Bob Contant

Nearly two years after St. Mark's Bookshop relocated into city housing, it is in danger of closing.

The longtime bookstore has launched a new crowdfunding campaign to stay open into the next year.

The owners put out a call for investors in an Aug. 5 email to its mailing list.

St. Mark's Bookshop opened its new spot on E. 3rd St. after high rents forced the store to move.

St. Mark's Bookshop in the final weeks of fundraising for its May move to East Third Street.

The struggling bookstore used crowdfunding website Lucky Ant to gather funding from supporters.

The longtime bookshop is looking for a smaller space in the East Village.

The St. Mark's Bookshop has been seeking a rent reduction to save the struggling store.

The St. Mark's Bookshop owners said landlord Cooper Union has offered to defer a month's rent to a later date, but has not reduced the store's rent as requested.

Supporters of the store sang an original song pleading for the school to lower the shop's rent at the inauguration of new Cooper Union president Jamshed Bharucha Tuesday.

The outspoken filmmaker Mike Moore will appear at the shop Thursday to sign copies of his new memoir.

The St. Mark's bookshop's owners have been asked to provide a detailed financial plan to the president of Cooper Union, their landlord.

The nearly 35-year-old bookstore claims it needs a rent break from landlord the Cooper Union.