• UPPER EAST SIDE

• Empire Shoe Repair

  991 Lexington Ave.; 212-744-1257

  Chaim Yigal Dzhurayev insists on top-quality repair materials (German leather, Vibram heels)—some shoes come back better than when new.

• UPPER WEST SIDE

• Angelo’s

  228 Columbus Ave.; 917-441-3927

  Harry’s and Tip Top both send customers here for repairs and resizing (both up and down).

• MIDTOWN EAST

• Europe Shoe Repair

  113 E. 31st St.; 212-889-7258

  Parents in this family- friendly neighborhood say the proprietor manages to prolong the life of even the most scuffed kiddie shoes.

• WEST VILLAGE

• Andrade Shoe Repair

  320 Bleecker St.; 212-255-8863

  Heels and soles, sure, but they’ll also restitch a handbag strap while you wait. Especially good at matching leather in hard-to-find hues.

• LOWER EAST SIDE

• Erik Shoe Repair

  353 Grand St.; 212-673-0507

  Can turn total wrecks back into wearable shoes. Superfast turnaround too (including, at least once, a reheeling job done as a taxi idled outside).

• FINANCIAL DISTRICT

• Cobbler Express

  60 Wall St.; 212-809-9814

  Eduard Shimunov (recently relocated from Maiden Lane) fixes soles or heels if you can wait, or offers same-day service if you can’t.

• BOERUM HILL/COBBLE HILL/CARROLL GARDENS

• Michael’s Shoe Repair

  319 Smith St.; 718-243-0288

  Michael Davydov’s as comfortable fixing Louboutins as he is with those comfy old loafers you’re trying to rescue.

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From the 2007 Best of New York issue of New York Magazine