Media attention helped extend the presence of Barnes & Noble in the Bronx as the borough’s last remaining bookstore, but now the company says they will close one of their three Queens locations at the end of the year. BN indicated they were unable to negotiate a new lease for their Fresh Meadows store, near St. John’s University. The end of the year often brings a number of store closing announcements, as leases expire (and after the brisk holiday selling season is over). It’s still early in the season for such disclosures, though the company has already acknowledged additional year-end […]