Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Enchantments is ready to cast a spell in new home on Avenue B

Enchantments is expected to open this week in its new home at 165 Avenue B between 10th Street and 11th Street. (Thanks to Salim for the photo last week!

The longtime (nearly 40 years!) occult-themed shop that sells custom-carved candles, incense and books, among other items, left its previous home at 424 E. Ninth St. between Avenue A and First Avenue last month. 

You can check out the Enchanments website and/or Instagram account for exact opening times this week. 

The new outpost is conveniently located next door to the just-opened Hekate Café & Elixir Lounge

Glad to see someone finally settling into 165 Avenue B... the last full-time retail tenant here was the excellent junk-thrift shop Waldorf Hysteria, which closed some 15 years ago.

10 comments:

  1. It's so great seeing all of these new openings throughout the East Village. Here's hoping they all thrive

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  2. I loved the Waldorf Hysteria. Didn't there used to be a furniture repair place across the street?

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  3. Oh no!! Why they leaving 9th?? Croman building.

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  4. Holy crap, is it really 15 years since we lost Waldorf Hysteria? Wow...

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  5. I have to be honest here, I don’t share their beliefs but they’ve been a fixture in this neighborhood and a prime example of the diversity that makes this old time resident love this neighborhood! I wish them Good Luck 🍀 and Longevity in their new location!!

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  6. We are now the Witchcraft District. I'll take it!

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  7. I congratulate Enchantments on their new digs and also remember the late and great Waldorf Hysteria, I still have amazing pieces I bought there

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  8. Wow Ave B is now witch row. Love it! Plus a new bookshop down the block!

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  9. It’s great to see a neighborhood fixture continue to survive in this difficult economy. And, they don’t serve alcohol, or pizza, or coffee, or dumplings. You go girlfriend!

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  10. Sorry that they are leaving the original 9th street location, but psyched they have a new home! I cherish my pieces from Waldorf Hysteria and all the whacky memories! Wishing the best of luck to the witches of Avenue Beelzebub!

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