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the schoolhouse
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 …
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metropolis soap co.
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 …
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the lab (electric warehouse)
neighborhood: bed-stuy | space type: parties | active since: ? | links: website The Lab—or as it’s known to the dance kids and hipsters, Electric Warehouse—is a 10,000-sq-ft underground party space deep in Bed-Stuy. Once upon a time it was …
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ger-nis culinary & herb center
neighborhood: gowanus | space type: skillshare | active since: 2010 | links: website, facebook, twitter, blog Let’s just take a minute and talk about something totally outside of the purview of this blog: ice cream sandwiches. Think …
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film biz recycling
space type: nonprofit | neighborhood: gowanus | active since: 2009 | links: website, blog, facebook, twitter One of my favorite things about this project is how often it surprises me. And holy shit was it a surprise …
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red lotus room
space type: parties | neighborhood: crown heights | active since: 2009 | link: blog, facebook The Red Lotus Room is breathtaking. The first time I went was for BANZAI!!!!!, a surreally crazy art and performance party, full of …
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breuckelen distilling co.
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…
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hive nyc
neighborhood: bushwick | space type: art collective | active since: 2011 | links: website, facebook, twitter During this year’s Bushwick Open Studios, I had an ambitious roster of spaces to hit, and by a fortuitous chance, one …
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big sky works
neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: circus | active since: 2011 | links: website, facebook, twitter When I was in college in New Jersey, we used to come to Brooklyn to hunt for weirdness as much as we could. …
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death by audio
neighborhood: williamsburg | space type: music venue | active since: 2007 | links: website, myspace I’ve been to Death By Audio a few dozen times, but somehow I always forget how cool it is. My friends’ doom metal band …
