paraboot, Red Wing, Sanders, Tricker’s, Yuketen, and their own house brand.
Wythe
59 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002 - Lower East Side
As of November 2024, Wythe stocks a collection of hand lasted, Goodyear welted roper and cowboy boots made in Mexico, and a few camp mocs made by Yuketen.
First Party Stores
Allen Edmonds
551 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022 - Midtown East
24 E 44th St, New York, NY 10017 - Midtown East, Grand Central
61 W 49th St, New York, NY 10112 - Rockefeller Center
225 Liberty St #227a, New York, NY 10281 - Battery Park City
Belgian Shoes
110 E 55th St #1, New York, NY 10022 - Midtown East
Carmina Shoemaker
509 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022 - Midtown East
45e E 45th St, New York, NY 10017 - Midtown East, Grand Central
Crockett & Jones
11 E 55th St #3102, New York, NY 10022 - Midtown East
156 Spring St, New York, NY 10012 - SoHo
John Lobb Paris
700 Madison Ave #10065, New York, NY 10065 - Lenox Hill
Majordome
485 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022 - Midtown East
Meermin
123 Mercer St, New York, NY 10012 - SoHo
Red Wing
11 Pennsylvania Plaza STE B, New York, NY 10001 - Herald Square, Madison Square Garden
Thursday Boots
48 W 21st St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010 - Flatiron
Bespoke or Solo Makers
Francis Waplinger
Industry City : Makers Guild, 51 35th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232 - Greenwood Heights
Vogel NYC
214 W 39th St Suite 202, New York, NY 10018 - Times Square
Stiefelwerk NYC
55 Gates Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238 - Clinton Hill
Events
For all the stuff that you can’t find in New York easily (as well as general fine leather footwear extravaganza), each year in October, Stitchdown Boot Camp will take place in NYC. It’s essentially a fine leather footwear convention, mostly focusing on the casual side of things. You get to see and try on shoes from a lot of brands that don’t have a physical retail presence, talk to the people that run them, and in general spend a couple of days nerding out about shoes with the only people in the world who are willing to talk to you about it for hours on end. If you intend to visit New York at some point, this is a great time to do so. The weather is perfect that time of year, and Boot Camp is only a couple of days, so there could be plenty of time left to explore the rest of the city, both from a footwear aspect and in general.