Originally Posted by
themicah
At the airports a lot of Hudson News stores will have them. Around town you can often find them at check cashing joints, independent pharmacies, some bodegas, etc.
Here's the
the MTA's retail locator. Note, however, that there's no guarantee any particular store will have the 7-day pass in stock. Unlike Metrocard vending machines, which can load a blank card with any amount of $ or time, the retailers sell preloaded cards in set denominations.
And if the OP opts to go with the pay-per-ride option, the pre-loaded Metrocards offered at retailers are refillable.