Spoonbill & Sugartown Books

132 North 5th Street | also 218 Bedford Avenue, 130 North 5th Street | Williamsburg | built 1910

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1999
Miles Bellamy and Jonas Kyle found Spoonbill & Sugartown Books on Bedford Avenue
Spoonbill & Sugartown Books was founded in 1999 on Bedford Avenue by Miles Bellamy and Jonas Kyle, who had briefly worked together at another bookstore in the 1980s. The pair first scouted Tribeca before choosing Williamsburg. Quentin Rowan joined as an owner in 2003. The shop sells new, used and rare books, with an emphasis on art, design and architecture.
“In 1999, Spoonbill & Sugartown Books was founded by Miles Bellamy and Jonas Kyle on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.”
Source: Wikipedia
2020
June
The bookstore stays open through the pandemic and raises over $100,000 on GoFundMe
During the COVID-19 pandemic the bookstore chose to stay open, calling that crucial to its survival. Staff worked reduced hours and let in six customers at a time. A GoFundMe fundraiser to sustain operations had raised over $100,000 by June 2020.
“…the bookstore elected to stay open ... They also ran a fundraiser on GoFundMe to sustain the bookstore's operations, raising over $100,000 by June of 2020.”
Source: Wikipedia

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