LAST INDEPENDENT IN THE BRONX, BOOKS IN THE HOOD, WILL CLOSE
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
There won’t be any more Books in the Hood.
The Bronx’s last independent bookstore and the only bookstore in the South Bronx, Books in the Hood, is closing this month due to financial problems.
“It really hurts,” said Mark Naison, a Fordham University professor and frequent customer.
“There are bookstores going out of business in the Village and the upper West Side too, so you can’t blame the neighborhood. But Books in the Hood has been a true community institution.”
