Combing through junk has become a quintessential New York experience. And when we say junk, we mean midcentury dressers, velvet couches, and tables and chairs of all shapes and sizes that would look absolutely perfect in your apartment. Apparently, the Big Apple is awash with marvelous items sitting on the sidewalks, up for grabs for anyone who finds them way too good to ignore.

Stooping — people discarding the things they no longer need on the curb to be salvaged by any passerby who might need them — is a thriving tradition that the Instagram phenomenon called ‘Stooping NYC’ proudly documents. Or, as a couple from Brooklyn who created the account previously told us, “it really is an activity that’s built into the culture of being a New Yorker.”

As people always on the move cast away goldmines of curbside gems for anyone lucky and quick enough to snatch them off the concrete, the scavenging aficionados regularly share photos and locations of freebies for the taking. “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure”, after all. So to celebrate other people’s stooping success, we gathered the newest batch of exciting pieces to share with you all. So continue scrolling to check them all out and be sure to upvote your favorite ones!

Psst! After you’re done, treat yourself to some more ‘Stooping NYC’ goodness from our previous posts here, here and here.

#1 This Is A Run Don’t Walk Situation

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#2 Sleek!

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#3 Ummm…so The Disco Ball Was…xl…

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#4 A Beautiful Entry Table

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#5 Free House Plants Outside Chelsea Garden Center

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#6 The Dream Couch

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#7 Omg. Free Flowers

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#8 Cool Coffee Table

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#9 Mirror Mirror On The Street

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#10 Real Or Fake? And Does It Really Matter?

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#11 Say It With Me Now…cuuuuute!

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#12 Not Your Typical Storage!

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#13 If You’ve Followed Us For Awhile You Know About The Globe Bar.

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#14 Umm The Mother Lode Of Everything Plant Babies!

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#15 Just Your Daily Velvet Couch

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#16 Omg

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#17 Goooo

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#18 It’s Water Repellent!

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#19 Don’t Sleep On This Stoop (But You Can Sleep In It)!

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#20 An Epic Hamster Home. 1338 Willoughby Ave Off The Corner Of Wycoff

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#21 Brand New Rattan Light Fixtures From Bal! Run Don’t Walk

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#22 Cutest Bar Cart Ever

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#23 Moooooving Day

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#24 Every Day You All Push The Boundaries Of Stooping

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#25 Great Haul

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#26 Finally A Flower That Won’t Die

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#27 Good Morning Sunshine

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#28 It Is National Hot Dog Day So A Relish Colored Chair Feels Appropriate

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#29 Stooping A Stoop Is Something We Never Thought Would Be Possible Yet Here We Are

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#30 Don’t Slip On This Steal

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#31 Holy!!!

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#32 An Aesthetically Pleasing Stoop

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#33 Weird That They Had To Specify It’s Not Haunted

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#34 Besides Beautiful, What Is This?

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#35 Well This Looks Nap-Ready!

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#36 We Call This Series “Night Journeys”

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#37 Reason Number 7362837283637 Why We Love NYC

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#38 Tell Me You’re An Upper West Side Cat Without Telling Me You’re An Upper West Side Cat

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#39 Holy Haul In Queens!

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#40 Oh Boy. Better Run!

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#41 Leonardo Di Caprio

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#42 Free Sneakers And Dj Gear

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#43 The Worst Parallel Parker You Know

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#44 Amazing Glass Coffee Table And Art

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#45 Rise & Shine Stoopers!

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#46 Holy Mcm S**t!!

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#47 Maybe Our First Hammock?

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#48 We’re Quilty Of Loving This Table And Chair!

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#49 Sad Lil Guy In Need Of Rescue Corner

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#50 Great Haul On 257 Water Street

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#51 What’s The Story Here? Size 6 Wedding Dress!

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#52 Passing Go And Collecting $200 Is A Great Way To Start The Weekend

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#53 Tons Of Live Ferns Available Now!

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#54 NYC Just Hit Its Highest Positive Covid Percentage Since January

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#55 Have A Little Mustard At Your 4th Of July BBQ!

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#56 Okay… So I Don’t Know This Game But Who Doesn’t Dream Of Having An Arcade Game In Their House?!

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#57 Home Run Of A Stoop. Calling All Man/Woman/Human Caves!

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#58 Art…that You Can Also Sit On?

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#59 Believe It Or Not This Was Spotted In NYC

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#60 Parents…this Is Incredible!

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#61 68th And 3rd

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#62 Looks Comfy!

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#63 Our Favorite Kind Of Stoop! A Piano One!

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#64 Didn’t Know We Needed A Petal Side Table Until Now

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#65 Groovy Baby

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#66 Real Friends Aren’t Shell-Fish

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#67 New Surface For Mirror Selfies Just Dropped

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#68 A Great Haul

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#69 Stooping Success

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#70 Amazing Stoop

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#71 This Stoop Is The Apple Of Our Cacti

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#72 Gotta Do What You Gotta Do!

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#73 His Absurdly Gorgeous 6 Foot Mirror Is Too Big For The Ig Frame!

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#74 Hello Kitty

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#75 You And Who?

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#76 Stooping Success!

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#77 Any Drummers Out There Who Need To Complete Their Kit?

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#78 We Gasped When We Saw This Couch

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#79 Audio Rack With Glass Door And A Lot Of Audio Equipment, All Able To Slide Out Individually

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#80 An Amazing Stooping Success And Transformation

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#81 Who’s Willing To Trek To Staten Island For This One? Free Ping Pong Table

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#82 Beautiful (But Heavy Looking) Desk

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#83 All Free Haul!

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#84 Romance Novels And A Lot Of Them

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#85 Haul Alert

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#86 Omg

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#87 Not Just Free But Also Working

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#88 Dumpster Diving For Bowling Balls Anyone?

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#89 Holy. [poop]

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#90 Never Too Late To Learn To Sew!

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#91 These Are Stunning

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#92 Our Lives Will Peak When You Guys Start A Band With Only Stooped Instruments

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#93 You Better Get A Driver To Take You To This Amazing Stoop. There Was Also A Couch There But That Doesn’t Feel Relevan

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#94 Look At These Two Half Moon Tables!

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#95 Hot Tub Time Machine Eat Your Heart Out… It’s A Fax Time Machine!

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#96 So. Much. Energy.

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#97 Out Now

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#98 Highlighter Couch!

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#99 Guess Who’s Back

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#100 Now You Can Tell All Your Friends You Own A Boat

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#101 Heavy But Happy!

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#102 May I Present…the Banger Of The Day

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#103 On The Corner Of 30th Avenue And 47 Street Queens

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#104 We All Know Someone Who Needs A Giant Connect Four Right?

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#105 Gorgeous Mirror

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#106 Super Cute Corner Piece

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#107 Stooper Sad To See It Go

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#108 We Thought The Fireworks Were Last Night!

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#109 Who Needs A Pink Couch When You Can Get These Two Incredible Pink Chairs!

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#110 We All Know Someone Who Needs This Lighting Up Their Home

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#111 Next Level Tetris!

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#112 Calling All Parrot Heads

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#113 Organization. But Make It Stylish

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#114 The Only Allowable “Blues” To Have On A Friday

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#115 All Fun And Games At Howard And Broadway

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#116 A Beautiful Table In A Beautiful Color On Beautiful Tile!

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#117 Night Time Gem

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#118 This Might Not Only Be A Pink Cactus, But The Stooper Pointed Out It Has A Switch

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#119 BBQ Ready!

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#120 Cheers For Many Chairs!

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#121 There Is A Record Player Inside! Don’t Sleep On It!

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#122 Brb Going To Redecorate Our Apartment Around These Pieces

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#123 It’s Mini!!

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#124 Give Some Tips! What Would You Do With These?

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