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August 12, 2009

Knitting Factory Moves to Williamsburg

361-metropolitan-avenue-0809.jpgThe Knitting Factory, the eclectic music venue that opened in Manhattan in 1987, will reopen at 361 Metropolitan Avenue (shown here in an earlier incarnation as the International Aluminum HQ) on September 9, reports the New York Times. The new venue space, which will use windows salvaged from the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will kick off its inaugural show across the river with the Brooklyn band Les Savy Fav, and the Times mentions that future guests include Boss Hog, Rasputina, the No Neck Blues Band, and Titus Andronicus. GMAP
Knitting Factory Sets September Opening for Brooklyn Location [NY Times]
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Posted by jscheff at 10:30 AM | Comments (19)
Categories: Development, Williamsburg

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It's about damn time.

Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 12, 2009 10:33 AM

I used to love that place. After a long day in law school, nothing beat the knitting factory for good beer and great music. Don't know that I'll go to WillyB for it though.

Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at August 12, 2009 10:35 AM

Lucky dogs.

Posted by: Maly at August 12, 2009 10:39 AM

Very cool.

If there is any question about Brooklyn becoming the new cultural hub of NYC, I think stories like this make it more so with each passing day.

Posted by: 11217 at August 12, 2009 10:44 AM

The 'ironic' thing about Billyburg to me is that I have to go to Manhattan to get there! Sort of a bitch.

Posted by: tybur6 at August 12, 2009 10:48 AM

Tyburg:

The G train now extends 5 stops further than it used to, to I believe Church Street now.

You don't actually have to go to Manhattan to get there anymore...

Posted by: 11217 at August 12, 2009 10:49 AM

I took the G train from 4th Ave and 9th St a few weekends ago and I got to Metropolitan Ave in about 15 minutes.

Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 12, 2009 10:51 AM

also, for those west, the B61 bus goes to wburg via Bedford.
back south down driggs.
it's a busy bus - goes to red hook.

or, take the b43 down flatbush to the G at Fulton (have to walk a couple of blocks) good route for north p'slopers. can take the A to the G as well, if you are walking distance to the A.

if anyone ventures over to the new knitting factory, fette seu barbecue is across the street.

also, a couple of blocks away is either Walter Foods on Grand just west of Havemeyer or Rye on S. 1st west of Havemeyer. both on the north side of the street. both fantastic.

Posted by: wine lover at August 12, 2009 11:02 AM

buses? how riff-raff!

*rob*

Posted by: PitbullNYC at August 12, 2009 11:05 AM

I know *rob* "buses" - How Common!

But really this is greatnews - and above ground is better than below anyday.

Posted by: Ljubitca at August 12, 2009 11:12 AM

I am impressed how quickly someone mentioned the G-train... I don't live anywhere near the G/F and because of historical reasons (and the inability of NYC to correct the problem in 80 years), I can't *connect* to the F or G trains either!! (without going to Manhattan of course)

The bus -- while, yes, very riff-raff, could be an option... though, I think the 44 bus is even FARTHER than the g-train.

Just sayin' -- it's just interesting that Brooklyn is becoming a "hub" of some sort, but you can't actually navigate from one part to another of the same borough that easily. i guess that's why the rent is sooo very low here.

Posted by: tybur6 at August 12, 2009 11:15 AM

Totally Tybur - I've found the buses to be okay if you know the schedule, but you're right - there is no easy way to navigate brooklyn via mass transit. A bicycle is probably the best.

Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 12, 2009 11:44 AM

That's it. Manhattan is over.

Also, for those of who believe in closely watching glossy magazines for occult clues to important changes in the zeitgeist: Lucky magazine this month has a list of the 100 best shops in New York and -- gasp! -- most of them are in Brooklyn, which *is not even ghettoized in its own section* but is just mixed in with those loser boutiques still in Manhattan.

Posted by: mopar at August 12, 2009 11:45 AM

Is the knitting factory in tribeca staying open? i thought they resigned their lease a few months ago, which put opening up in Brooklyn in jeopardy.

Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 12, 2009 11:51 AM

Tybur6, if you live on the Q the B35 will take you to the Church Ave stop on the F. From Ditmas Park (you live here, right?) you can also take the B8 or the B23 to the F. Of course by that point you might as well have taken the Q to the L, but I do like the G train because it's never crowded.

Posted by: sixyearsandcounting at August 12, 2009 11:58 AM


I agree with DirtyHipster -- Bike is the way to go (bad weather and severe inebriation excepted) There's a nice bik path the full length of Bedford, so that's an option... then whatever train close to home and a final stumbling roll home the last mile.

Posted by: tybur6 at August 12, 2009 12:17 PM

Boss Hog! That got me all excited for a minute, then I remembered that their last 3 albums nearly put me to sleep.

Good for TKF, though- hope they thrive in Williamsburgh.

Posted by: houseowax at August 12, 2009 12:24 PM

The JM and late-lamented Z USED to connect both sides of Brooklyn, but now they don't. I find that one of the most annoying things ever, personally.

The bus routes are nice, but they take too damn long.

And does anyone remember the original Knitting Factory on Houston? God, I am old.

Posted by: Heather at August 12, 2009 2:02 PM

Got a new one: The other night a taxi driver asked me how to get back to *Bedford,* not the bridge, from Bushwick. That's a new one. Taxis cruise Driggs and Grand like it's the Meatpacking District now. Which I guess it kind of is.

Posted by: mopar at August 12, 2009 10:35 PM

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