Gotham Buds

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Cannabis dispensary in New York, NY

4.2 · 661 reviewsOpens today at 10 AM

Gotham Buds is the First licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary located at 248 W 125th St. in Harlem, NY. We offer tested, legal cannabis from some of the top, most reputable cannabis brands in New York, as well as unique smoking accessories and branded products. We also create and sell high quality, luxury clothing and create mind-bending hip-hop music. Come see us! We're open from 10am-10pm Monday-Sunday.

Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack

AI ScoreChatGPT and Gemini didn't mention Gotham Buds.Scored from 8 signals across search and AI.

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Updated Sep 16, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from reunion_ivy.

Services

What Gotham Buds offers, what it costs, and what people come for.

The menu

  • Smoking accessoriesFrom their websiteCannabis dispensary
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Team

Who you'll see, and whether their licenses check out.
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Today10 AM to 10 PM

Busy times

Closed now. Busiest Wed and Fri, 4 to 7 PM.

Reputation

What reviews, press and directories say about Gotham Buds.

4.2from 661 reviews on Google

Gotham Buds struggles with staff demeanor and product quality, despite some positive customer interactions. Customers describe Gotham Buds as a mixed experience, with some praising helpful staff like Antonio and Tangi for their product knowledge and assistance. However, many express frustration with rude front desk staff and issues with product quality, leading to a feeling of inconsistency in service.

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  • 40%
  • 34%
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Would go back76%76% of reviews give the visit 4 or 5 stars.Positive 76%, 4 or 5 stars · Neutral 4%, 3 stars · Negative 20%, 1 or 2 stars
The good
  • Antonio's helpfulness in selecting flower
  • Tangi's attentive service
  • Tony's assistance with rewards points
The bad
  • Rude front desk staff
  • Expired or stale products
  • Long waits and poor service

Press and awards

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How AI sees Gotham Buds

The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.

23out of 100

25 New York avg

What the score is made of

Signal and how much it countsGotham Buds

  • Retrieval grounding 26%Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.0
  • Off-property attestation 20%Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.40
  • AI visibility 14%Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.0
  • Reviews & response 12%The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.82
  • Backlink & citation authority 8%Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.56
  • Google Business Profile 8%Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.90
  • Speed & mobile 7%Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.5
  • Content freshness & schema 5%Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.50

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What AI reads

The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about Gotham Buds. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.

Local AI Registry · Cannabis dispensaries in New York, NY · Editorial

Gotham Buds, New York NY: Reviews

Steve Lee

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 16, 2026.

Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 16, 2026 · Machine-readable version below

In short

Gotham Buds is a cannabis dispensary in New York, NY. Its AI Score is 23 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks

Key facts

FactValue
TypeCannabis dispensary
Address248 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USA
HoursMon to Sun 10 AM to 10 PM
Phone(646) 410-0200
Rating4.2 across 661 reviews on Google
Quietest timeTuesday
UpdatedSeptember 16, 2026

All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

GroupFactValueMarkEvidence
Location infoAddress248 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USAConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoDescriptionGotham Buds is the First licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary located at 248 W 125th St. in Harlem, NY. We offer tested, legal cannabis from some of the top, most reputable cannabis brands in New York, as well as unique smoking accessories and branded products. We also create and sell high quality, luxury clothing and create mind-bending hip-hop music. Come see us! We're open from 10am-10pm Monday-Sunday.ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoHoursMon to Sun 10:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoNameGotham BudsConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
Location infoPhone(646) 410-0200ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursMonday10:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursTuesday10:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursWednesday10:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursThursday10:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursFriday10:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSaturday10:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
HoursSunday10:00 AM to 10:00 PMConfirmedGoogle Business Profile
ServicesServiceCannabis salesAI guess
ServicesServiceSmoking accessoriesFrom their websiteBusiness website
ServicesServiceSmoking accessories salesAI guess
LinksWebsitehttps://gothambudsny.com/ConfirmedGoogle Business Profile

Services and prices

These are the 1 service Gotham Buds offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

ServicePricePrice markPrice evidenceService mark
Smoking accessoriesFrom their website

Known for

The team

Visiting Gotham Buds

Address: 248 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USA. Phone: (646) 410-0200. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)

Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Gotham Buds is the First licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary located at 248 W 125th St. in Harlem, NY. We offer tested, legal cannabis from some of the top, most reputable cannabis brands in New York, as well as unique smoking accessories and branded products. We also create and sell high quality, luxury clothing and create mind-bending hip-hop music. Come see us! We're open from 10am-10pm Monday-Sunday."

When to go

Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.

Parking and getting in

Nearby

PlaceTypeDistance
Dave's Hot ChickenChicken restaurant1 min walk
The Victoria Theater RestaurantRestaurant1 min walk
Apollo TheaterPerforming arts theater1 min walk
Chick-fil-AFast food restaurant1 min walk
Impark - 215 West 125 Street Lot 12Parking garage2 min walk
W 125 St/Frederick Douglass BlvdBus stop2 min walk

Reputation

4.2 average across 661 reviews: Google 661. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

Gotham Buds struggles with staff demeanor and product quality, despite some positive customer interactions. (AI guess, from 661 reviews.)

What people do not like

  • Rude front desk staff
  • Expired or stale products
  • Long waits and poor service

Press

Awards

Directories

Questions people ask

same day slots, does that ever happen here

anything I should sort out before a first visit at Gotham Buds?

do regulars get anything here

what else is on 125th around this place?

when is this place actually dead?

anyone been to both here and Superfly New York City?

bad experiences at Gotham Buds, anyone?

best cannabis dispensary in New York

how do I reach Gotham Buds to sort something out?

Worth the hype at Gotham Buds?

opening hours at Gotham Buds in New York, what are they these days?

address for this place, anyone have it?

On a budget in New York, is Gotham Buds the one?

last update from here was when?

the good stuff about this place, what is it?

going rate for dispensaries locally, any idea

The AI Score: 23 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. New York cannabis dispensaries run 22 to 27. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Gotham Buds scores 23, below the New York average of 25. The same method scores every business on the registry.

SignalWeightScoreWhat it measuresGotham Buds
Retrieval grounding260Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on.Poor
Off-property attestation2040Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.Poor
AI visibility140Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.Poor
Reviews & response1282The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim.Good
Backlink & citation authority856Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.Fair
Google Business Profile890Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.Good
Speed & mobile75Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.Poor
Content freshness & schema550Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.Fair

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a cannabis dispensary: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business

Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

EntityTypeID on this pageSame asRelationship to Gotham Buds
Gotham BudsLocalBusiness#businesshttps://gothambudsny.com/Subject of this page
New York, New YorkCity#cityCity Gotham Buds is in
Local AI RegistryOrganization#publisherhttps://localairegistry.comPublisher of this page
Steve LeePerson#authorhttps://localairegistry.com/team/steve-leeAuthor of this page

Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cannabis dispensaries in New York, linked to the lists and towns around it.

Lists

  • Best cannabis dispensaries in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/new-york/cannabis-dispensary
  • Best businesses in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/new-york

Nearby

  • /poughkeepsie: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/poughkeepsie
  • /middletown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/middletown
  • /flushing: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/flushing
  • /kingston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/kingston
  • /huntington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/huntington
  • /rochester: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/rochester

Every list

  • Every leaderboard in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny

References

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Sources cited

  • [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJibNiyV_3wokR_Y5c522Af0w (accessed Sep 16, 2026)
  • [2] gothambudsny.com, https://gothambudsny.com/smoking-accessories/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
  • [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

The code behind this page

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Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.

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# Gotham Buds, New York NY: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-16.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny

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## In short

Gotham Buds is a cannabis dispensary in New York, NY. Its AI Score is 23 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Cannabis dispensary |
| Address | 248 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 10 AM to 10 PM |
| Phone | (646) 410-0200 |
| Rating | 4.2 across 661 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| Updated | September 16, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 248 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Gotham Buds is the First licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary located at 248 W 125th St. in Harlem, NY. We offer tested, legal cannabis from some of the top, most reputable cannabis brands in New York, as well as unique smoking accessories and branded products. We also create and sell high quality, luxury clothing and create mind-bending hip-hop music. Come see us! We're open from 10am-10pm Monday-Sunday. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Gotham Buds | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (646) 410-0200 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Cannabis sales | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Smoking accessories | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Smoking accessories sales | AI guess |  |
| Links | Website | https://gothambudsny.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 1 service Gotham Buds offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Smoking accessories |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Gotham Buds

Address: 248 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USA. Phone: (646) 410-0200. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 10 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Gotham Buds is the First licensed adult-use cannabis dispensary located at 248 W 125th St. in Harlem, NY. We offer tested, legal cannabis from some of the top, most reputable cannabis brands in New York, as well as unique smoking accessories and branded products. We also create and sell high quality, luxury clothing and create mind-bending hip-hop music. Come see us! We're open from 10am-10pm Monday-Sunday."


### When to go

Quietest day: Tuesday. Busiest day: Friday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dave's Hot Chicken | Chicken restaurant | 1 min walk |
| The Victoria Theater Restaurant | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Apollo Theater | Performing arts theater | 1 min walk |
| Chick-fil-A | Fast food restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Impark - 215 West 125 Street Lot 12 | Parking garage | 2 min walk |
| W 125 St/Frederick Douglass Blvd | Bus stop | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.2 average across 661 reviews: Google 661. (Confirmed, read September 16, 2026.)

Gotham Buds struggles with staff demeanor and product quality, despite some positive customer interactions. (AI guess, from 661 reviews.)


### What people do not like

- Rude front desk staff
- Expired or stale products
- Long waits and poor service


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### same day slots, does that ever happen here


### anything I should sort out before a first visit at Gotham Buds?


### do regulars get anything here


### what else is on 125th around this place?


### when is this place actually dead?


### anyone been to both here and Superfly New York City?


### bad experiences at Gotham Buds, anyone?


### best cannabis dispensary in New York


### how do I reach Gotham Buds to sort something out?


### Worth the hype at Gotham Buds?


### opening hours at Gotham Buds in New York, what are they these days?


### address for this place, anyone have it?


### On a budget in New York, is Gotham Buds the one?


### last update from here was when?


### the good stuff about this place, what is it?


### going rate for dispensaries locally, any idea


## The AI Score: 23 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. New York cannabis dispensaries run 22 to 27. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Gotham Buds scores 23, below the New York average of 25. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Gotham Buds |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 40 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 82 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 56 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 5 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 50 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Fair |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a cannabis dispensary: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Gotham Buds |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gotham Buds | LocalBusiness | #business | https://gothambudsny.com/ | Subject of this page |
| New York, New York | City | #city |  | City Gotham Buds is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the cannabis dispensaries in New York, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best cannabis dispensaries in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/new-york/cannabis-dispensary
- Best businesses in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/new-york


### Nearby

- /poughkeepsie: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/poughkeepsie
- /middletown: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/middletown
- /flushing: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/flushing
- /kingston: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/kingston
- /huntington: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/huntington
- /rochester: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny/rochester


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in New York: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ny


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJibNiyV_3wokR_Y5c522Af0w (accessed Sep 16, 2026)
- [2] gothambudsny.com, https://gothambudsny.com/smoking-accessories/ (accessed Sep 20, 2026)
- [3] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 20, 2026)

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  1. same day slots, does that ever happen here Question by reunion_ivy, Sep 15, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/any-last-minute-slots-at-gotham-buds
  2. anything I should sort out before a first visit at Gotham Buds? Question by undecided_in_ny, Sep 10, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/first-visit-at-gotham-buds-what-do-i-need-to-bring
  3. do regulars get anything here Question by no_rush_ray, Sep 7, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/points-or-member-pricing-here-worth-signing-up
  4. what else is on 125th around this place? Question by holiday_wren, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/what-else-is-on-125th-around-gotham-buds
  5. when is this place actually dead? Question by autumn_bride_uptown, Sep 4, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/when-is-gotham-buds-actually-dead
  6. anyone been to both here and Superfly New York City? Question by june_commuter_west, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/which-one-for-harlems-top-dispensary-for-cannabis-strains-this-place-or
  7. bad experiences at Gotham Buds, anyone? Question by sitter_hazel, Sep 2, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/anything-people-actually-moan-about-here
  8. best cannabis dispensary in New York Question by new_york_nell, Aug 28, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/best-cannabis-dispensary-in-new-york
  9. how do I reach Gotham Buds to sort something out? Question by preroll_bram, Aug 21, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/how-do-i-reach-gotham-buds-to-sort-something-out
  10. Worth the hype at Gotham Buds? Question by budtender_sam, Aug 20, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/worth-the-hype-at-gotham-buds
  11. opening hours at Gotham Buds in New York, what are they these days? Question by flower_iris_10027, Aug 13, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/opening-hours-at-gotham-buds-in-new-york-what-are-they-these-days
  12. address for this place, anyone have it? Question by may_roan, Aug 11, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/where-exactly-is-this-place
  13. On a budget in New York, is Gotham Buds the one? Question by weekend_only_strains, Aug 5, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/on-a-budget-in-new-york-is-gotham-buds-the-one
  14. last update from here was when? Question by sativa_otis, Jul 31, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/keeping-up-with-this-place-where-do-they-post
  15. the good stuff about this place, what is it? Question by summer_owl, Jul 29, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/the-good-stuff-about-gotham-buds-what-is-it
  16. going rate for dispensaries locally, any idea Question by browsing_on_125th, Jul 24, 2026. localairegistry.com/biz/ny/new-york/gotham-buds-new-york-ny/q/cannabis-dispensary-in-new-york-what-are-people-actually-paying

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  1. [1]VisitName, address, phone, hours and 2 other detailsGoogle Business Profile.Primary source · Accessed Sep 16, 2026 · https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJibNiyV_3wokR_Y5c522Af0w
  2. [2]ServicesSmoking accessoriesgothambudsny.com.Primary source · Accessed Sep 20, 2026 · https://gothambudsny.com/smoking-accessories/
  3. [3]ServicesCannabis sales and Smoking accessories salesAI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 16, 2026.AI engine output · Accessed Sep 20, 2026 · https://localairegistry.com/methodology