Encore Jets

The city’s travel agency scene has dwindled in the last decade, yet Encore Jets still fields calls for bespoke charter quotes on a block where few competitors remain. Between Bleecker and Broadway, the firm handles more than jet cards and empty-leg deals—its day-to-day mix includes fractional ownership consultations, helicopter transfers to area airports, and group relocation planning for corporate clients scattered across Midtown. Holiday packages to Teterboro or Long Island are bookended by last-minute concierge requests, giving the office a rhythm far removed from the mass-market leisure counters that once dominated the neighborhood.

Walk past the brownstone at 49 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10012 and you’ll spot bold signage above a discreet ground-floor entrance. Inside, paperwork and flight-tracking screens share the desk with domestic relocation bids and diplomatic travel briefs, a reminder that private aviation still relies on paper even when the jets don’t. The phones barely pause between 07:00 and 20:00 on weekdays, with calls routed to brokers who juggle runway slots at KTEB, HPN, and JFK without blinking.

Dial (212) 810-2738 and you’ll reach the same voice that cleared a V.I.P. party to Aspen the week before Memorial Day. If you need the map, pull it up here: directions. It’s the kind of place you stumble into when your usual airline won’t take a crate of vintage wine to Bordeaux.