Walgreens

I definitely agree with all the other reviews mentioning how incredibly time-​consuming a trip here can be due to the constant lines, both at check out and the pharmacy. This is the only Walgreens/​Duane Reade in walking distance from my apartment and right across the street from the gym I go to, so I continue to put up with the 20+ minute wait to fill prescriptions.
The pharmacy staff has always been very polite and helpful with getting me my meds, and honestly, I have a lot of respect for them and how many ill-​tempered people they seem to deal with on a daily basis, yet they always remain calm and professional. I seem to witness at least one outburst every time I have medication filled, usually over insurance issues that are out of the control of the poor pharmacists, not to mention that I’ve had fellow customers be somewhat rude to ME in line as well.
All in all, this location is convenient and they always have what I need.

Ugh.
Theres a 10 customer long line at the pharmacy at all times. Could be 3 PM on a Monday. Expect to wait a half hour to drop off a script, forget about picking one up.

The absolute worst customer service I’ve ever experienced at a pharmacy. The pharmacy techs don’t know how to properly process insurance covered scripts. Unless you’re paying all cash, expect problems. Moreover, the line to wait in to pick up your prescription may be only 8 people long but you’ll be standing there for 20 minutes (no exaggeration). Lastly, when shopping in other sections of the store, store security will follow you around and stand 10 feet from you at the checkout. It’s very intimidating and gives you a creepy feeling. Basically, stay away and stick to a privately owned pharmacy where you’ll get that personal touch and they’ll pick-​up and deliver your scripts (Walgreens does neither).

WORST PHARMACY EVER!!!
first they don’t have my prescription and said to return after the weekend at noon to pick up my medication and I called them after being hung up numerous times/​on hold for over half an hour and finally when someone picked up I asked if my medication was available for pickup to which they responded they couldn’t check because their ‘system was down.’ I waited to pick up my prescription anyway and then when I went to the location they said it still wasn’t available and they didn’t know when it would be.
DONT COME HERE FOR ANYTHING!!!
UPDATE: I am adding on to this previous post to update that I went BACK again AFTER they told me it was ready, waited in the line for almost an hour because there is only ONE person working the front for her to tell me that it not only is not ready but was never delivered and that I need to come back AGAIN the next day.
WALGREENS YOU ARE A FUCKING CORPORATE MACHINE. STAFF YOUR FUCKING PHARMACY AND GET IT TOGETHER.
SECOND UPDATE: I go back the next day after their automated system actually calls me and says my medication is ready for pick up so I go all the way there again, wait in the absurd line once again, and they finally said it was ready for pickup but it costs OVER $ 1600!!! BECAUSE THEY COULDNT TAKE MY INSURANCE BECAUSE THEIR SYSTEM WAS DOWN ONCE AGAIN!!! the pharmacist with NO REMORSE said their system was down again after I told him I had come back the other day when their system was also down to which he responded ‘yeah we had someone fix it but then it broke again the next day.’ I JUST DONT GET HOW DO YOU KEEP FUCKING UP.
I ended up having to pay that full amount which I cannot afford as my prescription expires a WEEK after I get my blood work done and it has taken an actual full week for them to get my medication delivered. now I have to go back ONCE AGAIN FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN ONE WEEK to get my reimbursement.
tomorrow (if they have their shit together which is highly unlikely) will be my last time I ever step foot into that useless shithole they call a pharmacy.
THIRD UPDATE:
I can’t even believe this Walgreens was capable of screwing me over again. it’s laughable to point of tears. I still have not received my money back of over a thousand dollars. I went back there to get my reimbursement that I desperately need and because of their terrible service and lack of competent staff, the line was down the aisle making me wait almost an hour to get to the front for the pharmacist to tell me my insurance company closed at 5pm when it was 5:04pm so I couldn’t get my money back.
if you have to be this incompetent and inept to be a pharmacist/​run a pointless, useless, ineffective, terribly PATHETIC corporation, sign me the fuck up because ANYONE can do a better job than this shit-​stained Walgreens.

I live down the street and frequently stop in on my way to the train to try to grab a few quick convenience items — a snack, drink, pens or pads for work etc. I ALWAYS REGRET IT!
I have never gotten out of the store quickly. The line to check out sometime wraps around the store down the far aisle because the checkout counter is always understaffed.
The employees are friendly but slow and clearly there is a problem with anticipating volume and managing accordingly.
This store has ruined many a morning for me .
And to that reviewer who says this place is his favorite in the world next to the Grand Canyon … Um … What?

Out of every pharmacy I have been to, this one has by far the most rude and condescending staff. The extremely long wait times and inaccurate estimates on the wait (I write this after being here 1h20m when I was told I would wait 20m) provides an extended opportunity to observe how the other customers are treated. I am writing this review out of concern for the staff who obviously hate their jobs and their customers. Everyone is greeted with a blank stare from the cashier who is incapable of speaking in a tone of voice which isn’t belittling. At the same time, the pharm tech at the drop off window is practically yelling to an elderly man. I have never written a negative review of any business before, there is a good reason this is my first.

I’m Giving one because I can’t give none and tell them to screw off!!!
Our doctor ordered 3 medications (one of them being ear drops) for our 5 year old on Saturday afternoon around 2 (via his computer in the office)
We then received a call from Walgreen’s about the prescription being incomplete, so we go to the pharmacy and pick up 2 of the meds and the tech there tells us they do not have the drops in store and to come back Monday! Fine, we have no choice and go back today (Monday) and now my husband is there trying to pick up the drops and whoever is on staff there is saying they have no record of any order and are treating my husband as if he’s insane and making up everything that happened! Is this how your normally treat customers?! This is disgusting! My 5 year old was in serious pain but we patiently waited because your tech instructed us to, and now your staff is treating my husband as if he is making up this prescription.
This is insane and disgusting customer service. I’ve been a customer since 2010 but I will be taking my prescription and business elsewhere. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

The 1 star and this post is mainly for their pharmacy. I would have given them a negative if that were possible on Unilocal.The entire pharmacy staff is the worst i have ever experienced. I don’t think any of them are fit to even be in that position.
They act like animals, worse in fact. They are rude and incompetent and talk to everyone with the worst mouth and attitude.
My husband has continued to get phone threats from them because they are too stupid to understand they have the wrong number, the wrong person, wrong information. Funny how we live on the other side of the country, you would think somethings not right when we tell them we live in California, not New York. He has politely told them someone else is possibly using his information to refill prescription or they typed in the wrong phone number. Each time one of them would scream back how its «Not their problem» «Deal with it» and so on forth yelling and screaming. We are getting call after call with this issue. This morning was not pleasant after being woken up yet again with this crap.
I guess animals will be animals. Altho i feel like its a bit of an insult to animals to call this staff that since clearly animals are highly more intelligent than this pharmacy staff. I doubt any of them even finished high school with that attitude.
Clearly i can tell we are not the only ones with an issue with them after seeing a couple other posts from people who have experienced negative interactions. Shame the company does not want to take care of this mess either which goes to show just how unprofessional a company can be, and we have been using Walgreens for decades. I have tried to contact Walgreens through every means and they ignore these situations.
Thats ok tho, i think after all this chaos we’ll just switch on over to CVS, at least the pharmacy there has their heads all intact.

Had the slowest cashiers ever ! Every time I come I wait atleast 10 min when there’s like 2 people infront ! The only reason I go there is because it’s close to work and it’s the only walgreens around other than that expect to wait. And the workers are always rude with an attitude you can always tell they hate their jobs. That’s all

This is a very clean and organized Walgreens store. The aisles are always clear of clutter. I usually use this location for my prescriptions and stocking up on sale items. The only problem with this location is the waiting times for checkout. It always takes an hour or more to get a prescription filled when you drop off. And it takes just about as long to get through the long line at the prescription pickup counter. But the staff are kind and are usually helpful, which is nice. As for the front checkout counter, it’s always mobbed. I prefer not to shop here unless I know I have the time to wait for like 45 minutes in line when there’s only one cashier ringing up sales. Everything they sell here is kind of pricey, but that’s to be expected in this area.

This is a nice, clean Walgreens. I only go here to pick up my prescriptions but grab other things while I’m there too. The aisle signs are pretty confusing. I had to go up most of the aisles to find the few things I was looking for. The pharmacists are nice enough and so are the people who run the registers. This Walgreens is definitely 10 times better than the dinky Rite Aid down the street from me. Anyways, this is the closest Walgreens to me which is why I go here. It’s alright.

Insanely ridiculous high price for the generic medication I was looking for. Five times small local MG pharmacy nearby. Literally.

I got 5.00 off rewards points from my bill. If you pick up an item with a sales discount tag, be aware at the register when it is scanned it might not show the discount price. You will have to go back to the aisle and get the tag, to get your discount. For a Sunday, the line was very long, it took a while to get to the counter, once I paid and was on my way out, my bag rang at the alarm so the security guard had to take all my items and re-​scanned it again, wasted a few minutes there. There was not need for that, I guess something in their system that has to be fixed. It’s my free day and I don’t think I should waste any time of it. On the bright side, there are many great weekly sales and discount items, and I got rewards for being a frequent customer.

Grunt

Awful. Always understaffed, a very long wait at every register (often only 1), incompetent employees and not restocked regularly. To be avoided.

Jeeerez, their makeup selection plan just sucks, no variety. Theirs always a long line unless your in their 9, 10 at night. Get the rewards card, it helps save ya some money.

It’s one of the bigger Walgreens I’ve been to and is right across from Woodhull Hospital. Never used the pharmacy section but I got my credit card comprised at this location. It was swiped at the cashier near the cosmetics section and the next day I see charges made in California and Utah for hundreds of dollars in Walgreens and various clothes places. I know it’s not one of the employees who stole my number since the charges were made in the west coast, but they need to protect customers and use a more secure transaction! I just use cash now whenever I go to this location.

This particular Walgreen is located in a largely populated shopping area.
The store stays somewhat crowded, long wait times to purchase your items due to their being one cashier and a line of 10 – 15 people.
The pharmacy good lord is slower than the front end cashier. I took my mother to pick up her medication, keep in mind she received a call from Walgreens 2 hours prior to alert her meds were ready for pick up. My mother and I had to wait 20 minutes to pick up the meds because the pharmacist was having a misguided conversation with a customer that was clearly off there psych meds.
The store was well stocked and organized, just be prepared for a long wait to make a purchase or to pick up medication.

Walgreens
The convenient store, pharmacy place.
It’s a Walgreens in high traffic area. You got the J Train over head and Woodhull Hospital across the street. The store is kept real clean and all the items are well stocked. The staff on the floor is even in friendly. However, I noticed some things. Not necessarily bad things, just things …
Not to sure what kina stuff goes down at this Walgreens, but if your a klepto you might wana think twice before tryna slip through the door with that unpaid for Blistex or Hershey bar in your jacket pocket. The armed guard chilling at the entrance may mistakenly discharge his firearm into you as the alarm goes off… and dude is really Chilln’, like hanging out with his two boys (that aren’t guards), while on his phone comparing Facebook pics. I don’t know, the visual was funny to me. Maybe they became friends as he stopped ‘em from stealing from the store.
The manger also watched 15 customers in que for one register and did nothing to alleviate the wait time for us which is a problem. He just walked to the back of the store and did a whole bunch of nothing. Open a register and help your cashier clear the line.
just some observations.
whatchu gona do.

Less crowded, more spacious, cleaner, and better stocked than the Duane Reade across the street.
Store Hours
Open Everyday 7:00AM-10:00PM
Pharmacy Hours
Mon-​Fri: 8:00AM-10:00PM
Sat-​Sun: 9:00AM– 6:00PM