An old school video store is coming to Brooklyn

WNYC News | Apr 4, 2025

Video and DVD stores are a thing of the past. Nearly all of them went out of businesses after the rise of Netflix and other streaming services. 

But two people are trying to bring the retro business model back to New York City. They’re opening a store in Williamsburg called Night Owl Video next Friday that will be selling everything from VHS to 4k UHD titles.

Jess Mills and Aaron Hamel are the owners of Night Owl Video and they talked with WNYC's Sean Carlson more about why physical media is important to them.

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