Tuesday, September 23, 2008

BEDSTUY BROOKLYN LOVES IT'S MOM & POP SHOPS

BY DENISE ROMANO AND VERONIKA BELENKAYA
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Monday, September 22nd 2008, 7:14 PM


Storyteller Michele Hurst reads to kids at Brownstone Books on Lewis Ave. in Bed-Stuy.
They're places where everybody knows your name.

Even as the economy tanks and chain and big-box stores open around the borough, Brooklyn's mom-and-pop stores are stayin' alive. From a bookstore in Bedford-Stuyvesant to a pharmacy in Bath Beach

Brownstone Books owner Crystal Bobb-Semple found her niche in Bedford-Stuyvesant by focusing on African-American and Caribbean titles.

Although she is concerned about losing business to the borough's two Barnes & Nobles stores, Bobb-Semple relies on loyal customers and rewards them with a popular weekly kids story hour.

"You can get the value of something that's discounted at Target or Barnes & Noble, but you can't really put a price on the value of being able to come around the corner and bring your children to story time," she said.

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