Kim's Video & Music

Kim's Video & Music was a video rental store in the East Village of Manhattan, New York, New York City, described as the "go-to place for rare selections" and "widely known among the cognoscenti of new, experimental and esoteric music and film". Kim's Video & Music owner was Yongman Kim. It opened in Kim's dry cleaner business and eventually had its own location on Avenue A by 1987.

Kim's Video & Music spread to three other locations, including St. Mark's Place (Mondo Kim's) in the East Village.  Kim's Video & Music is famous for its wildly flavorful selection and a punk attitude.  In it's maze of racks, you’ll find entire subgenres you didn’t even know existed: foreign films from tiny, frozen countries; ridiculous British TV shows; fetish-inspired anime; and tapes of films never even converted to DVD. Each store’s collection is unique. The West Village location is well-stocked with gay interest and porn; Columbia favors families and film students; the three-story East Village Mondo branch is a packrat’s nest of peeling stickers and cult movie posters—complemented by CDs and vinyl.

Kim's Video & Music is located at 6 Saint Marks Place, New York, NY 10003-8002, United States (212) 505-0311‎

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