Welcome to *Spotlight on NYC Bookstores* This blog is an evolving directory of bookstores in the five boroughs of New York.
It was created as a guide for those visiting Manhattan in May 2010 for Book Expo America, Book Blogger Con, or Book Week.
Please use it as a self-guided tour to bookish delights in the Big Apple!
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Boulevard Books & Café
“Boulevard Books & Café is your community bookstore! Shop our selection of adults & kids books and sidelines. Enjoy bookclub meets, storytime with your ‘lil ones, author events & more!”
7518 13th Avenue (Dyker Heights)
Brooklyn, NY 11228-2410
phone: (718) 680-5881
Monday – Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
http://boulevardbooksandcafe.com/
Facebook fan page [...]
The BookMark Shoppe
The BookMark Shoppe opened in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn in November 2002; they quickly outgrew that location and moved to the Bay Ridge area. They are an independently owned & operated bookstore serving their community.
8415 3rd Avenue (Bay Ridge)
Brooklyn, NY 11209-4601
phone: (718) 833-5115
Monday, Tuesday, Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday – Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 [...]
powerHouse Arena
“In Fall 2006, powerHouse Books launched The powerHouse Arena, a laboratory for creative thought: exhibitions, installations, presentations, displays, viewings, performances, readings, and retail therapy—all drawing upon photography and popular culture as sources of inspiration. …The 10,200–square foot marquis showroom and retail space is unlike any other in New York City, featuring a soaring 24-foot [...]
WORD
“WORD, an independent bookstore located on the corner of Franklin and Milton Streets in the historic district of Greenpoint Brooklyn, features a wide variety of new books: literary fiction, non-fiction, gift books, kids’ books, puzzles and more. We also carry a large selection of stationery, boxed notecards and journals.”
126 Franklin Street (at Milton Street; Greenpoint)
Brooklyn, [...]
Greenlight Bookstore
“The co-proprietors, Jessica Stockton Bagnulo (Book Nerd) and Rebecca Fitting, have a combined 25 years of experience in the book industry, an award-winning business plan, a great retail space, and a shared vision of bringing a fantastic independent bookstore to the neighborhood.”
686 Fulton Street (at South Portland; Fort Greene)
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Phone: (718) 246-0200
http://abookstoreinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/
twitter: @GreenlightBklyn
Monday – Saturday: 10 [...]
Book Court
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163 Court Street (between Pacific & Dean)
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: (718) 875.3677
http://www.bookcourt.org
twitter: @BookCourt
Monday – Saturday: 9 a.m. – 10:45 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
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