The hidden bookstore recently opened in Greenpoint.
New York City is full of speakeasy bars and hidden locations , and if you face firmly enough , you might even find secret bookstores behind unassuming front doors .
Greenpoint’sBurnt Booksis one such place . Located inside a classic New York bodega yell Green Discount Corp. , this vintage bookstore can only be found if you ’ve heard about it before . It open up on July 23 , and the possessor , Jason Mojica , told Eater that he decided to partner with the bodega ’s possessor to localize up his store . Mojica is also the proprietor of nearby comic Word of God storeHey Kids Comics ! , and decided to open up a stock within a computer memory to save up on split .
Burnt Books ' Instagram profileis fill with cool statute title . chocolate tabular array book likeThe Wise Garden Encyclopediaas well as honest-to-goodness nonfiction likeThe True Story of Bonnie & Clydefill its shelves , and both avid and casual reader can chance something to pique their interest .
Photo courtesy of Burnt Books
grant to the Instagram legend of one of the storage ’s post , Burnt Books is " open nigh always . " What that means is that Burnt Books might be welcoming customers when other shop are unremarkably close for the day . " [ The hours ] are far from that of a traditional bookshop , " Mojica severalise Thrillist . " My other shop , for object lesson , is only opened five days a week , seven hours a day , " he sum , referring to Hey Kids Comics ! Burnt Books is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am–9 pm , and on Saturday and Sunday from 9 am–9 premier .
you could curb it out by heading to the shopfront bodega , Green Discount Corp. , at 1014 Manhattan Avenue near Green Street .
hold in out some photo of the store ’s exterior here below :
Salim, one of the owners, stands in front of Green Discount Co. & Burnt Books' entrance.|Photo courtesy of Burnt Books
A freshly-sprayed logo at the entrance of the bodega leads guests inside the secret bookstore.|Photo courtesy of Burnt Books
