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Community Bookstore (Cobble Hill)

1974 establishments in New York City2016 disestablishments in New York (state)Bookstores in BrooklynBrooklyn HeightsCobble Hill, Brooklyn
Commercial buildings in BrooklynIndependent bookstores of the United States
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Community Bookstore was a bookstore in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It opened in 1974 in Brooklyn Heights and moved to Cobble Hill after its rent spiked in 1985. Owner John Scioli operated it until retiring and closing the store in 2016. It was known as an atypical crowded bookstore filled to capacity with stacks of books accumulated via community donations.

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Community Bookstore (Cobble Hill)
Court Street, New York Brooklyn

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11201 New York, Brooklyn
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