The Bronx is now the location of a new store from which to pick up best-selling books. The new establishment, The Lit. Bar, is the only bookstore in the entire borough.
The Lit Bar is owned by Noëlle Santos who states her ambition to open a bookstore stemmed from her never having visited an independent book-centric shop before.
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“Thank you for opening your hearts and helping me show the world what many fail to see— that the Bronx is no longer burning except with desire to read,” said Santos at the store opening.
According to the New York Post, Santos is a 32-year-old Bronx resident from the Hunts Point section of the borough. She once participated in an attempt to save a Barnes & Noble in the Co-op City area of the Bronx by signing a petition and protesting with 3,000 others. Santos revealed that the Barnes & Noble was inaccessible due to the lack of transportation to that area of the borough.
Source: Long-time resident opens the only bookstore in the Bronx
