Category Archives: makers

a wrecked tangle press

23 Sep Filed under makers, prospect heights. 11 Comments.

space type: art press | neighborhood: prospect heights | active since: 2007 | links: website, facebook, myspace

There’s no doubt that Brooklyn is a literary utopia. We’ve got writers winning all the most important awards, we’ve got a …

metropolis soap co.

28 Aug Filed under bay ridge, commercial, makers. 8 Comments.

neighborhood: bay ridge | space type: commercial | active since: 2009 | links: website, blog, facebook, twitter

In case you didn’t know, Brooklynites are serious makers. We make everything, all over the borough, like gin in Sunset …

breuckelen distilling co.

1 Jul Filed under commercial, historic, makers, sunset park. 8 Comments.

neighborhood: sunset park | space type: commercial | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook, twitter

Brooklynites are makers. We make everything, no matter how weird or difficult. We make gardens in abandoned lots, screen-printed skateboards…

werdink / ninja pyrate

22 Jun Filed under bushwick, commercial, east williamsburg, makers, underground. 11 Comments.

neighborhood: east williamsburg | space type: screenprinting \ events | active since: 2010
links (werdink): site, blog, myspace, facebook | link (ninja pyrate): facebook
contact (werdink): contact@werdink.com; 917.204.2976 | contact (ninja pyrate): ninjapyrates@gmail.com…

gowanus ballroom

12 May Filed under art gallery, gowanus, historic, makers, parties, performance, underground. 23 Comments.

neighborhood: gowanus | space type: art & events | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook

Gowanus Ballrooom is one of my very favorite spaces, one I can’t help updating and re-writing about again and again. (In fact, check …

bushwick print lab

10 Apr Filed under bushwick, commercial, coworking, makers, ridgewood, skillshare. 13 Comments.

neighborhood: ridgewood | space type: commercial & studios | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook

I hope I’m not going to have to change the name of this blog; Bushwick Print Lab is yet another space (like Silent …

arch p&d

7 Apr Filed under art collective, commercial, coworking, makers, ridgewood, skillshare. 23 Comments.

neighborhood: ridgewood | space type: art studios | active since: 2010 | links: website, tumblr

The guys who make up Arch P&D—Evan, Ian, and Zak—are some of the nicest, hardest-working dudes I have ever met. …

urbanglass

25 Mar Filed under coworking, ft. greene, makers, skillshare. 12 Comments.

neighborhood: sunset park (ft. greene) | space type: skillshare | active since: 1977 | links: website, blog, facebook, twitter

I went to an open house at UrbanGlass—a glass-working skillshare and teaching center—completely on a lark, and it …

better than jam

14 Mar Filed under bushwick, commercial, makers. 7 Comments.

neighborhood: bushwick | space type: design co-op | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook, blog, etsy

Honestly, I wandered into Better Than Jam by accident. I was looking at art at the Loom during Bushwick Site …

3rd ward

16 Feb Filed under closed, coworking, east williamsburg, makers, skillshare. 18 Comments.

neighborhood: east williamsburg | space type: skillshare | active since: 2005 | links: website, facebook, twitter

Update October 2013: The story is still coming to light, but as of October 9th, 3rd Ward is closed, with the owner …