▁on ▁display ▁outside ▁the ▁store ▁and ▁left ▁to ▁m elt ▁all ▁over ▁a ▁sh elf ▁of ▁books . ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁chapter ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁Libert ies ▁Union ▁stepped ▁in ▁to ▁defend ▁Sci oli ' s ▁freedom ▁of ▁speech . ▁ ▁Cob ble ▁Hill ▁Even ▁without ▁ev iction , ▁some ▁rise ▁in ▁rent ▁was ▁un av oid able ▁in ▁Brook lyn ▁He ights , ▁so ▁Sci oli ▁looked ▁for ▁an ▁afford able ▁location ▁to ▁buy ▁rather ▁than ▁rent , ▁and ▁found ▁a ▁building ▁at ▁the ▁corner ▁of ▁Court ▁Street ▁and ▁Warren ▁Street ▁in ▁nearby ▁Cob ble ▁Hill . ▁The ▁shop ▁operated ▁at ▁that ▁location ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁until ▁its ▁closing ▁upon ▁Sci oli ' s ▁ret irement ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁he ▁remarked ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁" t ried ▁to ▁go ▁out ▁of ▁business ▁two ▁or ▁three ▁times " ▁before , ▁unable ▁to ▁" bel ieve ▁people ▁still ▁put ▁up ▁with ▁this ▁place . ▁But ▁no ▁matter ▁what ▁I ▁did , ▁people ▁just ▁kept ▁bu ying ▁books ." ▁He ▁sold ▁the ▁building ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁ten ▁times ▁what ▁he ▁originally ▁paid ▁for ▁it . ▁ ▁Film ▁John ▁Sci oli ▁and ▁the ▁book store ▁were ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁a ▁short ▁New ▁York er ▁document ary ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Book lyn , ▁by ▁Paul ▁Sz yn ol . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Book st ores ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Category : 1 9 7 4 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁New