BKLYN Yard
A raw industrial lot along the Gowanus transformed into something electric. 1500 people. Daytime only. All ages welcome.
I co-founded this space before Brooklyn's cultural explosion—running Friday to Sunday, noon to sunset. We created one of the first open-air cultural hubs in an area that would later become synonymous with this kind of programming.
Music pulsed through the space—legendary daytime dance parties that helped birth Mr. Sunday, Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, and set the foundation for Elsewhere. But we pushed beyond just beats. Local chefs turned the yard into a culinary playground with pop-ups and pig roasts under open sky. Mornings brought yoga. Afternoons filled with kids running wild. Evenings transformed into something that felt both chaotic and perfectly orchestrated.
BKLYN Yard didn't just host events—it created a blueprint for what Brooklyn's cultural spaces could be. A grassroots vision that showed how raw space, local talent, and community focus could reshape a neighborhood's DNA. Though the space is gone, its heartbeat still pumps through the venues that followed.
