G C Stationery

My experience today was terrible. The clerk was so rude. I bought zip ties for $ 1.99. The clerk was so busy talking to previous customer (who all ready paid I might add) and fellow employees he paid no attention to me. I handed him $ 5. Once he acknowledged me and rang me up he asked for the money. I told him I just gave him $ 5 and he called me a liar. Said it was guest before me. It clearly wasn’t. He just wasn’t paying attention to me. I again explained. And he said I was still lying. I of course paid and spend $ 7 on a $ 2 product. When he goes through the drawer at the end of the night he will realize he is ahead. It is very unfortunate because I try to frequent this store in a neighborhood that is gentrifying. I want to support the local businesses but with customer service like that I’ll just start going to RitAid or Duane Reed.

I wish I can review them zero stars .
I went to that place several times and they have nice stuff, I also recommended then to some of my friends, than my children ask me to take them there to pick some items them selfs .We start moving around and choosing what we need than I found one of the worker talking to one of my children I want to my son but the guy was left already, I asked what happens and he said he was asking him what he was doing there and he had couple of pencils he put them in his pocket so he can carry more items I told him that’s not right and I took the pencils from him, at the counter the same guy yelled at my daughter because she was touching one of the displayed greeting cards and she was going to brake it, I told him calm dawn if any thing happens I’ll pay for it it only 5 dollars I don’t like anybody to talk to my children that way than he start talking about my other son (10y) and he accused him with stealing, I start explaining to him what happen but he was so rude so I went to the guy on the register and told him is this a not nice way to talk to your customers and he answers me that this the first time he see me with the children and he has EXPERIENCE!!! He said I’m in business for 26 years I told him that I regret dealing with them and I’m not going back to the place and he said ok we don’t want your business he told me the total was 37 $ I gave him 40 $ and didn’t take the stuff, if you have bad experience with other customers you don’t treat the rest of them the same way, and if we left the place without paying than you can be rude to me. And it will your right but it’s not your right to accuse people or disrespect people for coincidence.

Well stocked with office, art supplies, craft and hobby stuff, the works! Great stuff for kids too. I always discover something new when I go there. Very friendly and helpful staff, but not at all intrusive. I tend to browse to my heart’s delight and then buy just a little thing or two. They don’t seem to mind one bit. The prices might not be as cheap as big chain stores, but they are not overpriced either. Love this little store. Seems like the kind of place that would probably special order stuff too. Go here!

This place rocks. They have everything from petri dishes to Japanese watercolor tubes. They are wonderful. Great customer service. Don’t know where these bad reviews are coming from. This is a family business, so sure you will get some better prices if you spend 3 hours and lots of transit money going to Blicks. But it is pretty darn good for a lot of things. I bought a nice gecko for $ 1.

This review is meant, in part, to counter the faceless one-​star reviews below.
But it’s also true that any shop with a skeleton in the window is worth entering.
This one is worth repeat visits provided (1) you are ever in the market for art supplies; (2) your name is not Jamila S. from Philadelphia who apparently traveled all the way to Queens to make some copies; (3) you have little ones who you want to distract for 20 minutes because their mother is off buying bread and liquor down the street; (4) you miss the shipping deadline for the birthday party today, but then end up finding better gift options than Amazon.

A little pricey, but they are well-​stocked. You can find Tombow Mono pencils, Sakura gel pens, Clairefontaine notebooks, and Moleskines. The staff is a bit too anxious about shoplifting, but they are helpful.

Awful! They charge $ 1.00 a page (double sided black and white) to print! Plus they’ve charged me differently each time I go. I’m all about supporting small businesses but not when they try be rip you off. They said it was $.50 a page to print, but they added an extra $.50 because it was double sided which makes no sense! Staples does it for $.26 a page.

I believe that a consumer should be treated with respect. I have been to this store twice and twice was treated rudely. The first time, I had copies made and asked for one paper clip. I got a look of disbelief and then verbally reprimanded that I had asked for one clip. The second time (I gave them a second chance), I gave the clerk the papers to copy and then moved three feet up to where the register is. I was waiting for the copies so I reached for a pen and realized it was a new one and put it back. A tall, older man behind the register handed me the counter pen to use. I finished writing and was still waiting for my copies. I asked «Where are the copies?»
«They are there» and he points to the counter three feet away. I said «Don’t you bring them to the register?» The tall man said, «You take a new pen and now you want your copies to be brought here too!» I picked up my papers, paid him and promised him he would be written up. He said «I do not care what you do! I am in business for 26 years.» My guess is the only reason this person has lasted 26 years is because there is no other art supply store in Jackson Heights. I certainly won’t buy anything there again.

I have been here twice– once to find office supplies and once to get a child’s birthday present and some supplies to make a xmas tree ornament. I love this store. There is just about everything a craft/​art geek might want/​need/​want to hoard, and more. I was able find a decent (albeit smallish) selection of high quality (i.e. Melissa and Doug wooden toys) and books (board books to short chapter books) for the birthday present. Thanks for saving for from a trip to a big box store! Plus a wide array of small art paper squares, yarn, and glitter glue for our ornament needs. My bub is still too small for art projects, but when he grows up a bit, we will be spending a lot of time and cash in this store. (Another plus– the owner/​workers are super friendly).

When I was a kid growing up in Brooklyn, I often had two places to get school supplies: either my mother dragged me out to Chinatown where we went to shops full of Chinese books and fancy Japanese automatic pencils or I wound up hitting up some local stationary stores. These mom and pop operations were often an eclectic mix of school supplies, snacks, the occasional video game in the corner and toys. They always had a very particular smell to them, a mixture of cardboard, paint, glue and… for lack of a better term: age. As if the place had been there forever.
GC Stationary is a shop in the spirit of those stores I used to frequent long ago. I would say however that it is a lot less slapdash than some of the places I’ve visited in the past. Instead, they are very much oriented towards school supplies. They don’t just have pens, papers and markers. They have full on art supplies including paint, various types of cardboard sheets, glue, modeling paint and so on. They also have science oriented supplies such as 3D models of the human body (and even a brain model!). Tucked in between each of these types of supplies are material for setting up scale model displays, either for fun or for school dioramas. These are not easy to find, even in toy/​model shops so I was very impressed they had them.
Excellent selection, the staff seemed knowledgeable and the amount of customers in the store at the time indicates this is a popular spot.

Like the art geek I am, once I see those shiny paints and markers my heart beats a lil faster. There seems to be a lot of these banal-​looking stationary stores that actually hold pricy, high-​quality art supply brands like Copics, Tombow, etc. in full stock. Forgive me for mentioning only marker brands, but that’s what I was searching for. There were the typical paints, oil pastels, brushes, and canvases that most art students use in stock as well. Unfortunately, this location offers no student discounts, which I find kinda douchey but makes sense due to the lack of competitive art stores in the area. Even the Michael’s store that’s a bit closer to my house falls short compared to the variety of products sold here. Then again, Michael’s seems fit more for craft projects and kids’ school supplies.
If I’m feeling too lazy and cheap to head to Manhattan for slightly discounted products at Blick’s, then I’ll walk the distance to GC and get what I need.

This place has been here forever.
I have always known that I can get anything stationairy or craft related here. There are even randomly assorted hobby items such as knifes and paints.
All my model paints and velcro. glue guns etc are purchased here.
Great selection and they also offer some basic Business type services such as faxing, scanning and copying.

I agree with angel h! It is a bit on the expensive side but they do carry the stuff you need if you are an art student, live in this side of queens and you dont want to hike to manhattan. For small requirements, this is place is a find.
You know, the price of a roundtrip subway fare is 4.50 and then there’s the travel time. For the saved time + subway fare factor, to me this place is a gem. (it is a 15 – 20 min walk to my house)
However, I dont think they have student discounts. I did not ask (so i guess i should have).
on the upside, if you are in the market for some handmade and unusual paper, they have some (mostly 8.5×11 size) good if you are a scrapbooker and you like to print stuff on nice paper on your printer.
this place also has stuff for grade school projects, so it is worth coming here if you need some crafts.

A bit on the expensive side, but they totally rock as a local art supply shop. A little bit of everything for the amateur, the professional, the student, and for the hobbyist. Not just pens, paints and markers; there’s also books, both for the artist and for students of all ages. If you’re a parent raising kids around the Jackson Heights area, great place to buy educational supplies/​guides.
While the men who work/​run the store may not be all that enthusiastic about art, they know people come from all over to shop there. If they know a bit of the product you’re looking for, they will try their hardest to help you.
I shop here whenever I don’t feel like traveling to the city, or heading over to the local Micheal’s.

They have several things but they do not carry fishing wire. They think they do but they don’t

I feel lucky to have this little gem in my neighborhood. As a craftsperson and a teacher, they have various things I need. They fit much more than one would expect in that little store Also it’s 2 blocks from the 7 train 82 St station and about 7 blocks from the E, F, R, V, G Roosevelt Ave station.

I’ve nurtured an unnatural obsession with pens since the age of 12. I always loved school supplies, and I guarded my Lisa Frank folders with my nine year old life. As I grew older, my obsession spiraled out of control, and I found myself stealing pens out of the office I worked at when I was 16, and later I would work at a small independently owned school/​office supply store in Texas where I would purchase shit at the end of every shift.
One of the things I love most about NYC are these stationary stores, simply because they sell pens and pencils individually and thus they keep my unhealthy obsession going! I no longer need to purchase a whole pack of 10 pens when I just need one, or when I just need that same style in purple. I often have obsessive thoughts that cause me to think I need a new pen, and this place is just two blocks away, so I can walk in and browse and feel satisfied. They have quite a nice selection of writing supplies, given that the store is on the small side; it’s big enough to please me, and I own well over 100 pens.
The store also manages to pack the following into their narrow space: foam and poster boards, water colors, school supplies such as notebooks, folders & rulers, stamps, portfolios & easels, paper, envelopes, small selection of canvases, artists supplies, ink cartridges, and general office supplies such as staples, paper clips, etc.
I also believe they have photocopying services. The man who owns the store and mans the cash register is always very friendly, helpful and extremely pleasant, so he deserves all the business he can get. Plus, I do believe it’s the only business of its kind in the neighborhood.

I’m not an artist, I based coming here on Justin K’s review and he was right on! I took the subway out from Flushing to look for paint and supplies for a model/​toy that I was trying to paint and this place had everything I was looking for.
You’ll find stuff for your kids, casual artists and art students. If you’re just looking for junk to fill up your pencil case, you can come here too.
I do have 1 issue. The people that work here are unenthusiastic about art. I brought the toy I was trying to paint and an example of what I want it to look like. I was hoping to get a nerdy over explanation of what I need but nope… He said «buy this» and that was it…

Upon first inspection this may look like one of many old shabby stationary/“art” stores scattered throughout the city, but once inside this is simply the best neighborhood art store I’ve ever seen. While they may not carry the supply of trendy items like A.I. Friedman or Sam Flax, they do carry a good supply of materials any neighborhood artist would be looking for. What won me over as an artist though, is that they carry the mystifyingly hard to find Holbein line of oil paints, which are near impossible to find elsewhere accept at a few select stores in the city (Dick Blick, the only other I know of). First time I stopped in I was shocked to see them here… and the owenr gave me a big toothy pride-​filled grin, explaining how he has people driving in from allover the tri-​state area for these things. As long as they carry these paints, I’ll be sure to buy from them.
In addition to typical painting/​drafting supplies they also carry a large selection of papers, cards, stickers, and other hobby related items. Nice to see a local store like this!