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Brooklyn's oldest operating bookstore, serving Park Slope since 1971, with a children's section families browse on neighborhood walks. It stocks picture books, early readers, and middle-grade fiction.
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Ages 0–12.
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143 7th Avenue, 11215, in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Yes. Community Bookstore is indoors, so it works on rainy or cold days.
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