Denée Benton of ‘The Gilded Age’ Shops in Her Backyard
The New York Times
The actress is a fan of the Black-owned mom-and-pop stores in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
“Oh man,” Denée Benton said, facing a metal shop grate. “Everything really is closed.”
This was on a frosty Tuesday morning in early January and Ms. Benton, a Tony-nominated actress who stars in the HBO drama “The Gilded Age,” had come to Tompkins Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn for some shopping. On the list: candles, crystals, herbs, maybe some vintage clothing too.
Blame Omicron or the cold or the post-holiday hangover, but nearly every shop up and down Tompkins was closed.
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