‘It’s a new planet overnight’: New York City businesses hit hard by coronavirus pandemic

Daniel Harison, a barista at Velvette Brew, a coffee shop in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Greg Iacurci

A palpable chill had settled over Park Slope on an otherwise beautiful Monday evening.

The brownstone-lined streets of this South Brooklyn enclave, typically abuzz with commuters at peak rush hour, were near empty. Stores of all kinds — from restaurants, cafes and bars to gyms and bodegas —…

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