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Astoria Bookshop in Queens, N.Y., will move to a larger space later this year.
Store owner Lexi Beach has signed a lease for a new storefront that is about 40% larger than the store's original location. It is a little less than a mile away, with Beach noting that it's "one subway stop closer to Manhattan and one street over."
Beach explained that the new space's larger size was the "main impetus for the move," as the shop has "simply outgrown the space we're in." Sales have grown steadily over the past two years, and Beach and her team need more shelf space to carry a wide range of titles as well as more room to handle mail-order operations. The new location will also have a small back patio, which will give the store some expanded options for events and allow Beach to "do a little container gardening."
She added that she's been thinking about ways to expand since fall 2019 and started looking for a new storefront in earnest last summer. Beach is not exactly sure when she'll open in the new space, but is aiming for "mid-May at the latest."