Buffalo ReUse

Man this place is huge. Been there a few times now and love the randomness of it all. It’s like a flea market without needing to bargain. It can be a bit overwhelming at times, but items are sorted in sections of the buildings. You need to know what you’re looking for and how to look at a joints like this. Stuffs pretty cheap and worth the time to pop in from time to time to see whats new. Not much has changed in the past 6 months that I’ve been monitoring but its still fun to go to.

Went there because we in need of a base cabinet. They had one but would not sell it unless we bought like 10. While we walked around all the filth and junk I became sick to my stomach and could not breathe. The next two days I had trouble with my asthma. Not sure what happened but the place is dangerously filthy and should be shut down.

Buffalo ReUse is a unique and great resource for folks in Western New York. Most folks don’t know but the #1 waste stream comes from building materials and supplies. If we can re-​use and cut back waste from the built environment, we are doing the earth a favor.
Plus, if you are re-​habbing or renovating a space, you will undoubtedly find lots of treasures here. Unfortunately, the store now only has weekend hours, but they will come to your home to pick up gently used building materials, which is great.
Definitely worth checking out… if you’re adventurous. It’s definitely not your father’s hardware store, and it definitely isn’t the big orange box store.

Open only weekends. Ample parking & some nice volunteers, but on the whole, not good ! I hate to bash a non-​profit, but the huge bldg. needs to be condemned: tripping hazards, leaking roofs, & broken windows abound. Most of the mdse. is non-​salable (countless doors, disco toilets /​sinks /​tubs). Most of the labor help r juvenile delinquents in a work program. The butch manager is delusional w/​pricing & a tad abrasive. The poor locale is in the heart of the ghetto. For better architectural savage shopping, I would recommend gothic antiques on niagara street in buffalo. Buffalo reuse on DuPont & e. Ferry streets needs to be transplanted to a better neighborhood, and a safer /​smaller bldg. w/​heat. Inventory needs to be thinned by 70%. Volunteers need better guidance, and most of the paid staff needs to be fired to make room for new management.

What can I say??? A huge grey cat, looking just like my husband’s sainted cat «JON» awaited my arrival while sitting upon the check out stand. Life doesn’t get any better than this. Cat friendly and user/​homeowner friendly as well.
I dropped some stuff off however I had the opportunity to peruse the fantastic old stuff that is available for purchase. Cool. Revitalized! Awaiting a new décor!

We need this place to stay open? How else can homeowners in the city with limited resources keep up their properties if not by being able to rely on this store?!

My friend wanted stones to put in her garden and everywhere was freaking expensive. We came here and not only found stones, but bricks and every other knick knack you could ever want for your garden or home. The cost was an ¹⁄₈^th of the cost at every other joint in WNY. You also get the added benefit of knowing you are saving materials from being sent to the dump.
There’s everything from doors, windows, toilets, door knobs etc. Its a smörgåsbord of cheap stuff for your home. The only negative is that most of the people working there are volunteers so they had no idea how much things cost. It probably took us half an hour to check out because the volunteers had to figure out how much to charge us.
Overall: If you’re looking to do anything around your house definitely come here first. Don’t expect this place to be as organized as the big chains, but its still pretty neat for the large amount of stuff there is in this joint. Bring a large car, and your patience and you will leave happy!

Really good prices on an insane amount of salvaged house parts and furnishings. Don’t expect much in the way of customer service/​assistance but if you are looking to get authentic parts to rehab an old home or are looking for 2^nd hand furniture and appliances, bring a friend and grab what you need. The place is huge and for the most part prices items well.

Do you love second hand stuff? Kitschy junk? Diamonds in the rough? I-​could-​never-​afford-​this-​at-​an-​antique-​store furniture? Do you work in contracting, interior decorating or just like to update your home and build fun stuff for your property? Then this is THE first stop you should make. They literally have almost anything you can think of to repair or refurb a home — windows, doors, lumber, appliances, sinks, toilets, furniture, shelving, cupboards, hardware, hardwood flooring, handrails, decorative trim, shutters, lamps, bath tiles — and loads of incidentals like books, skeleton keys, mirrors and home phones. Sure, it sounds like I work her and I’m writing them an ad but I don’t, and I’m not — I just get that excited about cheap used stuff. This place is thoroughly awesome; it is a site to behold in its massive grandeur even if you don’t come with something in mind. I bought two comfy vintage diner chairs (yellow and chrome) to match my 1950’s kitchen table, a funky 70’s cupboard, and picked up a couple of needed knobs for the cupboards in my storage room for about $ 15. Plus I got to pet the giant, fat cat that is running around — win win for everyone.
What makes this place extra cool is while many of the items are donated, a huge chunk of them come from Buffalo ReUse’s «green» tear down projects, wherein they salvage virtually every part of a home slated for destruction to either be reused or recycled. Yes, in a perfect city we wouldn’t need to tear down houses — wonderful, hardworking people would swoop in, buy them, fix everything and start living there — but in reality these houses would just be torn down by traditional means. If you stop to consider the thousands of pounds of waste that would wind up in landfills from a home demolition (and the many useful items wasted) this is an excellent business model that really needs to be expanded. You NEVER know what you will find her, and if you like them on Facebook they frequently post pictures of new arrivals. The last time I stopped in they literally had almost an entire kitchen (bottom and top cupboards, counter top, sink and dishwasher) all together for like $ 700. Holy. Freaking. Crap. Service was also friendly and helpful. There is technically no «lot» to park in but there is parking right up next to the right side (if you were facing the front) of the building and no one seemed to be hanging around or bothering anything (for the inevitable person who will question, as some of my coworkers did, if it was «safe» here).
The ReUse «store» has actually moved to 296 E Ferry, Buffalo, NY 14 208. I have submitted an address change to Unilocal but I don’t know how long it will take them to update it.