On Saturday, May 2nd, “The Millions.com” will lead their first annual “Walking Tour of New York’s Independent Bookstores.” The 11-stop itinerary begins in the East Village, continues through NoLita and SOHO, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge into DUMBO, and ends after 4 or so hours of walking and book-browsing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
The complete, 11-stop itinerary includes:
- St. Mark’s Bookshop (31 3rd Avenue at 9th Street).
- The Strand (828 Broadway at East 12th.)
- Partners & Crime Mystery Booksellers (44 Greenwich Avenue at Charles Street)
- Three Lives & Co. (154 West 10th Street at Waverly Place)
- Housing Works Used Book Cafe (126 Crosby St. between Prince and Houston)
- McNally Jackson (formerly McNally Robinson) (52 Prince St. between Mulberry and Lafayette)
- Bluestockings (172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington)
- Melville House Bookstore (145 Plymouth Street at Pearl Street, Brooklyn)
- BookCourt (163 Court St. between Pacific and Dean)
- Freebird Books & Goods (123 Columbia St. between Kane & Degraw)
- WORD (126 Franklin Street at Milton Street, Brooklyn)
Additional information on the event can be found here.
A full-size Google map of the tour, with walking directions, can be found here.
Related: Literary DUMBO: An Afternoon Walk Under the Bridges in Search of Books
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