

As the company has grown, it expanded its office presence to accommodate sales, customer service, buying, marketing, and various back office functions these functions are housed in 150,000 square feet of office space. In 2007, B&H opened a second floor above its original sales floor making a total of 70,000 sq ft (6,500 m 2) of sales space.Īlso in 2007, B&H moved its offices to 440 9th Avenue in Manhattan. In 1997, the store moved to its present location.ī&H is located just south of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, at 420 Ninth Avenue at the intersection with West 34th Street. Later in the 1970s, B&H moved to 119 West 17th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in the Photo District and began to expand its stock to a wider range of film and photography products. History ī&H opened in 1973 as a storefront film shop at 17 Warren Street in Tribeca, and took its name from the initials of owners Blimie Schreiber and her husband, Herman. Although the B&H Web site is accessible on Shabbat, checkout and processing of online orders are unavailable during Shabbat (from sundown Friday evening till Saturday evening) and Jewish holidays according to local ( New York) time. The company’s brick-and-mortar store in Manhattan is closed on Shabbat, most Jewish holidays, and Christmas. The owner of the company, Herman Schreiber, and many of the store's employees are observant Satmar Hasidic Jews. It operates a warehouse located in Florence, New Jersey.
#BH PHOTO VIDEO PRO AUDIO PROFESSIONAL#
The exterior of the store on West 34th Streetī&H Photo Video targets professional photographers and videographers.
