River Ring is a mixed-use development planned for the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Two Trees, the project's developer, commissioned a design from BIG and James Corner Field Operations.
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The Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse, also known as 184 Kent Avenue and Austin Nichols House, is a historic warehouse building on the East River between North 3rd and North 4th Streets in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. The structure, measuring 179 by 440 feet, is one of the city's few structures built in the Egyptian Revival style. The building was designed by architect Cass Gilbert and erected by general contractor Turner Construction with the help of structural engineer Gunvald Aus.
The warehouse was built in 1914–1915 to a design by Gilbert, and was one of several commercial and industrial buildings along the East River waterfront. The land was originally owned by the Havemeyer family, and leased to Austin, Nichols & Company, at one point the world's largest grocery wholesaler. Austin, Nichols & Company occupied 184 Kent Avenue from 1915 until the mid-1950s, after which the structure was occupied by several manufacturers. Starting in the 2000s, the building was used as a residential structure, and a 2010s renovation added residential condominiums.
The warehouse was designated a New York City Landmark in 2005, though the designation was controversial and was overturned by the New York City Council in 2006. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, a less restrictive designation that allowed for the warehouse's redevelopment into condominiums.
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Headgear Studio was an American recording studio based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It was founded in 1998.
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KCDC, also known as KCDC Skateshop, is a skateshop formerly located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
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285 KENT was an "underground," all ages concert venue located at 269-289 Kent Avenue, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. The venue was founded and operated by Todd Patrick aka "Todd P", beginning in 2010, ultimately closing in 2014 to much fanfare and media coverage. The venue was initially booked and exclusively managed by Patrick, later in partnership with Ric Leichtung, who created the event promotion entity AdHoc.fm, an offshoot of a music journalism website of the same name, to book the venue.
285 KENT operated under the DIY ethos and hosted acclaimed concerts and events spanning indie, punk, hip hop, electronic music, and other genres. The venue strictly hosted only all ages events at affordable ticket prices. 285 KENT held a standing-room only capacity of approximately 400 persons.
During its relatively brief tenure, Patrick and Leichtung sought to book 285 KENT to expand the community for DIY events beyond its traditional privileged, white, and straight audience; by seeking performances and partnerships with artists and event organizers representing LBGTQ+ communities and people of color. The venue hosted influential events such as the queer youth club night series "TOP 8," multiple performances by Chicago Footwork pioneer DJ Rashad, Blood Orange, Mykki Blanco, Grimes; and secret shows by artists such as hip hop collective Odd Future, queer R&B artist Frank Ocean, Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky, and others. The shoegaze rock band DIIV played so often they were almost considered the 285 KENT “house band”.
Previous to the opening of 285 KENT, the same unit housed the earlier creative spaces Bohemian Grove, a short-lived underground venue for electronic music events; and Paris London West Nile, a live/work loft and avant music and performance arts venue occupied communally by several artists and musicians.
The Paris London West Nile collective became the first to lease the unit shortly after its creation through partitioning of a larger warehouse, via association with artist and composer Zeljko McMullen, who worked as an artist's assistant to the musician Lou Reed. Reed and McMullen initially scouted the location and negotiated a lease to house a work studio for Reed, with McMullen taking the lease after Reed declined to occupy the space.
The larger warehouse 285 KENT occupied also housed the creative arts venues Death By Audio, Glasslands Gallery, Ran Tea House, Windmill Studios, the Muse, IndieScreen, and the Glasshouse Gallery, among others. The building's community of creative venue spaces were displaced in 2014 and 2015 by Vice Media, who acquired a lease on the majority of the building to house their headquarters. The building was constructed originally as a satellite structure to the historic Domino Sugar Refinery complex, located directly across Kent Avenue to the West.
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Book Thug Nation was a Brooklyn independent bookstore in Williamsburg. Founded in 2009, it sold used books, primarily fiction, and occasionally hosted events ranging from book readings to film screenings. It closed in 2025.
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