Hii NYC, located at 152 Bedford Ave., is owned by Brooklynite Peter Beznos, and opened on Friday — just in time for 4/20.
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Williamsburg’s first legal recreational weed dispensary opened its doors to customers on Friday, the eighth licensed store now open in Kings County — and just in time for 4/20.
Hii NYC, located at 152 Bedford Ave., is owned by Brooklynite Peter Beznos who said at the April 19 grand opening that his main hope for the store is to be able to educate the local community on safe and legal weed use, aiming to be a “safe haven” among the myriad of illegal vendors across the neighborhood and city.
“This is a state sanctioned dispensary and all of these are licensed providers, everything is grown and processed here in New York state,” said Beznos. “If it’s not legal, you just don’t know what you’re getting. Everything at our store is pre-packaged by the company, you have the company’s phone number on the back, you have somebody who’s actually answering for the product.”
