If you love charts, or even if you just need one, you should check out New York Nautical in New York City’s TriBeCa. It’s been around for almost 100 years, and a visiting admiralty law professor recently called it “the epicenter for charts and navigation on the East Coast, if not the entire United States,” in this New York Times story.
New York Nautical, at 200 Church Street, is full of all things nautical – wooden cabinets stuffed with charts, plus globes, ship models, nautical flags, cruising guides and historic charts (an 1863 chart of the Chesapeake, for example, for $45.)
James Smith, who’s run the place for the past 37 years, says that traffic has fallen off a bit recently. “Years ago, you could walk in around noon and we’d be full,” he told The Times. “But this is the age of the internet.” Still, on a recent visit, a reporter for The Times found not only the admiralty law professor but also a couple who wanted charts for a voyage around the world and a boat owner who was picking up the latest Eldridge so he could have the tide tables for Shelter Island and Long Island Sound. For more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/nyregion/new-york-nautical-tribeca.html?_r=0
