Knitting Factory Moves to Williamsburg
The Knitting Factory, the eclectic music venue that opened in Manhattan in 1987, will reopen at 361 Metropolitan Avenue.
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The 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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.