Alvarado Shoe Repair

I was so happy to see the job they did on my favorite leather boots, which needed new heels and a repaired wooden stack. They were fast (ready in a day), it was very cheap (only $ 18!), and the quality of work probably extended the lifetime of my boots for a long, long time. They made them look like new.
I’ll go here again for any shoe work I need done, they’re obviously very skilled, take the time to do things right, and were always sweet and communicative with me when coordinating when to pick the shoes up and pay. (On payment: they’re small, so no credit cards, but that’s the case with lots of cobblers).

My favorite boots were in really bad shape, and this place made them look like new. I’m so happy! I highly recommend this shoe repair place.

Friendly and professional: found them through Unilocal.8 pairs of shoes averaging 5 years of walking streets of the City and total repairs cost under $ 200. They said they’d be done in a week and they were. The repairs are well done. The only negative is cash only, but there are banks down the block.

They were super fast and fixed my shoe while I was there in a few minutes. Prices are also negotiable. Nice guys, simple great neighborhood spot.

They do crappy work, BUT THEY ARE EXPENSIVE! it’s an all-​around Pan-​American screwing you will take. But hey, they will also make you wait. And then not have the work when it is promised.

Took a chance and had a pair of very expensive boots completely resoled here. I’ve had a lot of shoe repair work done by various cobblers in the city, and wasn’t immediately sold on Alvarado, but they did really fantastic work. I had the stock soles on my Rick Owens boots completely replaced with Vibram wedge soles, they look like they came fresh out of the box. Highly recommended.

Expensive. Quoted me $ 25 to clean and shine a pair of boots. I really want to support these guys but there’s got to be a limit. They also charged me $ 10 to put two holes in a leather belt. To be fair, I brought the shoes elsewhere and they were not much cheaper. Maybe I’m just over optimistic about the cost for these things but it seems high.

i have been going here for years. I think it may have changed owners a few years ago, but either way, the work they provide is great. I just got 5 pairs of boots polished, repaired, and each rubber part of the heels replaced all for $ 91. Well worth it. I was quite happy that they were able to get this done in 24 hours.

Zero stars. I wanted to like them, but after they overcharged me and did a shotty job fixing the zipper on my left boot the first time, they broke a month later. When I came in to show them, they lied and said they fixed the right boot not the left, and if I wanted them to fix it, it would be $ 55. Seriously?! When I confirmed through my original receipt that no indeed they poorly corrected the left one, they just laughed. Don’t waste your time here.

They replaced worn rubber heels on a pair of men’s Rockport boots. A very well done job, fairly priced and overnight. I shall use them again and see how they do on other work.

Brought a bag & shoes to be fixed, the shoes were $ 10 and the bags $ 15. The man said they will be ready the next day, and they were, looking like new! No wonder this place has been in the neighborhood for as long as I can remember! Great service, affordable prices, he didn’t try to add more money for the names I was brining in to be fixed, unlike other places would do. Hopefully I don’t need them anytime soon, but it’s good to know they’re there.

The place looks like a typical shoe repair but they are really good at what they do. Many pairs and shoes have been saved and look brand new.

WARNING! Please do not go here!!! I had a very bad experience where these guys were extremely dishonest and charged me for work I did not ask for and ruined a very nice pair of new boots. In retrospect I should have just bought some shoe polish and left. No exaggerations. Please do not reward them with your business and look elsewhere. Thank you!

A good shoe repair place in any neighborhood/​area is key but especially in the big bad metro area where a pair of shoes can go from working to falling apart in one subway ride. I see this place out the window while I am logging miles on the elliptical across the street at the Y. I had a few pair of shoes with some minor issues and brought them in.
One pair a buckle fastener snapped
One I wanted extra holes so make tighter
One the side of the dandle broke from the heel.
All these fixes for $ 17 which I thought was more than reasonable as I feel as I have paid as much for a single job elsewhere.
I was asked if I wanted the heels replaced and I said no but I maybe would be more open to that suggestion in the future.
Go here!
Could be wrong but fairly certain they are cash only.

I actually moved away from NYC about 6 months ago, but I’ve been meaning to leave a review for this place (I know it as Bravo Shoe Repair based on the sign). This is a true mom and pop business — run by a sweet family and they really care about their customers. I kept going there for years even after I no longer worked in Park Slope because it’s the only cobbler in NYC that didn’t make me feel totally ripped off. Very reasonable prices, quality work, and they’d even do little things for me for free every once in a while. If you’re a frugal youngster like myself, a good cobbler is absolutely indispensable — it ends up saving you a lot of money. May you live long and prosper, Bravo/​Alvarado Shoe Repair!

These guys are absolute wizards. I took in a $ 200 pair of boots that were just too wide for me to wear, and these guys turned them into my favorite boots. They measured exactly how much to take them in, and their sewing was superb — I couldn’t tell anything has been altered when I picked them up. They also fixed the heels — properly, too, because I’ve been to other places that used shoddy rubber that wore away almost instantly. These guys are pros, and SO affordable! All that work only cost me $ 65. If you’re having shoe trouble, these guys will sort you out.

My leather boots really needed some work done. The heel was worn down and the soles were on their last leg. Unilocal,help. I’ve gone to one shoe repair place near the park around 16^th street and it was o-​kay.. .. I didn’t want to go back because I took in a pair of basic gray pumps once and the guy yelled at me for ‘walking too much’. He said your heels are worn down because YOU WALK TOO MUCH. Over and over again like my running around the city in a pair of mediocre heels is the worst thing I’ve ever done in my life. So I really can’t feel compelled to go back out of both sheer embarrassment and fear at what he would say when he saw those boots.
So I dropped them off here because they’re near my gym and Unilocal said they were okay. They gave me a receipt and said Wednesday. It was a Friday and I didn’t mind the wait. I was in no rush. Actually, I couldn’t even pick them up on Wednesday because I was busy Unilocaling. I walked in to retrieve them around 6pm on Thursday. Figured that I gave them plenty of time. They had me wait in the store over 20 minutes to only tell me «I’m sorry, they’re not done yet. They’ll be ready tomorrow.» I was upset because they wasted so much of my time! They never even found my boots while I was in there so with great trepidation I feared for the worst on Friday. It took them again a long time to find them. But they were there and done. For $ 40 I’d hope you guys would be a little bit more organized and responsible with my stuff. The craftsmanship was solid and to be honest, I don’t know crap about shoe smiths so I probably will be back merely because its super convenient for me to drop shoes off here and I have a lot that needs major repairs. Knowing how messed up those boots truly were I have enough confidence to come back with another pair later in the month. So I am happy about that. But again, just next time, try not to lose my shoes. They’re my pets.

Alvarado Shoe Repair guys are magicians. They’ve turned shoes that look like a bus ran over them into basically perfection. It is not cheap, not super close to me in North Slope, and I almost never have other errands to run in this area, but I make the trek when my shoes & boots need help. Alvarado is so much more than help. This is resurgence.

Convenient cobbler in a good location, with pleasant employees. Not sure how they do their pricing, as the first pair of boots I brought in cost $ 20 to replace the heel and to shine up (they were flat, brown boots) and the second pair, which I brought in on another occasion, only cost $ 10 (they were black with a 3 inch heel.)
For the above jobs, they quoted them to be ready in 3 days.
Definitely a fan of their hours– they are open past 5 PM on weekdays, which makes it easy for me to pickup after work.
As for my brown boots, they looked amazing and brand new when I picked them up. In fact, I was walking around town and a nice, well dressed woman complimented me on them and asked me where I got them. (I got them at Talbot’s if you’re curious.) Hooray for successful maintenance jobs!

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I dropped off a pair of riding boots with wedge heels that had worn down and torn the leather off the back. $ 17 and 3 days later they literally look better than the day I brought them home.
These guys are legit.