After spending months recovering from flooding, Crooked Beat Records is closing its Del Ray basement location for the last time this Sunday (May 3).
Store owner Bill Daly and his staff were forced to close the store after catastrophic flooding in the building at 2417 Mount Vernon Avenue on Jan. 11. The business closed briefly after losing an estimated $60,000 of merchandise, of which $23,500 was recovered through a GoFundMe campaign. The store reopened at the end of February.
The closing comes after the business reported a successful Record Store Day on April 18.
“Are you going to stop by this weekend to say goodbye to our Del Ray space?” Crooked Beat Records shared in a Facebook post. “The last day open here is May 3rd! We aren’t closing for good, not by a long shot! Fixtures are going into storage briefly, and new location info will be announced soon. We have enjoyed being part of Del Ray life, and we will miss being here.”
Daly said in a social media post that he’s tried to stay in Alexandria and put bids on several rental properties in and around the city, though there is a chance the business could move into Arlington instead.
Crooked Beat Records first opened in 1997 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The shop moved into the 1,200-square-foot basement in 2023 after operating in Old Town for seven years.
Image via Crooked Beat Records/Facebook
