space type: art studio & performance venue | neighborhood: crown heights | active since: 2012 | links: facebook
The Cave is a huge basement studio in an artists’ loft building in Crown Heights. It’s a multifaceted space: part performance venue, …
285 kent ave
space type: music venue | neighborhood: williamsburg | active since: 2010–2014 | links: twitter
Update, January 2014:
No one expected 285 Kent to last forever, and news of its closing was just released. It’s not worth making any grand claims …
exapno (metropolitan exchange building)
neighborhood: downtown brooklyn | space type: music coworking | open since: 2010 | links: website, facebook, twitter
Founded by husband-and-wife composers Lainie and Jascha, Exapno is a coworking space for the musically minded. For a very low …
see.me
space type: art gallery | neighborhood: long island city | active since: 2013 | links: website, facebook, twitter
You’ve probably heard of See.Me already. The organization used to be called Artists Wanted, and they were well known for …
brooklyn lyceum
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 …
silent barn redux
neighborhood: ridgewood | space type: music, art, events | active since: 2013 | links: website, facebook, twitter
By now everyone probably knows the storied history of the Silent Barn. The band Skeletons started the DIY venue in their …
acme studio
space type: photo studio & prop house | neighborhood: williamsburg | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook, twitter, tumblr
Listen, I’ve been to a lot of wacky spaces through this project, but Acme is one of …
gemini & scorpio loft
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
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 …
brooklyn historical society
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 …