Jackson Heights Life

No marble unless you never cook.  Depends on your color choices, dark granite are easier to maintain. 

Check Flushing, Prince street, north of Northern Blvd.  As the old saying quality, price, service, pick two.

If you don't mind going to Brooklyn, I'd recommend Foro Marble for countertops.

My two cents:

The extra cost you pay to have a stone/corian/etc. counter installer come out in advance when the cabinets are all in and take their own measurements and make a template for the counter will pay dividends in the end.  As professionals, they have the experience to take all the right measurements and make the right allowances, and in the end, if the counter is not quite right, they have to fix it at their cost.

I had originally assumed that we could just go through Home Depot to get our Caesarstone counters, but they don't offer a measuring service, so we looked for another supplier.  We ended up working with Davis and Warshow in Maspeth, and the counters came out perfectly.

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You want it cheap?  I can only offer a suggestion for good quality and service.  Stone weighs - well, like stone, and is hard as - well, a rock, but it is fragile on the truck, up the stairs, and over your newly finished floor.  If it is not cut just right, you either take it out and back to the stone yard, cut it on site or alter the walls or cabinets to make it fit.  All the while, you risk damaging your property.  Save your money, pay somebody who knows what they are doing and is not in a rush.

I absolutely agree!  Going on the cheap is not always a good thing.  Why not look around for countertops and see what catches your eye and then go from there.

I agree. Cheap is almost never better when it comes to construction.

Thanks everyone. I've done a ton of research, visits to shops, etc. Found a place that works for me that has good quality and service but comes with a nice price (better then a Lowes/Home Depot)