After experiencing catastrophic flooding earlier this month, Crooked Beat Records will close its doors for good this Saturday.
The local vinyl haven plans to open for its last days at 2417 Mount Vernon Avenue on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Owner Bill Daly said the building’s management wants to do additional repair work, which would require him and his staff to remove all of Crooked Beat’s inventory and then move it back in.
Daly said he doesn’t want to do that. Instead, he’s searching for a new spot — and he wants to stay in the neighborhood.
“We’ll keep people posted on where we find the new location,” Daly said on Facebook. “We really love Del Ray. We want to stay in Del Ray. We’re going to keep looking and hope things get back to normal soon.”
The flooding started late Jan. 11, a Saturday night, after a pipe on the roof of the building burst, flooding the basement record shop with several inches of water. The business lost upwards of $60,000 of merchandise in the flooding, Daly told ALXnow.
More than $21,300 has been raised to help the business recover in a GoFundMe campaign.
The property is managed by Bonaventure and Vest Residential. In a statement to ALXnow, both groups said personnel arrived onsite “approximately 30 minutes” after they were notified of flooding on late Sunday morning.
“Emergency plumbers were immediately dispatched, and multiple professionals worked throughout the day to diagnose and stop the source of the flooding,” Bonaventure and Vest said in a statement. “Once the flow of water was halted, a licensed remediation company began water extraction and cleanup, continuing overnight and into the following day.”
“We understand how disruptive this type of event can be and have remained actively engaged onsite since the initial notification, following established safety and remediation protocols to address the issue as quickly and responsibly as possible. The property team will continue to provide regular updates to affected tenants as remediation progresses and the issue is fully resolved.”
Crooked Beat Records moved into the 1,200-square-foot basement in 2023, after operating in Old Town for seven years. The shop first opened in 1997 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Photos via Crooked Beat Records/Facebook.
