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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene: It's a Go!

The folks at Greenlight Bookstore sent out an email today saying that that their long-planned Fort Greene bookstore is going to become a reality. On June 1 they signed a lease and...

It's the moment we've all been waiting for: the lease is signed, the contractors are on their way, and we've got an opening date target for Fort Greene's own independent bookstore! At last we can reveal the mystery location:

On June 1, Greenlight Bookstore became the official tenant of 686 Fulton Street, at the corner of South Portland -- right in the heart of Fort Greene.

. 686 Fulton Street storefront

If you're not already familiar with this corner, we recommend checking it out in Street View on Google Maps to get a sense of the bookstore space in context (it's the former Nationwide Insurance space.) Across the intersection is Habana Outpost, one of the most exciting restaurants in Fort Greene and a neighborhood staple. Around the corner on South Portland is the C train, Lafayette Avenue stop, making us accessible from anywhere in the 5 boroughs. The G train is two blocks northwest on Fulton, and if you continue strolling in that direction for a few blocks more, you'll find yourself at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, one of Brooklyn's finest cultural institutions.

And just look at those beautiful windows!!

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Comments

Hi, congratulations and best wishes with your store. I saw the AOL story--great stuff.

I recently self-published my first book, THE UNDOING OF COWARDICE. It's an accessible guide to Wall Street for the intelligent lay person. Please have a look at the site. www.theundoingofcowardice.com .

I live in Westchester and would be happy to come give a talk about the book. I've already been on several leading business programs. The book is available through Baker & Taylor and you can reach my publicist Lisa Tibbits at lisa.tibbits@me.com.

Thanks,
Bill

Posted by: Bill Feingold | Aug 31, 2009 9:34:02 AM

And congratulations from Parenting Press, for 30 years a publisher of child guidance and children's books! We wish you the very, very best, and we hope you'll be stocking such titles as "The Way I Feel" and its new Spanish edition, "Asi me siento yo," and "What About Me? 12 Ways to Get Your Parents' Attention (Without Hitting Your Sister)." The last is by a Princeton-area author, Eileen Kennedy-Moore, who possibly could schedule a bookstore visit. She's vivacious clinical psychologist, the mother of four children born in an eight-year period. For more information on these and our other books of the last decade, please see www.parentingpress.com/media.html.

Posted by: Linda Carlson | Jul 20, 2009 3:11:52 PM

Welcome, Welcome---We're Red Rock Press, a small indy publisher in New York, and we welcome a new independent book store like yours.
Ilene Barth
Creative Drector

Posted by: Ilene | Jul 16, 2009 1:50:45 PM

Hello, and congratulations on your new store. I'm your representative for Workman Publishing and their umbrella lines: Algonquin, Artisan, Storey, Timber, Black Dog and Leventhal, High Bridge Audio, and Fearless Critic. Since I now have your address, I'll send you the fall/winter catalogues. But I would like to contact you either by phone or appointment to go over the new titles, discuss terms, and special promotions (of which we have many). I think you will find our discounts very attractive. You can reach me at 718 898-4988 (office), or 718 898-4988.

Thanks, and much good luck with your new venture.

Charles

Posted by: Charles M. Collins | Jun 16, 2009 2:56:34 PM