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The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. promises all aspiring heroes, young and old, passing it’s storefront that it can help with a “nemesis problem” with its ‘full capery’ and ‘special programs for telepaths’. A small chalkboard advertises products like a grappling hook or x-ray vision powder.
Besides being a place to gather items for a homemade costume or gift for your wanna be superhero, the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. is a spacious learning center where students age 6-18 participate in creative writing programs and get homework help.
It is the brainchild of literary wonder boy Dave Eggers 826 National, a nonprofit that uses wacky stores like this one, the original Pirate Store in San Francisco, the Greater Boston Big Foot Research Institue, and others to mask full-fledged tutoring centers.
The store draws in potential students and volunteers intrigued by a superhero supply company and manages to make seeing a tutor a fun experience for kids.Encouraging writing in any and all forms-comics, fables, poetry, essays, songs, short stories and novels.
All the profits go towards the stores operations and educational programs.The team of volunteers, a few staff members and interns helped tutor over 2,300 students in the 2013-2014 school year. The team reaches out to schools across NYC and parents and teachers create a buzz through word of mouth.
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. 372 Fifth Ave. Brooklyn http://www.superherosupplies.com
718-499-9884