runningandthecity

Updated August 2025

If you need anything very general at the very last minute, there are a few Footlockers, etc, so check what’s closest to you. But if you want to find a running specialty store, or if you want to do some window shopping (ah, who are we kidding, HERE is my paycheck!), or you come from anywhere where you don’t have as many running stores, here’s most of it organized by area:

Union Square (plus Flatiron and MeatPacking)

• Asics, 420 W 14th St (at 9th Ave)
• New Balance, 2-4 W 20th
• Lululemon, 408 W 14th St Front A
• Lululemon, 114 at Fifth Avenue.
• Paragon Sports, running plus, tri, plus swimming, plus outdoors, plus all the sports you can think of. 18th Street and Broadway.
• Athleta, 126 Fifth Avenue
• Hoka, 172 5th Ave (at 22nd)
• The North Face, 195 5th Ave (at 17th St)

Midtown

• Super Runners Shop, 745 7th Av (and 7th Ave)
• Super Runners Shop, 805 3rd Ave (and 50th)
• Adidas, 565 5th Ave (at 46th St)
• The North Face, 530 5th Ave (at 45th St)
• Hoka, 579 5th Ave, New York, NY 10017 (at 49th St)
• Nike, 650 Fifth Avenue, at 52nd St
• Lululemon, Fifth Avenue and 48th St
• Lululemon, Grand Central Terminal
• Lululemon, The Shops at Hudson Yards

Upper East Side

• New Balance, 1172 Third Avenue (at 68th)
• Athleta,1517 3rd Ave (at 85th St.)
• Fleet Feet, 1051 3rd Avenue (and 59th)
• Super Runners Shop, 1438 3rd Ave (and 82nd)
• Lululemon, 86th and third.
• Lululemon, 66th and third.

SoHo

• REI, amazing store, all sorts of stuff, more outdoorsy than running (so small running selection) but you could get lucky, 303 Lafayette (at Houston)
• Nike, 529 Broadway
• The North Face, 584 Broadway B -103
• Athleta, 594 Broadway
• Bandit Running, 328 Bleecker 
• Adidas, a megastore on 610 Broadway (and Houston)
• Adidas Originals, really cool stuff, but more street-wearing than running,  but cool stuff, 115 Spring St (and Prince.)
• Puma, 609 Fifth Avenue.
• Lululemon, 114 Fifth Avenue (and Broome)

Upper West Side, and Columbus Circle

• New Balance Run Hub, at the NYRR Run Center, 320 W 57th St (between 8th and 9th Avenues)
• Super Runners Shop, 395 Amsterdam Ave (and 79th St)
• New Balance, 210 Columbus Avenue (at 69th)
• Fleet Feet, 140 West 72nd Street (and 69th)
• Fleet Feet, The Shops at Columbus Circle, 10 Columbus Circle Suite 210
• Lululemon, 70th and Columbus
• Lululemon, The Shops at Columbus Circle

Downtown

• Lululemon, Brookfield Place.
• Nike, 200 Vesey St, New York, NY 10281
• Under Armour, 185 Greenwich St Space Ll4302

Brooklyn

• Brooklyn Running Co,  480 Bergen St.
• Brooklyn Running Co,  222 Grand Street
• Lululemon, 129 N 6th St
• Lululemon, 445 Albee Square W G-108/G-110
• Bandit Running, 37 Noble Street
• Tracksmith Trackhouse, 147 Wythe Ave
• Adidas, 454 Fulton St
• The North Face, 102 N 6th St
• Nike, 81 N 6th St

If you are also into Triathlon stuff

• Paragon Sports, you will find most of what you need there

then, tri-cycling only, try …

• R&A Cycles, an enormous store with all you can tri-dream, worth the trip to Brooklyn. 105 5th Ave in BROOKLYN.

If you want to get quality running gear on the suuuuper CHEAP, run to:

• Any marshalls
• Any TJ Maxx
• Nordstrom off the rack
• Century 21, 22 Cortlandt, at Broadway.