Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Farewell to NYC Convenience Gifts (and the hot nuts)

After a quick 17-month run, NYC Convenience Gifts has called it a day on the SE corner of 14th Street and Fourth Avenue. (Thanks to EVG reader Doug for the photo and tip!

The sprawling shop burst onto the scene in May 2024 with a little bit of everything — officially licensed NYC merch, vaping gear, ice cream, luggage … and eventually, hot nuts. Basically, a souvenir shop that looked like it missed a turn and ended up some 30 blocks south of Port Authority. 

And for the record: despite persistent neighborhood lore, those mannequins in the window were not the inspiration for the kids in "Weapons."

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