Leroy's Place — Local services in New York

I visited Leroy’s Place on 7th Ave. in Brooklyn just before Labor Day … it was both one-of-a-kind and familiar. It’s an awesome gift store with special art-inspired gifts for every occasion. It’s an art gallery with impressive original art by the owner, most with monsters, unicorns and other fanciful themes. It’s a creative and immersive place with puppets, a slime bucket, a customized throne for royal visitors, and short-action animated movies by the owner running on its screen. And, it’s a neighborhood place, with festive and kid-friendly Park Slope events regularly in its courtyard … I was lucky enough to be there for a local cafe’s snacks and a DJ … creative fun and deliciously filling. Wow, wow, wow! I can’t...

This is my first google review and I felt it needed to be for Leroy’s Place because this store is just the best. Where else can you leaf through a exhaustive collection of romantic snail portraiture while an oversized, working puppet mischievously gazes down at you from the ceiling? The people who work here also exude pure joy and the act of merely stopping by — not even buying a dang thing — will surely brighten your day. However, you should buy something, because everything they sell is oddly perfect…gifts that are the ideal combo of weird and wacky / cute and slay. I have successfully found a niche present for every one of my beloved friends. Anyways, I ❤️ Leroy’s. And...

Leroy’s is not just my favorite gift shop in Brooklyn. It’s my mother’s favorite art gallery. It’s my southern mother-in-law’s favorite place in Brooklyn. It’s Park Slope’s most AMAZING GIFT SHOP and it’s also an artist community center! It’s every kid in Park Slope’s favorite place! A gift shop, art gallery, and MONSTER store all in one. Like Pee Wee Herman curated a shop with Jim Henson after burning man. I’m more than a fan, I’m an advocate. They have events all year long too!! And did I mention GIANT PUPPETS you interact with in the shop?? Stop by! You’ll definitely walk out with something handmade, unique, silly or surreal (or a combo of all...