Iris Records no longer has public store hours as of December 12th, 2009. We will still be available for appointments for wholesaling purposes only (meaning bulk buyers of size). Please send email to irisrecs@gmail.com or call 609-468-0885 for more information.
(Oh yeah, we are located at 114 Brunswick Street in Jersey City, between First and Second Streets. Call us at 609-468-0885 for more information about whatever. And yes Martha, we buy records, CDs and DVDs....)
Housed in an 1930s pharmacy, open just two days a week with records
stuffed everywhere, the place sometimes seems more like a museum than a
retail store. Located in the old Italian neighborhood of Jersey City,
soak in the history even before you touch a record. Try and picture all
of the gambling that used to go on upstairs (the pharmacist liked his
card games) or view the glass cases of medicine containers from years
past. Can you hear ghostly sounds from downstairs? Why not try and
avoid Mayfield the killer cat (pictured above)? Certainly the boxes and
boxes of records will make your eyes glaze over. We stock used vinyl of
all genres, from rock to lounge, disco to soundtracks, jazz to funk.
However, 12 inch singles take up a lot of space these days as kids
around the world continue to choose turntables over guitars and we are
glad to help them out.
Join some of America's finest DJs as they dig through the crates
looking for hiphop, house, techno, freestyle 12 inch singles. Look for
samples with local and nationally-known producers. Keeping with the
sense of history, remember who has preceded you here on Brunswick
Street. Woody Allen has been here. So has Peter Holsapple with wife
Susan Cowsill. Frankie Bones is a popular regular customer. David
Letterman calls us when he needs obscure music for his show. Even John
"DJ Goldfinger" Johnson is here monthly.
What a life we have! Records and cats and wheat chex and every morning
we celebrate the fact that I don't have to work on Wall Street like
everyone else in Jersey City. I think that it is time for you to stop
by and enjoy our environs. Then buy some records, start dancing or make
someone else dance.
We
are located in the heart of downtown
Jersey City, a ten minute walk from
the Grove Street PATH, minutes from the
New Jersey Turnpike, a fifteen minute
drive
from Newark Airport, just a twenty minute
walk from the Hudson River. This is
a vibrant multi-cultural area with good
restaurants and interesting stores.
Please ask us about our recommended
list of restaurants and other non-music
activities to check out while you are
here. We want you to enjoy your visit
to Jersey City.
Directions by car:
From New York City: go through Holland
Tunnel, turn left at 4th light. Cross
back across tunnel road and through
light. Turn right at first major intersection
(bar on corner). This is 12th Street.
Follow this straight for several blocks,
road bears to left, this becomes Brunswick
Street. We are seven or eight blocks
on left. Look for green storefront and
black iron gates. Park on street outside
store.
From New Jersey Turnpike: take Turnpike
extension at Newark Airport to exit
14C-Holland Tunnel. Pay toll, go down
second ramp (Columbus Drive-Jersey City).
Go through first light and follow road
straight and then bear right. Turn left
at second light (Monmouth Street). Go
to next light and then turn left (2nd
Street). The next corner is Brunswick
Street, turn left and then park. Look
for green storefront and black iron
gates. Knock on window if necessary.
Directions by public
transportation:
From New York City: take Newark/Journal
Square PATH train from 33rd and Broadway,
23rd, 14th, 9th streets and 6th Avenue
or Christopher Street and Hudson to
Grove Street stop, second stop in New
Jersey. Look for Christopher Columbus
Blvd. Hard Grove Café will be
on your left as you walk six or seven
blocks to Brunswick Street. Turn right
there and walk one and a half blocks.
Look for green storefront with black
iron gates.
From other areas of New Jersey or
Philadelphia: take NJ Transit train
to Newark Penn Station. Take PATH train
to Grove Street. Follow walking directions
above.
Feel
free to call us if you get lost. We’ve
rescued plenty of people in the past!
