by Emma Davey Local film production company Broadway Stages has filed an application to de-map part of Monitor Street, Crain’s reports.
Broadway Stages hopes to permanently close two blocks of Monitor Street, between Greenpoint Avenue and Norman Avenue, in order to use it as an outdoor backlot. Those blocks are already located in the middle of the Broadway Stages filming complex.
It’s an unusual move, but not entirely unheard of — Crain’s reports that Kaufman Astoria Studios privatized…
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No way! They take up enough of our space. Kaufman land is leased from the city. Broadway is a bunch of warehouses that they bought up privately over the years.
I think the fuck not. Locals need to fight this tooth and nail.