Ezra Goldstein of Brooklyn’s oldest independent bookstore is retiring
On Friday, Goldstein will retire, leaving the reins in the hands of the Community Bookstore’s co-owner, Stephanie Valdez, who is 35 years his junior.
Ezra Goldstein has been carefully selecting and stocking books at Community Bookstore since he took over the shop in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood in 2009.(photo credit: JULIA GERGELY/JTA)ByJULIA GERGELY/JTA
