Rough Trade NYC Moving To Rockefeller Center

2:07 PM EDT on May 10, 2021

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 27: A view of flags flying as part of ‘The Flag Project’, Rockefeller Center’s public art initiative celebrating photography with 83 flags featuring work by the public and acclaimed photographers at The Rink at Rockefeller Center on March 27, 2021 in New York City. After undergoing various shutdown orders for the past 12 months the city is currently in phase 4 of its reopening plan, allowing for the reopening of low-risk outdoor activities, movie and television productions, indoor dining as well as the opening of movie theaters, all with capacity restrictions. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

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Earlier this year, Rough Trade NYC closed its Brooklyn location, which opened in 2013 and had housed a concert venue and massive record store in a 10,000-square-foot former warehouse space in Williamsburg. At the time, Rough Trade -- an offshoot of the chain of London stores -- said that it would be opening a new location in New York this summer.

Today, via a New York Times article, that location has been revealed and it's a doozy: Rough Trade NYC will now be located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in midtown Manhattan. The new spot is a former shoe store and is only 2,100 square feet, a big downgrade from its original location.

Rough Trade NYC will still host concerts, apparently, but will do so in conjunction with Rockefeller Center's programming; they'll take place in the Rainbow Room and at the plaza itself and at the ice skating rink during the summer.

The shop is set to open on 6/1.