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Most flower delivery services ship arrangements from warehouses hours away. Yours sit in trucks, get transferred between drivers, and arrive looking tired.
We source fresh flowers every morning from the NYC flower district. Your arrangement gets made in our Midtown shop, then delivered by our driver who knows Washington Heights—the buildings, the doormen, the best routes during lunch rush.
That’s why your flowers arrive looking like they just left the cooler. Because they basically did. No third-party handoffs. No mystery about who’s handling your order or when it’ll actually show up.
When you need flowers today—not tomorrow, not “between 8am and 8pm”—you need a florist who can actually pull it off without the arrangement suffering for it.
Columbia Midtown Florist operates from 3 West 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan. We’re not a national chain using local florists as fulfillment centers. We’re the local florist.
We’ve served Washington Heights, Harlem, and Upper Manhattan since 1995. Our drivers know which buildings on Broadway require scheduled appointments, which doormen prefer direct contact, and how to navigate Fort Washington Avenue during peak hours without delays.
Washington Heights has changed a lot in three decades. The prewar co-ops that first-time buyers love, the townhomes near Fort Tryon Park, the Dominican restaurants that make Audubon Avenue worth the trip—we’ve watched the neighborhood evolve while keeping our process the same. Fresh flowers every morning. Arrangements made by hand. Delivery handled by people who know where they’re going.
You place an order online or call us directly. If it’s before noon on a weekday, we’re delivering it today to Washington Heights. After noon, we’ll confirm timing with you—no surprises.
Our florists build your arrangement fresh in our Midtown shop. We’re not pulling pre-made bouquets from a cooler or assembling something that’s been sitting since yesterday. Every arrangement starts when your order comes in.
Our driver loads it into a climate-controlled vehicle and heads to Washington Heights. They’ve done this route hundreds of times. They know the zip codes—10032, 10033, 10034—and they know how to handle building access, whether it’s a prewar co-op on Riverside Drive or a brownstone off St. Nicholas Avenue.
Your recipient gets flowers that look like they should. No wilted stems. No crushed petals. No “sorry we missed you” notes. Just fresh flowers delivered the way you expected them to be.
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You’re not just getting flowers dropped at a door. You’re getting an arrangement built specifically for your order, delivered by someone who knows Washington Heights.
That means we coordinate with building staff at those big co-op complexes near Fort Tryon Park. We handle doorman protocols at the buildings along Riverside Drive. We know which streets get congested during school pickup and which routes stay clear.
Washington Heights has some of the most beautiful residential architecture in Manhattan—those sprawling prewar buildings, the historic townhomes, the tree-lined streets near the parks. Your flowers should arrive in condition that matches the neighborhood’s standards.
We also handle corporate accounts, weekly office deliveries, wedding florals, and event work throughout Upper Manhattan. If you need flowers for a celebration at one of the Dominican restaurants on Audubon, arrangements for a gathering at Fort Tryon Park, or sympathy flowers delivered to a family in the neighborhood—we’ve done it before, and we know how to do it right.
Yes, if you order before noon on weekdays. Washington Heights covers zip codes 10032, 10033, and 10034—all within our same-day delivery zone from Midtown.
Here’s what actually happens: your order comes in, we build the arrangement in our shop, and our driver heads uptown. Most deliveries to Washington Heights happen within 4-6 hours of your order. We’re not coordinating with third-party services or waiting for a courier to pick up from us.
The only time we can’t guarantee same-day is during peak periods like Valentine’s Week or if you’re ordering after 2 PM. In those cases, we’ll tell you upfront what’s realistic. No one benefits from us promising same-day and delivering tomorrow.
Our drivers know the buildings. That’s not an exaggeration—after nearly 30 years serving Upper Manhattan, we’ve delivered to most of the major co-ops and apartment complexes in Washington Heights multiple times.
Some buildings require scheduled deliveries. Some doormen want a call before you arrive. Some buildings have package rooms, others require direct handoff to the recipient. Our drivers know which is which.
If there’s an access issue—recipient isn’t home, building won’t accept the delivery, doorman needs special instructions—our driver calls you immediately. We don’t just leave flowers in a lobby and hope for the best. We make sure your arrangement gets to the actual person you’re sending it to.
We handle sympathy arrangements and funeral deliveries throughout Washington Heights regularly. These orders require more care than birthday bouquets—both in how they’re designed and how they’re delivered.
For funeral homes, we coordinate directly with the location to confirm service times and delivery windows. For home deliveries, we’re discreet and respectful. Our drivers understand these aren’t celebratory deliveries.
If you’re not sure what’s appropriate—what size arrangement, what flowers, what message—call us. We’ll walk you through options based on your relationship to the family and what you want to express. This isn’t something you should have to figure out from a website dropdown menu.
Yes, because we use climate-controlled vehicles. Flowers are sensitive to temperature—too hot and they wilt, too cold and they freeze. Most delivery services don’t account for this.
Our vehicles maintain consistent temperature regardless of what’s happening outside. That matters in July when it’s 90 degrees and in February when it’s 20 degrees. Your arrangement travels in the same conditions it was stored in at our shop.
We also time deliveries strategically. We’re not leaving flowers sitting in a vehicle for hours between stops. Washington Heights deliveries get loaded, driven uptown, and delivered. The less time flowers spend in transit, the better they look when they arrive.
You can do either. Our website shows popular arrangements because most people want to see what they’re ordering. But if you have something specific in mind—certain flowers, certain colors, certain style—call us.
Custom arrangements require a conversation. What’s the occasion? Who’s receiving it? What’s your budget? Do you have flower preferences or things you definitely don’t want? We’ll ask questions that help us build something that actually fits what you’re trying to accomplish.
This is especially common for weddings, corporate events, or milestone celebrations where generic arrangements don’t cut it. We’ve done custom work for venues throughout Washington Heights and Upper Manhattan. If you need something specific, we’d rather have that conversation upfront than have you settle for something close enough.
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