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Charlie's Calypso City

Record Store Est. 1972 Used recordsHi-fi gear
Digs CalypsoSoca

Bedford-Stuyvesant institution opened in 1972 by Trinidad-born Rawlston Charles, specializing in Caribbean calypso and soca LPs alongside CDs and turntable gear.

1273 Fulton St
Brooklyn, NY 11216

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Verified · July 2026

Charlie's Calypso City — Provenance

  • Vinyl World (address 1273 Fulton St, Bedford-Stuyvesant) July 2026
  • Yelp (listing updated January 2026) January 2026
  • Yelp (same 1273 Fulton St address under an alternate/associated listing name, updated July 2026) July 2026
  • Brooklyn Eagle (history of the shop and owner Rawlston Charles) November 2019

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