By Gus Saltonstall
A yard sale is a rarity in Manhattan, but the annual popular event on one Upper West Side block is returning this month for its 34th rendition.
The West 104th Street Yard Sale, hosted by the West 104th Street Block Association, will return on, you guessed it, 104th Street between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive on September 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission to the event is free, and there will be more than 60 stalls selling secondhand treasures.
Additionally, you can bid on gift certificates, antiques, vintage collectibles, posters, photographs, paintings, theater tickets, household items in their original boxes, and services at the event’s silent auction.
There will also be a book sale that includes novels, plays, poetry, history, biographies, children’s books, cook books, atlases, dictionaries, and CDs.
Other activities of the day include live music performances, a bake sale, and a raffle — last year’s winner took home $2,623.74!
The vendor list is currently filled, but you can join the waitlist by emailing yardsale.104@gmail.com.
The yard sale is the West 104th Street Block Association’s largest event of the year. The community group, which was founded in 1970 to promote the safety, general welfare, and quality of life of the immediate 104th Street area, meets once a month to discuss and plan ways to maintain and improve their block.
You can find out more about the yard sale — HERE.
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Yes!!! Got a few awesome cds last year from it
What’s a CD?
This is one of the only true bargain flea markets left in the city. The pricing is fair and vendors cut deals. Many of them are just locals or weekend dealers, not pros. Plus, the vibe is great. The book tables are excellent!
Cool! Those are fun! Looking forward to it and sending good juju for nice weather ….
Finally, a good reason and purpose to closing a quiet residential street!!! I go every year to peruse the treasures, see the REAL people of the neighborhood and taste the homemade treats.
Enough of this nonsense of a barricaded 103rd street for absolutely no reason except to obstruct function and certainly no reason for the ColumbusAmsterdam BID to close Amsterdam Avenue for 4-5 blocks to play ping-pong and hula-hoop and show movies in the middle of a commercial avenue just to appease a misguided DOT !
Agree completely. great single-day annual sale that serves the neighborhood and beyond (vendors are residents and this is about enhancing a single block). Otherwise this ludicrous “open streets program” on 103 — so near the parks — is one big false propaganda distraction attracting no major use other than by rats attracted to trash left in the gutter and by the ugly boulders they stuck there. Meanwhile the DOT and City could focus instead on maintaining bus access rather than disrupting it for folks near 103…..and making sure we all don’t get run down ON SIDEWALKS by electric bikes.
Gayle Brewer’s site is reporting this as Saturday the 21st.