Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Mast Books launches sale ahead of short move on Avenue A


[Photo from early April]

Back on May 1 in our "Empty corner storefronts on Avenue A" post, we noted that Mast Books was moving a few storefronts away to the larger space on Avenue A at Fifth Street.

This past weekend Mast announced a sale on Instagram ahead of the relocation...


The storefront has sat empty since East Village Pharmacy moved to 41 Avenue A in early 2011. (There was also the brief reign of Gestations.)

As previously noted, this is a good block for retail here between Fifth Street and Fourth Street … with a coffee shop/cafe (Croissanteria), a housewares shop (Lancelotti), a bookstore (Mast), a magazine shop (Ink on A), a gift shop (Alphabets), a dry cleaners … not to mention the nail salon, lottery place and the liquor store.

Mast opened on A in May 2010.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 22, 2018 at 10:56 AM

    Great news!

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  2. AnonymousMay 22, 2018 at 11:54 AM

    I stopped going in this place. Unfortunately they are elitist snobs, and they've lost more than just my business. It's sad, in a world where we don't have enough places like this to go, that they have to treat people like they do.

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  3. GlennMay 22, 2018 at 4:13 PM

    I'll go to Mercer Books instead, thank you. This store is just a bunch of opportunists who have carefully "curated" and up-marketed books for clueless hipsters who just discovered Allen Ginsburg and the Warhol scene 3 days ago.

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  4. Nina d'AlessandroMay 22, 2018 at 4:58 PM

    Ah! GOOD news in the neighborhood! Thanks for this post! I love this place and their books!
    So happy for them! And us!

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  5. Nina d'AlessandroMay 22, 2018 at 4:59 PM

    The more bookstores, the better off we all are!

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  6. Rob WarrenMay 23, 2018 at 11:29 AM

    Mast is the best small book store in NYC. IN order to maintain an inventiry as they do takes hard work and $. Its the only place in town where you can find and see uncommon and rare books in fine condiition. I wish them all the very best up the block.

    Rob Warren, Bookseller

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