by Emma Davey The Brooklyn Center for Theater Research (251 Huron St.)Â plans to leave Greenpoint after just a few years.Â
The culprit? The usual suspect—rising rents.
Founder and playwright Matthew Gasda shared in a statement to Greenpointers:
“The past 3 years on Huron Street have been some of the best of my life; and it will be strange not to end nights at Troost or Oak and Iron anymore. The nature of DIY spaces is that they…
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Every day, it seems another business closes in Greenpoint due to rising rent costs. What will be left? Banks? Empty storefronts where the owners collect tax relief?
Victims of your own making. No pity here.
They’re victims of being fucking fascists. Google Gasda + Trump and read any number of bootlicking posts he’s written about the regime. Good riddance.