Category Archives: historic

introducing brooklyn spaces bike tours!

16 Apr Filed under art studios, gowanus, historic, makers, museum, park slope, performance, recreation, red hook, underground. 1 Comment.

My dears! I know you haven’t heard from me in awhile, so hello again. I hope you’re still interested in the inner-workings and underbelly of Brooklyn art and culture. In fact, I hope you’re so interested that you want to …

waterfront museum

7 May Filed under brooklyn spaces book, historic, museum, nonprofit, red hook.

[I’m counting down to the release of the Brooklyn Spaces book by doing one mini-post per day, sharing teasers of some of the places you’ll find in it.]

neighborhood: coney island | space type: nonprofit museum | active since: 1985 …

pioneer works

15 May Filed under art gallery, art studios, community space, historic, makers, nonprofit, red hook, skillshare. 2 Comments.

space type: nonprofit, skillshare, gallery | neighborhood: red hook | active since: 2012 | links: website, facebook, twitter, wikipedia

Pioneer Works is huge. It’s around 27,000 square feet with 40-foot ceilings, which is just truly, absolutely …

brooklyn historical society

20 Jan Filed under art gallery, brooklyn heights, historic, museum, nonprofit. 3 Comments.

space type: museum, nonprofit | neighborhood: brooklyn heights | active since: 1863 | links: website, facebook, twitter

The Brooklyn Historical Society is definitely a bit more conventional than the spaces I usually cover here. But this is a …

brooklyn lyceum

5 Aug Filed under coworking, historic, music, park slope, performance, theatre. 4 Comments.

space type: performance venue | neighborhood: park slope | active since: 1910 | links: website, facebook, twitter

This is by far the oldest space I’ve written about. It was built in 1910 as a public bathhouse, boasting 100 …

gemini & scorpio loft

20 May Filed under gowanus, historic, music, parties, performance, underground. 9 Comments.

neighborhood: gowanus | space type: art & events | active since: 2011 | links: website, facebook, twitter, flickr

G&S Glitter Ball, NYE 2013 (photo by Linus Gelber)

For ten years, Gemini & Scorpio have been throwing huge, …

broken angel

15 Mar Filed under art studios, clinton hill, historic, living space, makers, spectacle. 8 Comments.

neighborhood: clinton hill | space type: living space, maker | active since: 1979 | links: facebook, flickr

This article was written for Hyperallergic. See the original here.

Most of the coverage you’ll find about the Broken Angel, a …

south oxford space

26 Nov Filed under ft. greene, historic, nonprofit, theatre. 7 Comments.

space type: rehearsal & performance space | neighborhood: ft. greene | active since: 2000 | links: website, facebook

A.R.T. New York (the Alliance of Resident Theatres) has been supporting nonprofit theatre groups for forty years. They provide all …

the schoolhouse

4 Sep Filed under art collective, bushwick, communal living, historic, living space. 17 Comments.

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: art collective | active since: 1996 | links: facebook


According to The Bushwiki, PS 52 was built in 1883 and served as an arts-intensive elementary school until 1945, when it was sold for use …

trinity project

13 Aug Filed under art studios, closed, community space, east williamsburg, historic, nonprofit. 8 Comments.

neighborhood: east williamsburg | space type: nonprofit, art studios | active: 2009–2012 | link: facebook

The Trinity Project is a fantastic, pioneering nonprofit organization working to integrate artists more completely into the communities where they live. It’s an alliance between …