Feb. 4, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Industry City welcomed the Year of the Snake on Friday with a colorful Lunar New Year celebration. Dozens of Brooklynites rang in the new year alongside a troupe of lion dancers and musicians who roamed through the campus. Lion dances, often performed on Lunar New Year, are thought…
Oct. 17, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann “A Very Brooklyn Fashion Show” returned to the catwalk for its second annual event at brooklynONE Productions in Industry City on Oct. 15. Hosted by Brooklyn Made Store, the show was part of Fashion Week Brooklyn and celebrated the talent and creativity of local designers, both established and…
Oct. 11, 2024 By Jada Camille Art lovers and history enthusiasts rejoice! A new exhibit replicating Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel debuted Friday at Industry City, bringing the renowned beauty of the Italian artist’s artwork to New York City. The highly anticipated immersive showcase will be open to the public through Jan. 5 Following a successful…
Oct. 2, 2024 By Adam Daly A new immersive exhibit celebrating Brooklyn’s global influence on popular culture is now open to the public in Sunset Park’s Industry City. The creative force behind “Brooklyn Pop” is Michael McLeer, a founding member of the rock-hip-hop crossover group Lordz of Brooklyn and an artist known as Kaves.…
Oct. 1, 2024 By Naisha Roy When Limor “Ladyada” Fried founded Adafruit a decade ago, she was just a bored college student. While creating small electronics during what she described as “deep procrastination” on her MIT thesis, Fried never envisioned the multimillion-dollar Brooklyn-based business she would soon lead. Fried started posting blogs and videos…
Sep. 26, 2024 By Jada Camille On Thursday evening, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will join local artist Michael “Kaves” McLeer to cut the ribbon on “Brooklyn Pop,” his highly anticipated art exhibit at Industry City. The exhibit explores Brooklyn’s transformative influence on popular culture. According to Kaves, the brains behind Brooklyn Pop, the…
Aug. 28, 2024 By Natalie Dahan Community Offshore Wind, a company committed to investing in communities by creating clean energy jobs and boosting local economies, recently funded scholarships for 10 girls to attend the Tools and Tiaras summer camp in Brooklyn. Founded in 2017 by Judene Cassidy, Tools and Tiaras aims to demonstrate that…
Jul. 18, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Ample Hills Creamery has been through many iterations since it was founded in 2011.
Jun. 7, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Almost four years after the Industry City rezoning proposal fell apart, a new documentary premiering at Tribeca Film Festival next week chronicles every intimate detail about the yearslong attempt to transform the Sunset Park waterfront.
Jun. 4, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Environmentally friendly small-batch paint and plaster company Color Atelier has entered the Brooklyn scene, opening its first East Coast showroom in Industry City where customers can peruse the brand’s range and see its mineral-based products on large surfaces.