About CrateScape
CrateScape is a cultural experience celebrating New York City’s record stores as hubs of history, community, and discovery.
CrateScape NYC is a four-hour guided record store tour and walking journey through Manhattan led by music publisher and Recording Academy member Daryl Garrett. Each tour highlights the stories, people, and neighborhoods behind NYC’s most iconic shops—blending crate-digging, storytelling, and music insider insights to explore the city’s rich musical landscape and legacy.
✔️ Curated Route — Skip the guesswork. We guide you to the city’s most iconic and hidden record shops.
✔️ Insider Stories — Learn the history of NYC’s music scene, tied to each store’s founding era.
✔️ Exclusive Access — Meet shop owners, discover rare finds, and get discounts just for CrateScape guests.
✔️ Community Vibes — Connect with fellow crate diggers, DJs, and music lovers in an intimate group.
✔️ Collector’s Bonus — Take home a CrateScape keepsake for your vinyl scores.
All this for $70(!) — the cost of a single rare pressing, but instead you get an experience you can’t find anywhere else.
Designed for music lovers and cultural explorers, CrateScape transforms record stores into living museums of sound, preserving their role in New York’s musical landscape for generations to come.
Limited to 10 spots.
