Tag: Brooklyn
For years, an old ferry boat in North Brooklyn has been hosting parties, shows, artist studios–even living quarters. But on Friday, while docked at 190 Morgan Avenue on Newtown Creek, the dream ended, as Fire Department officials busted the operation. DNAinfo points to years-old articles in Gothamist and BushwickBK that extolled the ferry’s virtures, telling of “music, […]
Just days ago, Brooklyn education and arts space 3rd Ward suddenly went dark. Rumors of bankruptcy and foreclosure spread, though the owners had recently opened new locations in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. The financial woes are presumably linked to the company spending a bit too much on each of these new properties without first properly securing […]
The city’s leading not-for-profit art and technology center Eyebeam have just announced plans to relocate from their current location in Chelsea’ to the BAM Cultural District in Brooklyn, an area that’s already become home to over forty arts organizations. Founded by filmmaker and entrepreneur John S. Johnson in 1997, the space has since evolved into a valuable resource for new […]
2×1, a forthcoming documentary currently funding on Kickstarter, takes its name from two places: two miles by one mile, the dimensions of Crown Heights, the Brooklyn neighborhood where it’s set, and the two distinct communities–Caribbean people and Hasidic Jews–that make up the area’s one whole population. Filmmaker Mendy Seldowitz, a Crown Heights native, hoped to get away […]
Good news for Rockaways straphangers and those stranded by service suspensions on R train. The Rockaway ferry, which recently began making a stop in Sunset Park on its way to Manhattan, will continue service until January. Ferry service was initially supposed to end this month, but was extended thanks in part to a push from […]
On Wednesday, July 17, Big Snow Buffalo Lodge had its last show. The venue, situated in an old party supply storefront 89 Varet Street in Williamsburg near the Bushwick border, had become as well-known for its open-armed, welcoming, absolutely no-bullshit attitude in the two years since it opened as it had for the staunchly DIY […]
Last month, Alaska Bar caught fire. It was a little electrical issue, but to be safe, the fire department chopped at the walls and the ceiling. We were standing by the entrance with the owner and the bartenders, kicking around a singed wall hunk. Debris was spilling out across the sidewalk in heaps. A group of […]
There’s a reality show coming to Brooklyn in hopes of finding some of those “creative” parents” we all seem to hear so much about. That’s right. The very same producers behind MTV’s 16 & Pregnant and Teen Mom have posted a ridiculous casting call that doesn’t hesitate one bit before going into the specifics of exactly the type […]
Half of ANIMAL’s staff lives in that part of Brooklyn where Williamsburg meets Bushwick. Sometimes, some of us walk under this art-like construction, perched precariously on an arch outside the Borinquen Plaza Houses. As that particular section isn’t the neighborhood’s most swankiest piece of real estate, there are a few overdue repairs to be made, for […]
ANIMAL stopped by the reception for “Brooklyn Photo Show,” with work by 15 Brooklyn-based photographers spanning 13 years. Ok, I stopped by the show and it was damn solid and I’ll spare you the art speak this time. Beautiful graffiti. Genesis P-Orridge. Rooftop mornings. Jesus dragging a cross through the streets. Neatly packaged weed. Rats flying through the […]
