As movie-rental business withers, Staten Island's 12 New York Public Library branches step into the breach. (Staten Island Advance, 8/2/2011)
Excerpt: Movie buffs are flocking like never before to Staten Island's 12 New York Public Library branches, which offer an extensive selection ranging from the newest titles to foreign films.
The branches are filling a void created by the demise of the once-ubiquitous movie-rental outlets. Only two Blockbuster Video locations remain in the borough, in Rossville and Port Richmond.
On-demand movie providers like Netflix undercut the rentals, but they are no longer the bargain they used to be: Netflix is raising prices as much as 60 percent.
Enter the library, with its unbeatable price: Free.
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