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  "articleBody": "[![Green Rex's Dino Store sign with yellow lettering advertising NEWS • ROCKS • EGGS • LEAVES • STICKS • NEST GOODS • LOTTO, beneath a window displaying dinosaur-themed newspapers and candy bars, framed by white subway tiles.](https://niche-museums.imgix.net/rexs-dino-1.jpg?h=200)](https://www.niche-museums.com/119)\n\n[Museum](https://simonwillison.net/elsewhere/museum/) [Rex's Dino Store](https://www.niche-museums.com/119) — Grand Army Plaza subway station, Brooklyn, NY\n\nLocated just before the turnstiles in the Grand Army Plaza subway station at the north end of Brooklyn's Prospect Park is this former newsstand which is now operated by a dinosaur.\n\nThe density of dinosaur puns is *exceptional*.\n\nPosted [2nd October 2026](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/2/) at 10:57 pm\n",
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