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Receiving warehouse in New York.

Furniture, lighting and art for Manhattan and Brooklyn projects are received at our Long Island City warehouse on Review Avenue, checked and photographed against the list you sent us, and held until the apartment, the townhouse or the showroom is ready to take them. Elite Anywhere is a New York City receiving warehouse and white glove delivery service, and its address is 38-20 Review Ave, Long Island City.

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from 312 Google reviews at our Long Island City warehouse
COI
Certificates of insurance for your building on request
Shipments being received at an Elite Anywhere warehouse

What a furniture receiving warehouse does for an NYC project.

A furniture receiving warehouse takes delivery of an NYC project’s furniture before the apartment is ready to hold any of it. Orders from the D&D Building, the New York Design Center and makers all over the country come to our Long Island City dock on Review Avenue, where each piece is photographed and checked on arrival, opened and inspected when you ask for it, and put into climate-controlled space until the contractor is finished.

New York makes that harder than most cities. Co-op and condo boards approve delivery windows weeks ahead, freight elevators are booked by the hour, and a truck that arrives without a booking does not get through the door. Receiving in Queens means the order waits somewhere conditioned and staffed instead of in a hallway, a garage or a rented storage room.

When the space is ready, the whole project crosses to Manhattan or Brooklyn in one trip, with the certificate of insurance and the elevator window arranged first, and the crew sets each piece exactly where your plan puts it.

What’s included in receiving

Delivery acceptance — Carriers book into the Review Avenue dock, so nothing is turned away at a closed site or left with a doorman.

Condition check on arrival, inspection on request — Every delivery is photographed and checked against the inventory you sent us, and we open the cartons and inspect piece by piece whenever you ask, while there is still time to hold the vendor to it.

Photo condition records — Each piece is photographed when it lands, and the images are yours to share with your client.

Climate-controlled storage — Goods are held in conditioned space for as long as a renovation or a co-op board approval takes.

Consolidation — Orders from several makers are grouped by project and released together as a single delivery.

Building coordination — Certificates of insurance, freight elevator bookings and loading windows are arranged before the truck leaves Queens.

Delivery and installation — Pieces are carried in, placed, assembled and leveled, and every scrap of packaging goes back with the crew.

How receiving works in New York

Received boxes logged and stored at an Elite Anywhere warehouse
1

Receive

Your vendors ship to 38-20 Review Avenue, and each carrier is booked into a weekday slot between 9am and 3pm.

2

Inspect

Every delivery is photographed and checked against the list you sent us, and opened piece by piece on request, so damage or a shortage is raised with the vendor right away.

3

Photograph and log

Each piece is photographed and recorded against your project in BOND, where you can see what has arrived without calling.

4

Store

Goods wait in climate-controlled space, grouped by project, until you confirm the site is ready for them.

5

Deliver and install

We book the building, bring the whole order across in one trip, then place, assemble and level each piece before taking the packaging away.

Receiving warehouse vs a storage unit vs a 3PL

A receiving warehouse compared with a self-storage unit and a standard 3PL
What you getReceiving warehouseSelf-storage unitStandard 3PL
Who accepts the deliveryWe do, on your behalfYou do, in personThey do, as inventory
Condition check on arrivalPhotographed, checked against your list, opened on requestNoneUsually a carton count against the manifest
Condition photosEvery pieceNoneRarely
How goods are storedClimate-controlled, grouped by projectDepends on the unitRacked for fast picking
Building paperwork (COI, elevator bookings)Arranged for youYour jobNot usually offered
Final deliveryPlaced, assembled and leveledYou hire a moverDropped at the door or the dock

The numbers behind the Long Island City warehouse

Figures for the New York hub and the network behind it.

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4.9★average rating across the Long Island City warehouse’s Google reviews
312Google reviews for the Long Island City warehouse
10staffed Elite Anywhere hubs across the United States
50,000+deliveries a year across the Elite Anywhere network

Furniture receiving across New York City

Goods received in Long Island City go out across the five boroughs, Westchester, Jersey City and the East End of Long Island.

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Reviews

What our clients say.

★★★★★

“Great company! From the receiving, to the inspection and storage to the delivery the staff were professional and the communication was outstanding.”

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Caryl SingerGoogle review
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★★★★★

“Excellent customer service from end to end. Delivery and installation went incredibly smoothly - 10/10 service.”

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Tess BrickerGoogle review
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★★★★★

“What a great delivery service! The two guys that delivered our table were so lovely. They worked fast, cleaned up after themselves and smiled the whole time (even after carrying the goods up 3 flights of stairs). We were so impressed!”

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Emma NeathGoogle review
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★★★★★

“My sofa delivery was so seamless and easy. The team went above and beyond to make sure my sofa was set up and all the boxes were taken away! Could not be happier with the experience!”

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Kari HaupertGoogle review
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★★★★★

“They guys were on time, super professional and very helpful in figuring out how to attach the legs to the table when the holes didn't match up :/ Thank you!”

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Kathleen RothschildGoogle review
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★★★★★

“The service was excellent! Staff was friendly, timely and efficient in getting everything installed and set up for us. Thank you!”

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Frequently asked questions

Receiving in New York: common questions

Where is your receiving warehouse for New York?
In Long Island City, Queens, at 38-20 Review Ave, NY 11101. It is a staffed Elite Anywhere warehouse, not a partner site. Deliveries into Manhattan and Brooklyn go out from there, and carriers book weekday slots between 9am and 3pm.
What does a receiving company do?
It takes delivery of your goods so you do not have to. We accept each shipment, check it against the list you sent us, photograph it, store it, and deliver everything together once the space is ready. You deal with one company instead of every carrier on the order.
Can you receive furniture from several vendors and deliver it together?
Yes. Orders from different makers arrive over weeks or months, and each is logged to your project as it lands. When you confirm the site is ready, the whole order comes over in one trip, which means one elevator booking and one day of disruption for the building.
Do you offer receiving for interior designers in New York?
Yes, and it is a core part of the service. Trade orders are received under the project name, the arrival photos can go straight to your client, and the install is scheduled around your walkthrough rather than the vendor’s ship date.
Can you handle the certificate of insurance my building requires?
Yes. Manhattan co-ops, condos and commercial buildings usually require a certificate of insurance naming specific entities before a crew can enter, and we provide one on request. Send the building’s requirements when you book so the paperwork is approved before the delivery date.
How is storage billed?
By the space your goods take up and how long they stay. Renovations and board approvals often run late, so holding a piece a few extra weeks is usually cheaper than delivering it into an unfinished room.
Can a furniture receiving warehouse deliver into a walk-up or a building with no freight elevator?
Yes. Tell us the floor, the stair turns and whether anything has to be hoisted when you book, and the crew and the time slot are set for that building. Access is part of the quote, which is why a fifth-floor walk-up in the West Village is not priced like a Midtown tower with a loading dock.

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