Legal cannabis in New York City: Strains, licensed dispensaries, laws and free tools
Four free tools, built on state data and public dispensary menus. Search 1,033 strains on licensed menus, check a dispensary against the state license list, count the THC in your flower, and find one of 298 licensed shops. No sign-up, no app.
Every flower strain on the menus of 32 state-licensed NYC dispensaries, counted Oct 8, 2026, with menu price, THC, growers and where to buy. Open the full strain database.
Is this New York dispensary licensed? Search the state’s own license list by name, street, city or ZIP, and see who is open right now.
Source: New York State Office of Cannabis Management, Current OCM Licenses. This tool reads the state list directly, and the state updates it weekly. Licensed dispensaries also post the state’s Dispensary Verification Tool, a decal with a QR code, in the storefront. For information only, not legal advice.
How much THC is in your flower? Enter the weight and the THC % from the label to get total milligrams, plus what is in each gram, joint and bowl.
THC Flower Calculator
See how many milligrams of THC are in your weed, per gram, joint, and bowl.
Adjust joint and bowl size
These numbers show the THC contained in the flower, not how much your body absorbs; smoking and vaping deliver only part of it. Label THC % can vary from batch to batch. For information only, not medical advice.
Licensed dispensaries by borough. Pick a borough for every licensed shop there, with address, hours, delivery and a map link.
Counts are licensed dispensaries open to the public on the state license list as of Oct 3, 2026. Open late means midnight or later on at least one day. All 298 licensed NYC dispensaries. Looking for one shop by name, street or ZIP? Use Check a license.
Licensed dispensaries by boroughManhattan98Brooklyn86Queens76The Bronx23Staten Island15All of NYC298
On NYC menus right now
Licensed New York City dispensaries list 1,033 flower strains across the 32 menus we read on Oct 8, 2026. The median eighth costs $40, and 298 licensed shops are open across the five boroughs.
We read the flower menu of 32 licensed New York City dispensaries and counted every strain. These are the strains stocked by the most shops. Each name opens its entry in the database, with growers and where to buy.
- 1Blue Dream Sativa23 of 32 menus$25 to $52 per eighth. THC on menus: 20 to 36%. Shops list it as: Happy, Energized, Relaxed.
- 2Jack Herer Sativa15 of 32 menus$22 to $45 per eighth. THC on menus: 21 to 33%. Shops list it as: Creative, Energized, Happy.
- 3Permanent Marker Indica15 of 32 menus$27 to $55 per eighth. THC on menus: 22 to 34%. Shops list it as: Relaxed, Sleepy, Hungry.
- 4Sour Diesel Sativa15 of 32 menus$22 to $55 per eighth. THC on menus: 21 to 32%. Shops list it as: Energized, Creative, Happy.
- 5Lemon Cherry Gelato Hybrid14 of 32 menus$30 to $50 per eighth. THC on menus: 22 to 30%. Shops list it as: Relaxed, Happy, Calm.
- 6Blue Nerdz Hybrid13 of 32 menus$26 to $55 per eighth. THC on menus: 18 to 30%. Shops list it as: Happy, Relaxed, Calm.
- 7Gorilla Glue (GG4) Hybrid13 of 32 menus$30 to $50 per eighth. THC on menus: 22 to 29%. Shops list it as: Happy, Relaxed, Calm.
- 8Cap Junky Hybrid12 of 32 menus$32 to $53 per eighth. THC on menus: 24 to 36%. Shops list it as: Happy, Relaxed, Calm.
More from the count: what is the most popular weed strain in NYC dispensaries? Or see all 1,033 strains, A to Z.
New York strains, explained
Most strain pages on the internet are written from nowhere. These four have a real New York claim on them, and the histories are written plainly, including the parts that are folklore rather than fact.
- Sour DieselThe city signature, and the most argued-over origin story in cannabis.
- PiffThe uptown haze that was a smell and a reputation before it was a strain name.
- NYC DieselNamed for the city by a Dutch breeder, and not the same plant as Sour Diesel.
- Strawberry CoughThe sweetest of the East Coast classics.
Each page covers where the strain came from, how it smells, what to expect, and where to buy it from a licensed shop. New York names on the shelf right now include Madison Square Garlic and NY Cheesecake, on four menus each, and Empire OG, on three. The database also lists the New York strains missing from the menus.
The rules, the licenses, the money
Plain-English guides on how adult-use cannabis works in New York, written by Daniel Levinson, advisor to Just Weed Strains.
- New York Cannabis GuideThe hub: laws, licenses, shops and tools in one place.
- How dispensary licensing worksWhy the retail rollout has been so slow.
- Is Delta-8 THC legal in New York?Where hemp-derived products stand in 2026.
- What a cannabis consultant doesWhen a cannabis business actually needs one.
- Cannabis M&A in 2026Why deal activity is picking up, or not.
- Inside Israel’s medical cannabis marketWhat the U.S. industry can learn from it.
Source for licensing rules: NY Office of Cannabis Management. For information only, not legal advice.
Strain reviews and lists
Reviews
- Jealousy
- Gas Runtz
- Gucci Fruit
- Lady Madonna
- Boston Runtz
- Kool Whip
- Truffle Shuffle
- Solomon Grundy
- Icy Treats
- Swiss Watch
- Lieutenant Lemon
- Cherry AK-47
Lists and explainers
About Just Weed Strains
Just Weed Strains is a New York cannabis resource. It covers what is on licensed dispensary shelves, where the licensed shops are, and how the state’s rules work, with free tools built on official state data and public menus. Daniel Levinson advises the site and writes its law and business guides. Strain pages and data pages are by the Just Weed Strains team.
New York legalized adult-use cannabis in 2021 and opened licensed retail in late 2022. Rules and storefronts keep changing, so the tools here read the state list directly and every data page states the date it was counted.
Only state-licensed dispensaries are legal to buy from in New York. Check a shop against the state list before you go.
Check a licenseIn their words
“I don’t do drugs, though. Just weed.”
“When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.”
“Struggle is the enemy, but weed is the remedy.”
“I find it quite ironic that the most dangerous thing about weed is getting caught with it.”
“The biggest killer on the planet is stress, and I still think the best medicine is and always has been cannabis.”
“I don’t think pot is more dangerous than alcohol.”
Strain data comes from the public menus of 32 state-licensed NYC dispensaries, read on Oct 8, 2026. Dispensary counts come from the New York Office of Cannabis Management license list as of Oct 3, 2026. For information only, not legal or medical advice.