Last verified: April 2026
The First-in-State: Housing Works Cannabis Co
Housing Works Cannabis Co (HWCC), 750 Broadway at Astor Place (1 Astor Place, 4,400 sq ft), opened at 4:20 p.m. on December 29, 2022 as the very first legal adult-use dispensary in New York State. Sasha Nutgent is store manager; Charles King, CEO of parent nonprofit Housing Works, runs the company; profits fund HIV/AIDS, homelessness, and harm-reduction services. Housing Works opened a second location, HWCC NoMad, at 846 Sixth Avenue at 30th Street (3,500 sq ft), in December 2024.
The Justice-Involved Pioneers
Smacked Village — The Conner Family
Smacked Village at 144 Bleecker Street opened January 24, 2023 as the second adult-use dispensary in NY. Owner Roland Conner is the first justice-involved license-holder in the state, running it with his wife Patricia and son Darius. The family-owned model became one of the most-watched CAURD-era openings.
CONBUD — Coss Marte
CONBUD at 85 Delancey Street on the Lower East Side opened October 2023. Owner Coss Marte (CONBODY founder, formerly incarcerated for seven years on a drug conviction) operates with an entirely justice-impacted staff. CONBUD’s second location, CONBUD Bronx (Summit Canna), is at 2412 Third Avenue in Mott Haven.
Mighty Lucky — Legacy-Market Operators
Mighty Lucky at 259 Bowery is owned by Beau Allulli and Doo Kim, both legacy-market operators with 15+ years of pre-legalization delivery experience. The shop’s aesthetic and product curation reflect deep pre-MRTA legacy-market knowledge.
The Travel Agency — DOE Fund Partnership
The Travel Agency Union Square at 835 Broadway was co-founded by Arana Hankin-Biggers in partnership with the DOE Fund (which serves formerly incarcerated New Yorkers); half of profits flow to the DOE Fund. The shop opened in 2023 as one of the most prominent equity-partnership models in the state. Additional locations include the Downtown Brooklyn store.
Union Square / Flatiron Cluster
- The Travel Agency Union Square, 835 Broadway
- Dazed, 33 Union Square West
- Stoops NYC, 182 Fifth Avenue
- SOODAKS, INC. (dba VERDI), 158 West 23rd Street
SoHo / Tribeca Cluster
- Dagmar Cannabis, 412 West Broadway
- Gotham CAURD LLC, 3 East 3rd Street
East Village / Lower East Side
- CONBUD, 85 Delancey Street — Coss Marte, justice-impacted staff
- Smacked Village, 144 Bleecker Street — the Conner family
- Mighty Lucky, 259 Bowery
- Housing Works Cannabis Co, 750 Broadway/Astor Place
NoMad / Midtown South
- HWCC NoMad (Housing Works), 846 Sixth Avenue at 30th Street
Upper East Side
- The Herbal Care, 1412 Lexington Avenue
- Lenox Hill Cannabis Co. (WhiteboxTHC, LLC), 334 East 73rd Street
- Bliss + Lex (Weedish LLC), 128 East 86th Street
Upper West Side
- Pure Blossoms — owner Michael Rodriguez. Opened March 31, 2026 as the state’s 600th licensed dispensary.
Harlem
- Gotham Buds, 248 West 125th Street
More dispensaries are advancing through community-board hearings in Central, East, and West Harlem.
Verifying These Listings
Dispensary status changes — new shops open, existing shops relocate or close, license numbers update. Verify any specific shop before visiting using the OCM Dispensary Verification Tool at cannabis.ny.gov/dispensary-location-verification or the consumer map at buylegal.cannabis.ny.gov. See the How to Verify page.
Delivery
Most CAURD and adult-use Manhattan retailers operate same-day delivery within their borough or borough-adjacent ZIPs. Some, like the Hii NYC and Jungle Kingdom Flower (Brooklyn-based), serve multiple boroughs.
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