Best kids’ shoe store: The Shoe Garden
This homegrown, eco-conscious neighborhood shop—which does actually look like a garden—takes the time to tend to your little one’s tootsies, making sure he or she leaves the store in high-quality shoes that fit just right. Stocked with lots of European brands, the Shoe Garden caters to a loyal clientele of first walkers to intermediates and bigger kids on up to adult size four and five. It also carries a full line of rain gear—colorful boots and wacky umbrellas, just the thing to brighten a gloomy day. 152 W 10th St at Christopher St (212-989-4320, shoegardennyc.com).
Runner up
Shoofly 42 Hudson St between Duane and Thomas Sts (212-406-3270, shooflynyc.com). Subway: 1, 2, 3 to Chambers St.
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