Zakka Opens on Plymouth St. in Dumbo
October 2nd, 2007
Zakka, an independent retailer of books of art, photography, design, architecture, cd-roms, DVDs, and graphic design has relocated from Grand Street in SoHo to Plymouth Street in Dumbo and opened last week. It is also an artists’ space that features indie graphic t-shirts, clothing, and collectibles. Many of the items are Japanese, as the owner is from Japan. Zakka receives daily shipments from Japan and around the world to bring inspiration for creative people and design Otakus looking for something new. In the former space in SoHo, there were always many browsers looking through and purchasing books and magazines.
The store was busy this weekend from the Art Under the Bridge Festival, but that block on Plymouth Street between Pearl and Jay Street is starting to be discovered but still a ‘hidden’ gem of a retail block of independent business owners. The owner’s reason for leaving SoHo is the expired lease and a dramatic rise in rent if he wanted to stay there. Zakka signed a 10 year lease in the 2,035 sq.ft. Dumbo space.
(photos by DumboNYC.com)
Zakka Corp.
155 Plymouth Street, Dumbo Brooklyn
www.zakkacorp.com
Also see reviews of Zakka on Yelp.
5 Responses to “Zakka Opens on Plymouth St. in Dumbo”
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October 2nd, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Good luck to Zakka! I stopped by on Saturday and it was nice. The block doesn’t have a lot of pedestrian traffic but hopefully it’ll pick up.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Agreed with Rene. I was in there on Saturday and it was fantastic. I think it will be a great addition to the DUMBO retail scene.
November 5th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
[...] also ongoing photography exhibits at one of the many galleries in Dumbo. New retail spaces such as Zakka at 155 Plymouth Street or PS Bookshop at 145-A Front Street stocks many fine art and photography [...]
December 10th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
[...] t-shirts, Japanese magazines, and collectibles. The store is an otaku’s dream. We covered the opening of their Dumbo location in October 2007. They also host shows for underground art culture, artists, and music. This [...]
March 22nd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
[...] really pushed him mainstream (heck, even I bought the “Yes we did” poster.) I was in Zakka in Dumbo last weekend, thumbing through a giant SF tome of posters and design, and I mentioned to Ray how I [...]