June 3rd, 2009 / 3:51 pm
Web Hype
Drew Toal
Web Hype
New bookstore in Fort Greene
Greenlight Bookstore. Deal with it. Well, except for you, Jimmy Chen. You don’t have to deal with this at all. What’s the first book you’ll buy there, Brooklyn people?
Tags: Greenlight bookstore
I lived on South Elliot btwn Dekalb and Lafayette in 1992. I had a first floor sublet, my first “alone” apartment, and I had no bars on the windows. I slept with a large lead pipe in my bed. Below me, were seven Indian immigrants who drove cabs at night and would get really angry at me for walking around in my apartment during daytime.
Once, I got held up at knifepoint at 11am on my way to the C train. I often saw Spike Lee- he still lived there I think- he had a store and some studios around there for sure.
But I loved that coffee shop that is still there- the academy?- and I loved the Ethipion restaurant. And Not Rays. And the beautiful blocks. And running in the park, although these were the crack years and I was often like- fuck, I’m gonna get a knife in my face again.
Also, the big story was they found this body in a dumpster without a head and it took way too long to find the head and when they did, it was in a garbage inside my C/A train stop so what that meant was, I walked by a severed, rotting head many times on my way to work.
Shit, that nabe is SOOOO nice now.
Things have changed.
Things have changed.
i don’t understand why i don’t have to deal with it. i deal with things. when i dealt with my hernia, i didn’t ask god why, i just fell down
i don’t understand why i don’t have to deal with it. i deal with things. when i dealt with my hernia, i didn’t ask god why, i just fell down
Oh, I live 5 blocks from there.
But I buy almost all my books online ’cause it’s cheaper and I can get anything I want.
I may browse there, but not long if they have a cat.
Oh, I live 5 blocks from there.
But I buy almost all my books online ’cause it’s cheaper and I can get anything I want.
I may browse there, but not long if they have a cat.
Awesome post, Drew. Thanks for the heads up. I’m going to bike there tomorrow afternoon.
And alan — you’re missing out on some great deals around Brooklyn, dude. Atlantic Books on Atlantic / Court — to name just one spot — has an excellent used selection. One of their staff members is a total douche, but that’s par for the course.
Shopping online is for housewives and little girls.
Awesome post, Drew. Thanks for the heads up. I’m going to bike there tomorrow afternoon.
And alan — you’re missing out on some great deals around Brooklyn, dude. Atlantic Books on Atlantic / Court — to name just one spot — has an excellent used selection. One of their staff members is a total douche, but that’s par for the course.
Shopping online is for housewives and little girls.
And agoraphobes.
And agoraphobes.
Red, Is that a bike you’ll be riding or a rascal? Bookstores are for senior citizens.
With–yeah–the exception of good secondhand ones like that one on Atlantic. There’s a good one on Montague Street too.
Red, Is that a bike you’ll be riding or a rascal? Bookstores are for senior citizens.
With–yeah–the exception of good secondhand ones like that one on Atlantic. There’s a good one on Montague Street too.
Oh, I wish it was scooting about on a rascal!
Heights Books moved to Smith Street. I was there yesterday. Just as musty as their old store.
PS Books in Dumbo isn’t shabby, either. One of the better used bookstores in the New York area, I think. Good prices, too.
And Freebird Books in Red Hook (or, as the real estate agents have taken to calling it, “Carroll Gardens West”) is decent.
See? With all these great used bookstores nearby, what’s the point in shopping online? You live in Brooklyn, man — milk it for all it’s worth! It’s not like you’re rotting away somewhere in rural North Dakota.
If you want, I’ll even loan you my old person tricycle. It has a basket in the back for all the angry letters I mail to my congressman.
Oh, I wish it was scooting about on a rascal!
Heights Books moved to Smith Street. I was there yesterday. Just as musty as their old store.
PS Books in Dumbo isn’t shabby, either. One of the better used bookstores in the New York area, I think. Good prices, too.
And Freebird Books in Red Hook (or, as the real estate agents have taken to calling it, “Carroll Gardens West”) is decent.
See? With all these great used bookstores nearby, what’s the point in shopping online? You live in Brooklyn, man — milk it for all it’s worth! It’s not like you’re rotting away somewhere in rural North Dakota.
If you want, I’ll even loan you my old person tricycle. It has a basket in the back for all the angry letters I mail to my congressman.
I’ve been to the one on Smith. I wonder how they got the new location so musty so soon.
I’ve been to the one on Smith. I wonder how they got the new location so musty so soon.
Before it was a bookstore, it was a very random place- real estate?, sellingT-shirts in the window?, insurance, or notary, or a bunch of somethings–and very very musty.