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Brooklyn was a University District coffeehouse, opened June 28,
1967 for practice runs and then offically on June 30, by Irv
Cisski, who operated it until his death in 1992. Home to chess
players, go players, guitar players, two-bit hustlers, and
coffeehouse intellectuals. On November 6, 1993, 14 months after
Irv's death, it moved from its longtime location in the 3900
block of Brooklyn Ave. NE to the Upper Ave—the 5200 block of
University Way NE. The original location opened that morning and
s part of the move the northbound lanes of University Way were
closed for a parade where staff and customers marched up the
Ave, some carrying the last chairs to move. The new location was
officially opened with an invocation from Rudy James, a leader
of the Kuiu Kwaan Klingit tr