Where To Buy Your Christmas Tree In 2009

Looking for that perfect Christmas tree is always a pain, but finding a location that's convenient to your apartment may be even more painful. Nobody wants to walk the all the blocks around their neighborhood looking for a tree, find the perfect 5' tree (small apartments, after all), only to have to drag it 10 blocks to their apartment. So we're putting together this handy dandy map of tree locations around the city in hopes of making it a little easier for everyone to find a tree of their choosing.

Have you spotted a tree vendor near you? Email us at tips@gothamist.com and let us know where you've seen Christmas trees for sale and we'll update the map above. The more specific you can be with the location, the better!

Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By tien mao in News on December 3, 2009 3:15 PM

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scott

ALL TREES $25 - VERIFIED - 49th & 9th

Merry Christmas Everyone..

I just got back from 49th & 9th and YES VIRGINIA THEY DO HAVE $25 TREES.. They are HUGE - the one I got was about 7 Feet tall - but I had him trim off the lower 3 feet to make it about 4 feet.. The tree was $25 and for trimming and for him tying it up - I tipped him $10.. I took the subway back home to 28th & Madison, where the tree I was going to purchase was $55 - I still saved $20 WITH THE TIP!!

They are very nice and helpful there.. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!

-scott

scott

went to the on at 6th Ave & 26th st last night

they tried too get me for $55 for a 4 foot tree...

do they think i'm a tourist? I'll go check out that place on 49th & 9th - I've heard about that one also..

shevchenko

I have heard that someone sells Christmas trees for 20-30 bucks on 49th and 9th. Can anyone here confirm this before I head over there?

LG

Union St between 6th and 7th Ave, next to the Park Slope Food Coop

Brookyn!

They're from Vermont, and they're always super fresh. Nice people.

Snoopy

Route 191 and Kesslerville road, Bangor, Pennsylvania.

lc2107

106th & Central Park West (on the park side)

110th between Manhattan & Columbus

Bonneykate

I made an error in my post yesterday - the place I go is on 2nd between 19th and 20th (not 18th and 19th).

I got my tree last night as well as some greens for my windowsill. They couldn't have been nicer. Gave me a good deal, delivered and put the tree in the stand for me! And it's a beaut, I tell you.

The guy in charge is Larry - tell him Kate sent you!

just saying

The French-Canadian place on 6th Ave. @ Spring has a large selection of trees and they deliver.

Snoopy

I usually wait until late Christmas day or the day after and I find a nice assortment of trees on the street. Some are still fresh and decorated.

rosweed

Google Greenpoint Trees. Excellent quality and they deliver!

Liam

4th Street and 1st Avenue

triggerzer0

Any more in the Financial District? Also it's my first time buying a tree. Can I buy one for $25-$30? and do the stands come with it or is that another form of highway robbery?

Tien

I think you can find something for $30, but it's not going to be that big a tree, I don't think. And the stands are sold separately.

Colochita

106th and 3rd, northwest corner

105th and 2nd, southwest corner (Tito’s)

17th and 7th, northeast corner

NannyState

Zipcar + bungee cord = Christmas.

asane

on 9th ave, around 56th st (forgot exactly which street)

Bonneykate

There's a spot that covers a block on 2nd Avenue from 18-19th streets. I've bought my tree there for the last few years. Very friendly, good selection and, most importantly, they'll delliver it back to your apartment for you. No need to schlep!

nicemarmot

There's one outside the Duane Reade at 51st & 1st. Beware, I've seen dogs peeing on the trees there.

JacqueMehoff

I just came from a great place over the Thanksgiving holiday to get a Xmas tree, North Carolina tree farms, plenty of pine and fir. didn't pick one up.

did pick up a cute black and white persian kitty cat.

maryba

$30 each at Circus Fruits on Fort Hamilton Parkway @ 60th St, Brooklyn. Also, Three Guys sells them, Fort Hamilton @ 65th St.

janelle

i think there's someone set up at bedford/metropolitan

bassoonalex

SE corner of 96th and Lex (right out of the 6 exit)

SW corner of 91st and 2nd

puppets

Also Flatbush between Dean and Bergen.

I walked there yesterday with trees lining both sides of the sidewalk. It smelled lovely. :)

famdoc

Re: Key Foods/Fifth Ave. Park Slope

The French-Canadian woman who runs this stand is lovely, helpful and always cheerful, despite sleeping in her van in that parking lot from Thanksgiving until just before Christmas. Half the neighborhood has befriended her, brings her coffee, food and offers her their shower.

She is generous with her trees: prices are right, cuttings are free for garland, displays, mulch, etc. I look forward to seeing her again next weekend. A real saint.

etypical

87th and York (NW corner)

73rd and Bway (SW corner)

hotstepper

i love how queens just doesn't exist on gothamist.

schadenfreudian mensch

Errr...you know you can move the map around don't you?

hotstepper

thanks sherlock, did that already. now guess know how many x-mas trees i found.

Brado

This list is a work in progress, moron. If you have a suggestion as to where people can buy a fucking tree in Queens, feel free to pass it along. Idiot.

TrippinJoJo

i love ny.

hotstepper

reread my first comment. see how i don't mention "tree", "map" or anything remotely christmasy? that could be because it was a general comment about this blog. be sure to cup my balls while you take that all in loverboy.