The inventive strain of concept shop is so cool it’s ice cold. Cutting-edge designers test out accessory side projects and small-run items.

Photo: Lydia Rodrigues / Courtesy of Project No. 8

Enter the sidewalk hatch to a basement shop channeling London (or Paris!) in the ’60s. Clothing for men and women is styled near jazz records, apothecary potions, horn-rimmed glasses, and a vintage bathtub. Co-designers Osore Oyagha and Eloise Simonet manufacture their wardrobe in NYC in limited runs.

Photo: Nicola Kast

Design-minded boutique (with new digs) encourages men to dress up in Paul Smith, Hugo Boss, and hats from famed milliner (and Harlem neighbor) Rod Keenan. Ladies can toy with Iman Cosmetics and local line Bébénoir.

Photo: Courtesy of N

Lofty industrial tattoo parlor with palm trees, skylights, high-tech sterilizing machinery, and a gallery (with eclectic jewelry collections and art objects displayed in sleek, wooden cases).

Photo: Courtesy of Adorned