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James and Karla Murray on Instagram: "We have always loved to photograph corner bodegas in New York City and have noticed that in recent years many of them are disappearing as the neighborhood they are located in becomes gentrified and/or rents increase. This bodega was in Crown Heights, Brooklyn but sadly closed and was replaced by a Dunkin Donuts. Let us know if your favorite corner deli/bodega is still in business and where it’s located. • • • • • • #storefront #bodega #bodegas #deli…

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Guzman Grocery in Brooklyn is a classic New York #bodega. We love its #handpainted #signage and colorful array of products in its window displays. There used to be hundreds of old bodegas in many neighborhoods of Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and the Lower East Side and Harlem but they have been rapidly disappearing in the face of modernization and #gentrification.

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New design guidelines for New York’s iconic corner stores may erase an aesthetically important part of the urban landscape.

Park Slope Bodega NYC