Strand Book Store

Phone:

(212) 473-1452

Type: Indie Bookstore

Website:

http://www.strandbooks.com

Founded in 1927 by Ben Bass, Strand Book Store was originally one of forty-eight bookstores on Book Row, which existed in the 1890s and ran from Union Square to Astor Place. Today the store houses more than 2.5 million used, new, and rare books and occupies 55,000 square feet of space.

Address: 828 Broadway

New York, NY 10003

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