A new literary salon and bar is being planned in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is teaming up with well-known local entrepreneurs, according to Brownstoner.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, best known for The 1619 Project, along with business partners Rotimi and Ayo Akinnuoye, the team behind the beloved Bed-Vyne , and DJ Johnson, owner of New Orleans bookstore and cafe Baldwin & Co. , are preparing to open The North Star Books + Bar in the space at 339 Macon St., which used to house Macon Hardware, the website reported.

Before closing in 2023 , Macon Hardware had a long history as one of Bed Stuy’s longest standing Black-owned businesses. The building will continue its legacy housing a business in service to the community, and Hannah-Jones said sh

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