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Rex's Dino Store

simonwillison.net original

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.

Museum Rex's Dino Store — Grand Army Plaza subway station, Brooklyn, NY

Located 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.

The density of dinosaur puns is exceptional.

Posted 2nd October 2026 at 10:57 pm