Take it outside: Sculptor builds open-air studio in Bushwick
Eye On Real Estate
Ah, the great outdoors … is a great place for an art studio in pricey Brooklyn, as least as far as rents are concerned.
A sculptor named Breeze is shaping up 40-foot shipping containers to serve as a welding shop and office for his new open-air studio – which otherwise is a vacant lot he’s renting at 430 Johnson Ave. in Bushwick.
“It’s cheaper than renting a giant building,” Breeze told Eye on Real Estate during a recent visit to the lot, while he took a brief break from installing a metal peaked roof on a 20-foot container that will be his tool shed. The roof is part of a rainwater collection system he’s setting up because there’s no running water at the site.
The asking rent for the lot was $5,000 a month, Crain’s New York Business reported in November when the deal was announced.