269 Electronics

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On the way home from work today I stopped by 269 Electronics in Chinatown. From the outside this looks like a typical Canal Street junk store, with a big spread of knockoff watches, perfume, mp3 players, etc. on display. However in the back they have a special counter area devoted to electronic components. One wall was covered with electrolytic capacitors and diodes in blister packs. The clerk I spoke to said they had other discrete components, like transistors and resistors, in an array of drawers in the back. He pulled out an NTE catalog for me to look through when I asked them what they stocked.

They also had bins of various loose connectors, copper-plated PCBs, perf board, battery holders, multimeters, Velleman kits, and lots of other odds and ends on display. Bottom line: it’s not exactly Fry’s, but for hardware hackers in New York City, it’s definitely on the short list of places to get parts when you can’t wait for an overnight delivery from DigiKey or Mouser.

269 Electronics Inc.
269 Canal St.
New York, NY 10013
(212) 625-0405
Open Monday-Saturday 10:00 am – 6:30 pm

More photos after the break:

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It looks like Phil Torrone of Make Magazine posted some of his own pics last year on the Make Blog.

19 Comments

  1. u___u… I would like to have one of this… In france, we must to go on Paris, Dijon, or another great town to find details… Personally, i'm using e-bay *Q*

    ++ Tix.

  11. I hit this place up a few weeks ago. I would never have known about it without this blog, thanks!

    Only problem for me was that they were clean out of the 1/4W resistors I needed somehow,I had to spring for the 1/2's

  13. And speaking of journalists, what do they do when they pick up or receive expensive press kits? They throw them away, but they do keep valuable information like booklets and white papers. As a senior editor and editor-in-chief for data storage magazines.

  14. Hi Guys,

    I am looking for a talented person that can put together some electronics for me. I will tell you what I want to build and you give me your estimate for the work.
    Call Peter 646-552-5917 or mail me.

    I do appreciate every contact.
    Thank you,
    Peter

  15. Hi Guys,
    I am looking for a talented person that can put together some electronic components for me. 
    Please contact me if you are interested. I will explain what it should be and you give me an estimate for your work.
    Please call 646-552-5917 or email me.
    Thanks,
    Peter 

  16. This is the old Sylvan Wellington electronics store location. No doubt they inherited inventory when they moved in. Sad that none of the old electronic and surplus stores from the area remain.

  17. This has something of the feel of the OLD Canal Street store. Not a modern schlock store, but the surplus hardware and electronics stores that filled Canal Street when I was in high school and college (1955-1962). As a poor struggling student of electrical engineering, I LOVED to shop there. I hope this page stays up a long time, because I now have a link to it in an article on my site that reminisces about downtown guy shopping.
    https://tutelman.com/misc/bio/subway.php#shopping

    Thanks.
    DaveT

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