Comments on: Brooklyn guide to used book stores

By: metal bookends

metal bookends — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:00:00 +0000

I like being in stores like this. The prices are usually low.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:05:00 +0000

well how are they going to exist if you don’t tell us about them? share!

By: Mos Stef

Mos Stef — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:42:00 +0000

I would tell you about an outstanding one in Midwood, but supposedly-uncool Brooklyn neighborhoods don’t exist in the magical fantasy world of “Brokelyn”.

By: Epic end-of-summer book sale at powerHouse | Brokelyn

Epic end-of-summer book sale at powerHouse | Brokelyn — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:37:00 +0000

[...] you’ve exhausted Brooklyn’s dwindling selection of used bookstores, or if the idea of combing through slightly moldy hardbacks gives you the willies, powerHouse [...]

By: Daft Rita

Daft Rita — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 22:01:00 +0000

Great article!

By: Another one bites the dust: closing sale at Atlantic Book Shop | Brokelyn

Another one bites the dust: closing sale at Atlantic Book Shop | Brokelyn — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:58:19 +0000

[...] business, but it’s no surprise when you consider the industry overall. Brokelyn has a guide to the rest of the used book stores in the borough, who may see an uptick in sales with one less competitor; but, just as John Donne once wrote of [...]

By: si

si — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:15:28 +0000

Brooklyn’s book heaven (and I’m from London). My favourites (no pecking order, no pack drill) are Atlantic, Freebird and Unnameable – haven’t checked out PS yet. And Freebird’s ONLY OPEN ON WEEKENDS, guys – but worth the trek

By: Paranoiac's anti-bedbug guide to used stuff | Brokelyn

Paranoiac's anti-bedbug guide to used stuff | Brokelyn — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:53:08 +0000

[...] you gotta live, right? Our world of broke-dom is one of swaps, yards sales, vintage shops and used bookstores. We don’t want to have to give up on all this, but with bedbugs in the picture, we have to be [...]

By: annulla

annulla — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:51:06 +0000

Don’t forget the ever-changing selection of books (plus furniture, clothes & music) at the Housing Works Thrift Shop on Montague Street.

By: JY

JY — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:03:43 +0000

After years of having to walk past Community Bookstore during the winter – I vowed never to step foot inside. They are one of the only businesses that refused to shovel snow from their sidewalk – or even bother to salt. Always struck me as unbelievably lazy and not very “community”-minded.