Luggage Storage Lockers In New York City: The Real Cost Per Bag Per Day

Radical Storage advertises $2.90 a day, but 168 of its 178 New York points charge $4.90.

A $1.99 fee per bag is added at checkout, once per bag and not per day: one bag, one day, $6.89 total.

Expect $4.90 per bag per day at most New York Radical Storage points, plus the $1.99 fee per bag added at checkout.

Number of bags to leave
Number of days in storage
  • Day rate times bags and days$4.90 × 1 bag × 1 day$4.90
  • One-off checkout fee per bag$1.99 × 1 bag$1.99
  • What you pay in total1 bag, 1 day$6.89
One to four bags kept one, two or three days, worked out at the $4.90 New York rate plus the $1.99 fee
1 day 2 days 3 days
1 bag $6.89 $11.79 $16.69
2 bags $13.78 $23.58 $33.38
3 bags $20.67 $35.37 $50.07
4 bags $27.56 $47.16 $66.76

Every figure here is arithmetic on Radical Storage's published per-bag day rates, not a checkout price, and a $1.99 fee per bag is added at checkout on top.

Penn Station Bag Drop Penn Station Bag Drop Times Square Bag Drop Times Square Bag Drop Midtown Manhattan Bag Drop Midtown Manhattan Bag Drop Port Authority Bus Terminal Drop Port Authority Bus Terminal Drop Park-Perimeter Spread, Hours Listed Park-Perimeter Spread, Hours Listed Grand Central Left Luggage Grand Central Left Luggage World Trade Center Bag Drop World Trade Center Bag Drop Brooklyn Storage Points Brooklyn Storage Points

Which Luggage Storage In New York City Fits Your Day?

Pick by the day's shape. A late train calls for a hub point with evening hours; a museum afternoon suits a nearby drop-off whose counter is still open at pickup.

1. Where do you need to drop the bag?
2. Do you need to collect the bag late?
3. Do you want the best-known spot or something quieter?

A starting shortlist of the three best-reviewed points is shown below. Answer any question to rebuild it around what you actually need.

Luggage Storage In New York City At A Glance: Counts, Costs And Caveats

  • The city has 178 Radical Storage points and not one is a locker: each bag goes to staff behind a counter in a partner business.
  • $4.90 is the rate to expect, charged by 168 of the 178 points, with the $1.99 checkout fee on top, once per bag.
  • The terms ban electronics outright, listing PC, tablets and smartphones, and one prohibited item voids the whole claim.
  • Radical Storage's terms cap the Guarantee at EUR 3,000 per claim and state plainly that it is not a contract of insurance.
  • Opening hours are set point by point, usually ordinary shop hours rather than continuous service, so match a point's closing time to when the bag comes back.
  • Claims move fast under the terms: a one-week deadline to claim and 48 hours to file a police report.
Bar chart comparing one-day and three-day all-in storage costs across New York options
One bag, one day, all in: the staffed network at $6.89 sits far below Amtrak's $20 and $30 counter rates, and the three-day network total of $16.69 stays below a single day at the Penn counter.

Three Kinds Of Luggage Storage In New York City, Compared

The city splits three ways: station-area points, landmark and district points, and Amtrak's staffed counter at Penn Station.

GroupBest forStorage pointsPer bag per dayLead areaPublished hours
Transport hubs For the traveller who arrives before check-in or leaves hours after checkout. 77 $4.90 + $1.99 per-bag fee Penn Station Bag Drop 06:00 to 23:59
Landmarks Anyone stopped at a museum, observatory or stadium door because their bag is too big. 81 $4.90 + $1.99 per-bag fee Times Square Bag Drop 06:00 to 23:59
Districts For the gap between checkout and a flight, when a district beats a terminal for killing time. 27 $4.90 + $1.99 per-bag fee Midtown Manhattan Bag Drop 06:00 to 23:59
A suitcase waits beside a traveller on the concourse of a busy New York transport hub, where passengers pass in the background and a staffed bag drop sits within sight. Bag storage at New York train and bus hubs Staffed counters at shops and hotels near the hubs hold tagged bags for a flat daily rate. For the traveller who arrives before check-in or leaves hours after checkout. A traveller sets a suitcase down at a Manhattan street corner within sight of a famous New York landmark, about to drop the bag at a nearby partner counter. Landmark bag storage in NYC Radical Storage drop-off points near museums and venues that ban large bags. Anyone stopped at a museum, observatory or stadium door because their bag is too big. A suitcase leans against the shopfront of a New York neighbourhood store, ready to be handed to staff at a Radical Storage partner counter inside. Left luggage and bag drops across Manhattan and Brooklyn Radical Storage points across neighbourhoods from Midtown to Brooklyn, staffed by locals. For the gap between checkout and a flight, when a district beats a terminal for killing time.

Luggage Storage In New York City At The Transport Hubs

Three guides cover Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall, plus the hubs where nearby Radical Storage points fill the gap.

NYC Luggage Storage Near Times Square, Central Park And The World Trade Center

Five guides cover the landmarks and districts, and each Radical Storage point in them is an ordinary business, a shop, cafe or hotel desk holding bags beside its main trade. Radical Storage's post-booking ratings across these guides run from 4.7 to 4.82, on review counts from 79 to 2,400. Near Central Park, 31 of the 33 points charge $4.90 per bag per day and the other two charge $2.90, plus the $1.99 fee per bag at checkout either way. Dropping a bag near a landmark buys the hours after it: a museum queue, a long lunch, a walk through the park, all easier without a suitcase. Hours are ordinary shop hours from each point's card, so match closing time to pickup. Lower Manhattan pairs the 9/11 Memorial's bag rules with One World Observatory's, and both venues publish their own dimensions, so a bag parked nearby beats one turned away at the door.

Luggage Storage In New York City By District: Midtown And Brooklyn

Eight areas anchor the map: three stations, three landmarks and two districts.

Compare Every Storage Point Before You Reserve

Every point card shows the per-bag rate, the $1.99 checkout fee, opening hours, and the kind of counter that takes the bag.

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Storage areaTypeBooking feePoints listedPer bag per dayRatingReserve
Penn Station Bag Drop Transport hubs $1.99 per bag 27 $4.90/bag/day + $1.99 fee ★ 4.843,583 reviews Check availability
Times Square Bag Drop Landmarks $1.99 per bag 44 $4.90/bag/day + $1.99 fee ★ 4.792,400 reviews Check availability
Port Authority Bus Terminal Drop Transport hubs $1.99 per bag 36 $4.90/bag/day + $1.99 fee ★ 4.792,126 reviews Check availability
Park-Perimeter Spread, Hours Listed Landmarks $1.99 per bag 33 $4.90/bag/day + $1.99 fee ★ 4.79762 reviews Check availability
Midtown Manhattan Bag Drop Districts $1.99 per bag 16 $4.90/bag/day + $1.99 fee ★ 4.7596 reviews Check availability
Grand Central Left Luggage Transport hubs $1.99 per bag 14 $4.90/bag/day + $1.99 fee ★ 4.7502 reviews Check availability
World Trade Center Bag Drop Landmarks $1.99 per bag 4 $4.90/bag/day + $1.99 fee ★ 4.72201 reviews Check availability
Brooklyn Storage Points Districts $1.99 per bag 11 $4.90/bag/day + $1.99 fee ★ 4.8279 reviews Check availability

What Each Storage Point Includes, Column By Column

Each field comes from the point's own record: price, hours, partner type, rating. Where a field is blank, it stays blank.

Storage areaStorage pointsPer bag per dayPublished hoursOpen SundayOpen at or after 22:00Rating
Penn Station Bag Drop 27 $4.90plus $1.99 per bag at checkout, so $6.89 for one bag, one day 06:00 to 23:59earliest to latest across the 25 points that publish hours, some run past midnight, 4 publish an all-day record at least one point at least one point runs past midnight ★ 4.843,583 reviews on the Radical Storage network across 27 points
Grand Central Left Luggage 14 $4.90plus $1.99 per bag at checkout, so $6.89 for one bag, one day 06:00 to 23:59earliest to latest across the 13 points that publish hours, some run past midnight, 2 publish an all-day record at least one point at least one point runs past midnight ★ 4.7502 reviews on the Radical Storage network across 14 points
Port Authority Bus Terminal Drop 36 $4.90plus $1.99 per bag at checkout, so $6.89 for one bag, one day 06:00 to 23:59earliest to latest across the 34 points that publish hours, some run past midnight, 5 publish an all-day record at least one point at least one point runs past midnight ★ 4.792,126 reviews on the Radical Storage network across 36 points
Brooklyn Storage Points 11 $4.90plus $1.99 per bag at checkout, so $6.89 for one bag, one day 08:00 to 20:00earliest to latest across the 11 points that publish hours at least one point latest close 20:00 ★ 4.8279 reviews on the Radical Storage network across 11 points
Times Square Bag Drop 44 $4.90plus $1.99 per bag at checkout, so $6.89 for one bag, one day 06:00 to 23:59earliest to latest across the 42 points that publish hours, some run past midnight, 4 publish an all-day record at least one point at least one point runs past midnight ★ 4.792,400 reviews on the Radical Storage network across 44 points
Midtown Manhattan Bag Drop 16 $4.90plus $1.99 per bag at checkout, so $6.89 for one bag, one day 06:00 to 23:59earliest to latest across the 15 points that publish hours, some run past midnight, 3 publish an all-day record at least one point at least one point runs past midnight ★ 4.7596 reviews on the Radical Storage network across 16 points
Park-Perimeter Spread, Hours Listed 33 $2.90plus $1.99 per bag at checkout, so $6.89 for one bag, one day 07:00 to 23:59earliest to latest across the 33 points that publish hours, some run past midnight, 1 publishes an all-day record at least one point at least one point runs past midnight ★ 4.79762 reviews on the Radical Storage network across 33 points
World Trade Center Bag Drop 4 $4.90plus $1.99 per bag at checkout, so $6.89 for one bag, one day 09:00 to 22:00earliest to latest across the 4 points that publish hours, 1 publishes an all-day record at least one point latest close 22:00 ★ 4.72201 reviews on the Radical Storage network across 4 points

Are There Real Luggage Lockers In NYC?

Almost none. No New York hub publishes a locker bank; Amtrak's staffed counter at Penn Station is the exception.

0 of 178Not one of the 178 Radical Storage points in New York City is a self-service locker: every single one is a staffed counter inside a partner business, where a bag is handed to a person, tagged, and kept behind the counter until pickup.
$6.89One bag for one day really costs $6.89: the $4.90 per-day rate most New York points charge, plus the $1.99 per-bag fee Radical Storage adds at checkout, a fee that is charged once per bag and does not grow with extra days.
4.84 across 3,583 reviewsThis is the rating Radical Storage itself publishes for its storage points near Penn Station, drawn from its own post-booking reviews by customers who actually dropped a bag there, not from any survey or scoring run by this site.
88This is the count of distinct Radical Storage storage points this guide lists across New York City, each one recorded against its own coordinates so a reader can see exactly where a bag drop sits before reserving anything.
$30 per item per 24hAmtrak's staffed bag-storage counter at Penn Station is open to the general public, not only ticketed passengers, at $30 per item per 24 hours with valid photo ID required, a detail many guides get wrong by quoting only the lower Amtrak-customer rate of $20.
Bar chart comparing the cost of one stored bag for one day across a hotel bell desk, a storage point and the Amtrak Penn Station counter
One bag, one day: the hotel desk is cheapest but same-day only, the storage point is a few dollars all-in, and the Amtrak counter is priced per item per 24 hours.

Where The Storage Points Actually Sit

Radical Storage's New York map holds 178 points; each area page here maps the points around its anchor, a station or landmark or district.

Where you arrive, and the seven mapped storage points around it A true-scale plot of 8 real coordinates read from OpenStreetMap, north upwards. Penn Station is the ringed point. Every other point is one mapped place, coloured by which set it belongs to and numbered to match the cards below. The grid squares are 5 km across. Distances on the cards are straight-line figures between the mapped coordinates, not road distances and not walking times. Grand Central, Radical Storage point 11 Port Authority, Radical Storage point 22 Brooklyn, Radical Storage point 33 Times Square, Radical Storage point 44 Midtown Manhattan, Radical Storage point 55 Central Park, Radical Storage point 66 World Trade Center, Radical Storage point 77 Penn Station
  • North is up. The bar on the map shows 2.5 km.
  • Swipe the map sideways to reach the outermost points.
  • Each point card carries its own address, opening hours and per-bag price; nothing is generalised across the Radical Storage network.

All seven mapped points are shown.

What Travellers Say About Their Drop-Off

“We used this location two times on a recent trip (on the day we arrived and day we left). Drop off was quick and easy, and staff were very friendly. The location near Penn Station worked great for our travel plans. Would definitely use again!”

Luggage Storage At Penn StationMelissa, Radical Storage review of Penn Station Bag Drop

“Felt very secure. Helpful, friendly personnel. It’s in an Italian restaurant and we ate dinner there when we went to retrieve our luggage. Food is excellent!”

Luggage Storage At Penn StationPatricia, Radical Storage review of Penn Station Bag Drop

“Very positive for a first time, location representative was very pleasant and reassured this service was safe and secured. Upon returning hours later the same representative was at the location and assisted with returning our baggage. Will use this service again in future visits.”

Luggage Storage At Port AuthorityKester, Radical Storage review of Port Authority Bus Terminal Drop

“This location is so convenient to the Port Authority, and I was confident our luggage was safe!”

Luggage Storage At Port AuthoritySusan, Radical Storage review of Port Authority Bus Terminal Drop

“Great experience! The location was very easy to find, especially if you’re familiar with navigating around Times Square. The staff were friendly, everything went smoothly, and the whole process was quick and efficient. I also think the price is absolutely reasonable, especially considering that luggage storage at airports can cost several times more.”

Luggage Storage In Times SquareMiljana, Radical Storage review of Times Square Bag Drop

“Fast, safe, and convenient. Staff is very friendly too! Bonus: you can get your shoes shined too!”

Luggage Storage At Grand CentralBianca, Radical Storage review of Grand Central Left Luggage

“Super easy and convenient bag storage located just a few blocks from the Ed Sullivan Theater and the rest of Broadway. Easy booking, check-in and pick-up. Nice staff!”

Luggage Storage In Midtown ManhattanNatalie, Radical Storage review of Midtown Manhattan Bag Drop

“They were great! So kind and professional! I was a bit hesitant at first because I never did this before but glad I did. As soon as we arrived they made us feel comfortable and obvious that are bags were in great hands. Definitely recommended. Thank you!”

Luggage Storage Near Central ParkOdete, Radical Storage review of Park-Perimeter Spread, Hours Listed

“Outstanding experience. Easy to reserve, superbly friendly folks at the storage place, and great chat on the way out! My bags were safe and I felt reassured.”

Luggage Storage In BrooklynRay, Radical Storage review of Brooklyn Storage Points

“We had to leave the bag last minute and this place was great. I believe its 24 hrs so its very convenient. Its about a 6-7 mins walk from the Path Station WTC and about 5 mins to the Wall Street station.”

Luggage Storage Near The World Trade CenterVanessa, Radical Storage review of World Trade Center Bag Drop

Every quotation here is a real review published by Radical Storage on that storage point's own page, reproduced word for word in the language it was written in. This site does not collect, commission, write or edit reviews. It chose which published ones to show and links each one back to the page it came from.

Luggage Storage Lockers In New York City: What Travellers Ask

Where do I park a suitcase near Grand Central?

Grand Central itself has no luggage storage; 14 Radical Storage staffed points sit within 800 metres, typically $4.90 per bag per day plus the $1.99 per-bag checkout fee.

What does the Radical Storage Guarantee actually protect?

Each bag carries a Radical Storage Guarantee up to €3,000 per claim. The terms state plainly that it is not a contract of insurance.

Are electronics allowed inside a stored bag?

No. The terms prohibit technological material, listed as iPhone, iPad, Tablet, PC, smartphones, and one such item voids any claim.

What does a day of bag storage in NYC really cost?

Most New York points charge $4.90 per bag per day, and a $1.99 fee per bag is added at checkout, so one bag for one day is $6.89.

Do storage points restrict how big a bag can be?

Radical Storage charges per bag, not by size or weight. Where a point sets its own rule, that point's page says so.

What hours do New York bag drop points keep?

Every Radical Storage point sets its own hours, often ordinary shop hours, and each point's card lists them.

What happens when I hand over my bag at a drop-off point?

Every storage point named on this site is a Radical Storage partner: a staffed counter inside an ordinary business, never a self-service locker. You reserve online, hand the bag to a person, and it is tagged and kept behind the counter until you come back within that point's own hours. The rate to expect is $4.90 per bag per day, and a $1.99 fee per bag is added at checkout, so one bag for one day totals $6.89. The Radical Storage Guarantee covers each bag up to €3000, is not insurance, and electronics are prohibited: a phone or PC in the bag voids any claim. This site holds no bags and runs no storage of its own.

Is a storage point a locker or a staffed counter?

None of the 178 Radical Storage points in New York City is a locker; each is a staffed counter inside a real business.

Luggage Storage In New York City, Answered

Rates, hours, the checkout fee and which hubs have no lockers, answered without hedging.

Choosing a storage point

Rates, the checkout fee and the Guarantee

Hours, bag rules and pickup times

Stations, airports and Manhattan districts

Find Luggage Storage In New York City Before Your Train Leaves

Amtrak runs a staffed bag-storage counter at Penn Station; Grand Central and the Port Authority Bus Terminal publish none.

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