46th Street and Sixth Avenue

You might miss it if you’re not looking for it, but Metalliferous is a good place to find if you need metal supplies: chains and sheets, ring and bangle blanks, earring wires, books and tools. (No gold, however.) I go here to stock up for metalsmithing classes at the 92nd Street Y, where, according to American Craft magazine, the atmosphere is “serious, but not academic.” (Browse the catalog of current jewelry classes here.)