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Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the northern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bed-Stuy, and Bushwick. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. New York, NY redirects here. ... The Five Boroughs of New York City: 1: Manhattan 2: Brooklyn 3: Queens 4: Bronx 5: Staten Island In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government used to administer the five constituent counties that make up the city; it differs significantly from other borough forms of... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Landmark 19th-century rowhouses on tree-lined street in the Greenpoint Historic District Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Bedford-Stuyvesant (also known as Bed-Stuy) is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Bushwick, is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... The Brooklyn Community Board 1 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Flushing Avenue, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Northside, and Southside in the borough of Brooklyn. ...

Williamsburg is home to many ethnic groups, a thriving art community, and, increasingly, commuters to Manhattan. An art colony is a place where artists live and work, interacting with one another, often creating a distinctive style. ...

The Williamsburg Bridge connects the Brooklyn neighborhood to Manhattan

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History

Independent Williamsburgh

In 1638, the Dutch West India Company first purchased the area's land from the local Native Americans. In 1661, the company chartered the Town of Boswijck, including land that would later become Williamsburg. After the English takeover of New Netherland in 1664, the town's name was anglified to Bushwick. During colonial times, villagers called the area "Bushwick Shore." This name lasted for about 140 years. Bushwick Shore was cut off from the other villages in Bushwick by Bushwick Creek to the north and by Cripplebush, a region of thick, boggy shrubland extending from Wallabout Creek to Newtown Creek, to the south and east. Bushwick residents called Bushwick Shore "the Strand(ed)." Farmers and gardeners from the other Bushwick villages sent their goods to Bushwick Shore to be ferried to New York City for sale via a market at present day Grand St. Bushwick Shore's favorable location close to New York City lead to the creation of several farming developments. In 1802, real estate speculator Richard M. Woodhull acquired 13 acres (53,000 m²) near what would become Metropolitan Avenue, then North 2nd Street. He had Colonel Jonathan Williams, a U.S. Engineer, survey the property, and named it Williamsburgh (with an h at the end) in his honor. Originally a 13-acre development within Bushwick Shore, Williamsburgh rapidily expanded during the first half of the nineteenth century and eventually seceded from Bushwick and formed its own independent city.^[1] Dutch West India Company (Dutch: West-Indische Compagnie or WIC) was a company of Dutch merchants. ... Map based on Adriaen Blocks 1614 expedition to New Netherland, featuring the first use of the name. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Bushwick is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Founded in 1661 by Governor Peter Stuyvesant as Boswijck, it is the site of some of the earliest settlements in Brooklyn that date to the middle of the 17th century. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ... Williamsburgh is a place name, derived from the name William and the Scots language and Scottish English word burgh: Williamsburgh, Paisley, a residential area in Paisley, Scotland, originally a separate village outwith the boundary of the ancient Burgh of Paisley Williamsburg, Brooklyn, originally called Williamsburgh from 1802-1855 Rockville, Maryland...

Williamsburgh was incorporated as the Village of Williamsburgh within the Town of Bushwick in 1827. In two years it had a fire company, a post office and a population of over 1,000. The deep drafts along the East River encouraged industrialists, many from Germany, to build shipyards around Williamsburgh. Raw material was shipped in, and finished products were sent out of many factories straight to the docks. Several sugar barons built processing refineries. Now all are gone except the now-defunct Domino Sugar (formerly Havemeyer & Elder). Other important industries including shipbuilding and brewing.

Reflecting its increasing urbanization, Williamsburgh separated from Bushwick as the Town of Williamsburgh in 1840. It became the City of Williamsburgh in 1852, which was organized into three wards. The old First Ward roughly coincides with the South Side and the Second Ward with the North Side, with the modern boundary at Grand Avenue. The Third Ward was to the east of these, beginning to approach modern Eastern Williamsburg. A ward is an electoral district used in local politics, most notably in England, Scotland, and Wales, as well as Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and many cities in the United States and the federal district of Washington, DC. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods...

Brooklyn Union Gas in the early 20th century consolidated its producer gas production to Williamsburg at 370 Vandervoort Avenue, closing the Gowanus Canal gasworks. In the late 1970s an energy crisis led the company to build a syngas factory. Late in the century, facilities were built to import liquefied natural gas from overseas.

In Brooklyn's Eastern District

In 1855, the City of Williamsburgh, along with the adjoining Town of Bushwick, were annexed into the City of Brooklyn as the so-called Eastern District. The First Ward of Williamsburgh became Brooklyn's 13th Ward, the Second Ward Brooklyn's 14th Ward, and the Third Ward Brooklyn's 15th and 16th Wards.

In modern times the conception of Williamsburg (which lost its h with the Brooklyn merger) has expanded to cover areas not historically a part of the City of Williamsburgh. Much of what has later come to be understood as the heart of Williamsburg, the area south of Division Avenue in the west and Broadway in the east, was actually originally the Wallabout section of the City of Brooklyn. Also, much of what is today called East Williamsburg was originally organized as Brooklyn's 18th Ward from the Bushwick annexation, exclusive of the 27th and 28th Wards encompassing what is today called Bushwick, which were split off in 1892.

During its period as part of Brooklyn's Eastern District, the area achieved remarkable industrial, cultural, and economic growth, and local businesses thrived. Wealthy New Yorkers such as Cornelius Vanderbilt and railroad magnate Jim Fisk built shore-side mansions. Charles Pratt and his family founded the Pratt Institute, the great school of art & architecture, and the Astral Oil Works, which later became part of Standard Oil. Corning Glass Works was founded here before moving upstate to Corning, New York. Chemist Charles Pfizer founded Pfizer Pharmaceutical in Williamsburgh, and the company still maintains an industrial plant in the neighborhood, although its headquarters was moved to Manhattan in the 1960s.^[2] In 2008, it plans to close the plant, on a Flushing Avenue site it has used since 1849.^[1] Brooklyn's Broadway street, ending in the ferry to Manhattan, became the area's lifeline. At one point in the 19th century Williamsburg possessed 10% of the wealth of the United States and was the engine of American growth. Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt I (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), also known by the sobriquets The Commodore [1] [2] or Commodore Vanderbilt [3], was an American entrepreneur who built his wealth in shipping and railroads and was the patriarch of the Vanderbilt family. ... James Big Jim Fisk (April 1, 1834 _ January 6, 1872), American financier, was born in Bennington, Vermont. ... Charles Pratt Charles Pratt (2 October, 1830 - 4 May, 1891) was a United States capitalist, businessman and philanthropist. ... Pratt Institute is a specialized, private college in New York City with campuses in Manhattan and Brooklyn. ... Astral Oil Works was founded in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, New York by Charles Pratt. ... Standard Oil (Esso) was a predominant integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. ... Corning Glass Works (NYSE: GLW) is a U.S. manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for technical and scientific applications. ... Rockwell Museum Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. ... Charles Pfizer (1824 – 1906) was an American chemist. ... Pfizer, Incorporated (NYSE: PFE), is a global pharmaceutical company based in New York City. ...

The Kings County Savings Institution was chartered on April 10, 1860. It conducted business in a building called Washington Hall until it purchased the lot on the corner of Bedford Avenue and Broadway and erected its permanent home, the Kings County Savings Bank building. This was the bank used by the wealthiest men in America. It remains to this day probably the most historically important landmark in Williamsburg, representing a time of conspicuous wealth and the industrial and financial strength of the American phenomenon. April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

The intersection of Broadway, Flushing Avenue, and Graham Avenue was a cross-roads for many "inter-urbans", prior to World War I. The inter-urbans were light rail trollies, and ran from Long Island to Williamsburg. Bannerman's Department Store, the Macy's of its day, was on the site now occupied by Woodhull Hospital. the population was heavily German but many Jews from the Lower East side of Manhattan came to the area when the Williamsburgh Bridge was completed. Katz Drug Store, founded in 1898, remains on Graham Avenue and is still in business. Williamsburgh was a financial hub rivaling Wall Street for a time. The area around Peter Lugar's Steak House was a major banking hub until the City of Brooklyn united with New York City.

Crossing the Williamsburg Bridge

In 1898 Brooklyn itself became one of five boroughs within the City of Greater New York, and its Williamsburg neighborhood was opened to closer connections with the rest of the new city. The definitions of the political subdivisions of the state of New York differ from those in certain other countries or even various other U.S. states, leading to misunderstandings regarding the governmental nature of an area. ...

Just five years later, the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge in 1903 marked the real turning point in the area’s history. The community was then opened up to thousands of upwardly mobile immigrants and second-generation Americans fleeing the overcrowded slum tenements of Manhattan's Lower East Side. Williamsburg itself soon became the most densely populated neighborhood in the United States. The novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn addresses a young girl growing up in the tenements of Williamsburg during this era. Categories: Manhattan neighborhoods | Stub ... A Tree Grows In Brooklyn is an American novel by Betty Smith first published in 1943. ...

After World War II, the economy sagged. Refugees from war-torn Europe began to stream into Brooklyn, including the Hasidim whose populations had been devastated in the Holocaust. The area south of Division Avenue is home to a large population of adherents to the Satmar Hasidic sect. Hispanics from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic also began to settle in Williamsburg. But with the decline of industry and the increase of population and poverty, crime and illegal drugs, Williamsburg became a cauldron of pent-up energies. Those who were able to move out did, and the area became known for its crime and other social ills. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc. ... Selection of Hungarian Jews at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in May/June 1944. ... Satmar (or Satmar Hasidism or Satmarer Hasidim) (חסידות סאטמאר) is a movement of Haredi Jews who adhere to Hasidism originating in the town of Szatmárnémeti (now Satu Mare, Romania), at that time in the Kingdom of Hungary. ...

Feast of St. Paulinus and Our Lady of Mount Carmel

A significant component of the Italian community on the North Side were immigrants from the city of Nola near Naples. Residents of Nola every summer celebrate the "Festa del Giglio" (feast of lillies) in honor of St. Paulinus of Nola, who was bishop of Nola in the Fifth Century. The immigrants brought the traditions of the feast with them. For two weeks every summer, the streets surrounding Our Lady of Mount Carmel church, located on Havemeyer and North 8th Streets, is dedicated to a celebration of Italian culture. The highlights of the feast are the "Giglio Sundays" when a 100 foot tall statute, complete with band and a singer, is carried around the streets in honor of Paulinus and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Despite the fact that many of the descendants of the early Italian immigrants have moved away, many return each summer for the feast. For other uses, see Nola (disambiguation). ... Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus, St. ...

The Giglio was the subject of a documentary that aired on PBS in 2002 called "Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July", narrated by actors John Turturro and Michael Badalucco.

Sub-Neighborhoods within Williamsburg

"South Williamsburg" refers to the area which today is occupied mainly by the Yiddish-speaking Satmar Hasidim, which comprised the whole of Williamsburg for some of the early 20th century. North of traditional Williamsburg is an area known as the "South Side," occupied by Puerto Ricans and Dominicans. To the north of that is an area known as the "North Side," traditionally Polish and Italian, but now host to an increasing numbers of yuppies. East Williamsburg is home to many industrial spaces and forms the largely Italian American, African American, and Hispanic area between Williamsburg and Bushwick. Traditional Williamsburg, South Side, North Side, Greenpoint and East Williamsburg all form Brooklyn Community Board 1. The "hipster" center of Williamsburg radiates from the strip of Bedford Avenue near the Bedford Avenue Station on the BMT Canarsie Line (L), the first stop from Manhattan. Satmar (or Satmar Hasidism or Satmarer Hasidim) (חסידות סאטמאר) is a movement of Haredi Jews who adhere to Hasidism originating in the town of Szatmárnémeti (now Satu Mare, Romania), at that time in the Kingdom of Hungary. ... Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc. ... East Williamsburg is a neighborhood in northeastern portion of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. ... An Italian-American is an American of Italian descent either born in America or someone who has immigrated. ... An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ... The Hispanic world. ... The Brooklyn Community Board 1 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Flushing Avenue, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Northside, and Southside in the borough of Brooklyn. ... Bedford Avenue is a subway stop in Williamsburg on the L train. ... Services that use the BMT Canarsie Line through Manhattan have been colored gray since 1979. ... The L 14th Street-Canarsie Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local along the full length of the BMT Canarsie Line, 24 hours a day. ...

Transportation

Williamsburg is served by 3 subway lines, the BMT Canarsie Line (L) on the north, the BMT Jamaica Line (J M Z) on the south, and the IND Crosstown Line (G) on the east. The Williamsburg Bridge crosses the East River to the Lower East Side. Williamsburg is also served by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Services that use the BMT Canarsie Line through Manhattan have been colored gray since 1979. ... The L 14th Street-Canarsie Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local along the full length of the BMT Canarsie Line, 24 hours a day. ... The Jamaica Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York Subway. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The Crosstown Line is a rapid transit line of the IND division of the New York City Subway. ... The G Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Mural on Orchard Street and Houston Street by artist Marco L.E.S. redirects here. ... On the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278). ...

Environmental Hazards

Radiac Research Corporation, a radioactive and hazardous waste storage plant operates on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. Radiac has a permit from the state's Department of Labor to store radioactive medical waste, including uranium and plutonium. Led by a local group, Neighbors Against Garbage, the plant's opponents believe that a truck bomb, for example, could cause a fire or explosion that could spew radioactive contaminants over parts of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. That would not be hard to do, they say, because Radiac's buildings either abut Kent Avenue or are separated from the street by a parking lot surrounded by a chain-link fence. City Councilman David Yassky, whose district includes the area, said the 35-year-old facility was no longer appropriate at its current site now that the city is a potential terrorist target. "A fire in the chemical part could easily spread," he said, "and we could easily face a dirty-bomb situation."^{[citation needed]} David Yassky is a member of the New York City Council. ...

In 1984 through 1985 a local block association WABBA (Williamsburg Around the Bridge Association) legally challenged the EPA to enforce a standing regulation that would have required the Radiac facility to maintain a buffer zone between the facility and the street. As Radiac operates in a very small footprint this would effectively put them out of the hazardous waste storage business. The rationale beind this strategy was that lack of space forced Radiac to load and unload drums containing toxic and explosive waste in and around moving traffic. The challenge failed however.^{[citation needed]}

Rise of the Arts Community

The first artists moved to Williamsburg in the 1970s, drawn by the low rents, large spaces available and convenient transportation, one subway stop from Manhattan. This continued through the 1980s and increased significantly in the 1990s as earlier destinations such as SoHo and the East Village became gentrified. The community was small at first, but by 1996 Williamsburg had accumulated an artist population of about 3,000. Soho is an area of central Londons West End, in the borough of the City of Westminster. ... East Village Also known as Newmyers Seven Nuts, named for its inventor Chris Newmyer, East Village is a community card poker game. ...

Rents

A gentrified street in Williamsburg

Low rents were a major reason why artists first started settling in the area, but that situation has drastically changed since the mid 1990s. Average rents in Williamsburg can now range from approximately $1200 for a studio apartment, $1,400-2,000 for a one-bedroom, and $2,000-3,000 for a two-bedroom. In many buildings, the rents have more than doubled in the past few years alone. The North Side (above Grand Street, which separates the North Side from the South Side) is somewhat more expensive, due to its proximity to the L and G train lines. More recent gentrification, however, has prompted an increase in rent prices below Grand Street as well. Higher rents - and now the imminent spectre of the Williamsburg and Greenpoint East River waterfront rezoning and high-rise construction - have driven many priced-out bohemians to find new creative communities further afield in areas like Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Fort Greene, Ridgewood, Clinton Hill and Red Hook. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1066x800, 485 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Williamsburg, Brooklyn Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1066x800, 485 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Williamsburg, Brooklyn Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Studio apartments are small, single-level living quarters intended for use by an individual. ... Landmark 19th-century rowhouses on tree-lined street in the Greenpoint Historic District Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... The term Bohemian was first used in the nineteenth century to describe the non-traditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished artists, writers, musicians, and actors in major European cities. ... Bushwick, is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Bedford-Stuyvesant (also known as Bed-Stuy) is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... The Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District runs from Wyckoff Avenue to Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood. ... Clinton Hill is a small neighborhood in north-central Brooklyn, New York. ... A Holland-Style Factory Building in Red Hook Red Hook circa 1875 Red Hook is a neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Before annexation into Brooklyn, Red Hook was a separate village. ...

Rezoning of 2005

On May 11, 2005, the New York City Council passed a large-scale rezoning^[3] of the North Side and Greenpoint waterfront. Now, most of the neighborhood will be zoned for high density residential uses and mixed use with a set-aside (but no earmarked funding) for the creation of open waterfront park space, as well as strict building guidelines calling for developers to create a continuous two-mile-long string of waterfront esplanades (with access to be controlled by property owners). Local elected officials touted the rezoning as an economically beneficial way to address the decline of manufacturing along the North Brooklyn waterfront, which had resulted in a number of vacant and derelict warehouses in Williamsburg. May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York City Hall The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. ...

A more bohemian area of Williamsburg

The majority of the land has been rezoned to permit "mixed use", a zoning designation that permits dozens of free market highrises with commercial retail on ground level. In theory, these free market developments will sit next to low-rise affordable housing and a 28-acre waterfront park. The plan also calls for the developments to include continuous riverfront promenades - though these will be maintained by, and their access controlled by, the private developments adjacent to them. The plan also "preserves" about 20 blocks off the waterfront near Bushwick Inlet to remain zoned for light manufacturing uses. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x3072, 1039 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Williamsburg, Brooklyn Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x3072, 1039 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Williamsburg, Brooklyn Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Bohemians, or gypsies, are inhabitants of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic. ...

The rezoning is a new dramatic shift of scale in what has been a continuing process of gentrification in the area since the early 1990s. The neighborhoods were once characterized by active manufacturing and other light industry interspersed with smaller residential buildings, but are now dominated by over a hundred residentially converted loft buildings and new residential buildings. Among the first of the converted loft buildings was the Smith-Gray Building, a turn-of-the-century structure recognizable by its blue cast-iron facade. The most noteworthy conversion in the area to date has been that of the historic Gretsch Building, the former music instrument factory where string and percussion instruments had for many years been designed and produced for musicians of international renown. The Gretsch conversion garnered significant attention in the New York press primarily because it heralded the arrival in Williamsburg of Tribeca-style lofts and attracted, as residents and investors, a number of celebrities. The rezoning is projected to result in the creation of about 10,000 new - mostly high end - condominiums and apartments in about 10 years. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Critics of the rezoning have contended that the rezoning will irrecoverably distort the existing community's character ("Manhattanization") and force out existing residents, and that the plan lacks adequate provisions for public transportation or public safety infrastructure to accommodate the expected new residents. Other detractors cite that the plan is vulnerable to any downturn in the luxury market and could leave the Williamsburg and Greenpoint waterfronts with vast swaths of cleared and/or rubble-filled vacant lots on the present sites of warehouses if investors do not see expected returns on their initial construction projects.^{[citation needed]}

Officials championing the rezoning cite its supposed economic benefits, the new private waterfront promenades, and its Inclusionary Housing component - which offers developers large tax breaks in exchange for promises to rent about ⅓ of the newly created housing units at "affordable" rates (which amount to upper-middle class pricing). Critics counter that similarly modest set-asides for "affordable" housing have gone unfulfilled in previous large-scale developments, such as Battery Park City. According to the New York Times, this is proving to be the case in Williamsburg as well, as developers have largely decided to forgo incentives to build affordable housing in inland areas.^[4] Battery Park City is a 90 acre (0. ...

As of October 2006, multiple lawsuits were pending in relation to a 1,100 megawatt power plant previously proposed for the same site set aside by the City for the new waterfront park. Another lawsuit has been brought by industrial property owners who allege they will be forced out by the rezoning. Williamsburg is a neighborhood visibly in transition.

Along with the rezoning came an increased need for direct transportation from Williamsburg to New York's downtown financial hub. In July 2006, the New York Water Taxi began providing service from Schaefer Landing, a 26-story luxury residential development a few blocks south of the Williamsburg Bridge. A New York Water Taxi docks at Pier 11 near Wall Street. ... A luxury good is a good at the highest end of the market in terms of quality and price. ... The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. ...

Music Scene

In recent years, Williamsburg has eclipsed Manhattan as a home for live music and an incubator for new bands. Venues like Warsaw, Pete's Candy Store, Union Pool, Galapagos, Asterisk Art Project, The Lucky Cat, free103point9, Tommy's Tavern, Uncle Paulie's, the Glasslands, the Woodser, and the Local (aka "Rock Star Bar" aka "Ship's Mast" aka "Rocky's" aka the "Mermaid Bar") are host to some of NYC's newest talents. Image:Japanther at asterisk. ...

Recent editions to the ever-more crowded field of commercial music venues in the neighborhood include Lower East Side open-mic-night stalwart The Luna Lounge, which relocated to Williamsburg in January 2007, with financial and booking back from First Nation promotions (aka Clear Channel). In late 2006, Bowery Presents, a Manhattan based promotion company, purchased the location of the former indie rock club Northsix. The company plans to gut the existing building and reconstruct a new club in the mold of the Bowery Ballroom. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Williamsburg and its scene has produced alternative and avant rock bands such as the We Are Scientists, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol, The Twenty Twos, General Miggs, The Cloud Room, TV on the Radio, Nada Surf, Say Hi To Your Mom, Dirty On Purpose, White Magic [2], Japanther, Time of Orchids, Oneida, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Diamond Nights, Les Savy Fav, Langhorne Slim, Vic Thrill, Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice, Ghost Exits, Matt & Kim, The Rapture, Pixeltan, Enon, Young People, Ex Models, Rogers Sisters, Black Dice, Out Hud, Sightings, Aa (aka "Big A little a"), Parts & Labor, Gang Gang Dance, Artanker Convoy, Double Leopards, BARR, Leaders, Awesome Color, Liars, !!! (aka "Chk Chk Chk"), and Animal Collective, among many others. A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... We Are Scientists is an American indie rock band formed in 2000 featuring Keith Murray (guitar and lead vocals), Chris Cain (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Michael Tapper (drums and backing vocals). ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York City-based rock band. ... Interpol is an American indie rock band, formed in 1998. ... The Twenty Twos are a rock band from New York City signed to Epic Records. ... TV on the Radio is a New York City avant-garde indie-rock band formed in 2001 whose music spans genres as diverse as free jazz, a cappella/doo-wop, trip-hop and electro. ... Nada Surf is an American alternative rock / indie rock group formed in 1992. ... Say Hi To Your Mom is an American indie rock group run by Eric Elbogen. ... White Magic is a psych folk/indie folk band consisting of Mira Billotte and Doug Shaw. ... Japanther performing at The Farmhouse in 2005. ... Time of Orchids is a NYC-based Avant-Rock band founded in 1999. ... Oneida is a three-piece rock band hailing from Brooklyn New York. ... Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is an American indie rock group based in Brooklyn, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, comprised of Alec Ounsworth, Lee Sargent, Robbie Guertin, Tyler Sargent, and Sean Greenhalgh. ... Diamond Nights are an indie rock band whose influences include Thin Lizzy, Urge Overkill, and The Sisters of Mercy. ... Les Savy Fav Les Savy Fav (pronounced lay SAH vee FAHV) is a New York City band that produces idiosyncratic indie rock. ... Langhorne Slim Langhorne Slim is a young folk singer based out of Brooklyn, New York. ... Vic Thrill is the stage name for Billy Campion, the former lead singer for The Bogmen. ... Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice are a band from New York. ... The Rapture is an American rock band based in New York City. ... Pixeltan are a Brooklyn based noise rock/electronic band consisting of Mika Yoneta (vocals/keyboard), Devin Flynn (bass/percussion), and Hisham Bharoocha (drums/electronics). ... {From left} John Schmersal, Toko Yasuda, and Matt Schulz of Enon. ... Ex Models is a no wave/noise band from Brooklyn, New York. ... Black Dice is a noise rock/experimental band based in Brooklyn, New York, USA. They formed in Spring 1997 at the Rhode Island School of Design and are currently signed to DFA Records. ... Out Hud was an electronic dance rock band formed in 1996 in the Bay Area of California and later based in New York City. ... // Band Sightings is a NYC-based band. ... Parts & Labor is an American experimental rock/noise rock band. ... Gang Gang Dance are an experimental music group based in Brooklyn, New York City, and signed to the independent label the Social Registry. ... Barr is the name of several places in the United States: Barr Township in Illinois. ... In common usage, leadership generally refers to: the position or office of an authority figure, such as a President [1] a group of influential people, such as a union leadership [2] guidance or direction, as in the phrase the emperor is not providing much leadership capacity or ability to lead... Liars is currently a three-piece band consisting of Australian-born Angus Andrew (vocals/guitar), Aaron Hemphill (percussion, guitar, synth), and Julian Gross (drums). ... !!! (pronounced as any syllable repeated three times, chk chk chk being the most common) is an American band that formed in fall 1996 from the former bandmembers of The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. ... Animal Collective are a New York City-based group of experimental musicians from Baltimore, Maryland. ...

Alongside the more prominent indie rock community, there is a respectable funk, soul and worldbeat music scene in Williamsburg - spearheaded by labels such as Daptone & Truth & Soul Records - and fronted by acts such as the Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings.

The neighborhood also has the dubious distinction of being the birthplace of electroclash, a trend fostered by self-styled New York celebrity Larry Tee and his Berliniamsburg parties (Tee even trademarked "electroclash," the word). For two years - starting the week before September 11, 2001 - Tee's internationally popular Saturday parties at Club Luxx (now Trash) introduced electronic musicians like W.I.T., A.R.E. Weapons, Fischerspooner, Avenue D, and Misty Martinez. By the summer of 2003, the fad dried up and Larry Tee's Williamsburg music nights were discontinued.^[5] Electroclash describes a style of fashion, music, and attitude that fuses New Wave, punk, & electronic dance music with somewhat campy and absurdist post-industrial detachment in addition to vampy and/or camp sexuality. ... Larry Tee is a Brooklyn-based DJ and producer who helped coin the term Electroclash with a series of festivals that once had the same name but are now called The Outsider Electronic Music Festival. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fischerspooner is an electroclash duo and performance troupe formed in 1998 in New York. ... Misty Martinez may not be the only sex-noise provocateur, but shes certainly one of the most famous. ...

Jazz has found a foothold in Williamsburg as well, with classic jazz full time at restaurant venues like Zebulon and Moto, and - on the more avant / noise side - at spots like the Lucky Cat, B.P.M., Monkeytown, Goodbye Blue Monday, and Eat Records. There is also an active classic Jazz scene among the immigrant Polish community in nearby Greenpoint, centered around the lounges of large Polish dance clubs such as Europa and Exit. Similarly, a Latin Jazz community continues amongst the Caribbean community in Southside and East Williamsburg, centered around the many social clubs in the neighborhood. A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Views from Greenpoints East River waterfront of Manhattan Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Many roving parties have become cultural institutions of themselves for music in Williamsburg, including Todd P.'s parties [3], Dot Dash [4], Twisted Ones [5], and Rubulad [6]. Todd P (aka Todd Patrick) is an organizer and promoter of underground DIY and indie rock shows and parties in New York City. ...

In the late 1990s a number of unlicensed performance, theater and music venues operated in abandoned industrial buildings in the streets surrounding the Bedford avenue subway stop. Keep Refrigerated, The Lizard's Tail, Quiet Life, Rubulad, Flux Factory, Mighty Robot (aka Twisted Ones [7]), and others attracted a mix of artists, musicians and urban underground for late night music, dance, and performance events, which were occasionally interrupted and the venues temporarily closed by the fire department. These venues eventually diminished in number as the rents rose in the area and the police climate toughened, but are lived on in a number of smaller, fleeting spaces today. [8]

In the summer of 2006, Live Nation, an outdoor entertainment promoter and subsidiary of media giant Clear Channel, began staging concerts at the previously abandoned pool at McCarren Park in Greenpoint. Popular acts such as Bloc Party, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Shins, and Sonic Youth headlined dates. In addition to these concerts, a coalition dubbed JellyNYC presented an impressive series of free shows at the McCarren Park Pool, financed by numerous corporate sponsorships, featuring The Walkmen, Deerhoof, and Gang Gang Dance - among other notable acts. Live Nation NYSE: LYV is a concert company based in the United States of America. ... Clear channel stations are AM radio stations that are designated as such so that only one or two 50,000 watt powerhouses operate at night on each designated frequency, covering a wide area via sky wave propagation. ... McCarren Park is a public park in New York City, USA. It is located in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, and is bordered by Nassau Avenue, Bayard Street, Leonard Street and North 12th Street. ... Bloc Party are an English indie rock band. ... Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York City-based rock band. ... The Shins are a musical group on Sub Pop records comprising singer, songwriter and guitarist James Russell Mercer, keyboardist/guitarist/bassist Martin Crandall, bassist/guitarist Dave Hernandez, drummer Jesse Sandoval, and Eric Johnson of the Fruit Bats. ... Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... The Walkmen, as seen in the music video for The Rat. ... Deerhoof is an Indie rock band from San Francisco. ... Gang Gang Dance are an experimental music group based in Brooklyn, New York City, and signed to the independent label the Social Registry. ...

Grassroots Development

Recently, efforts have been made to keep open, or re-open, firehouses slated for closure in Williamsburg. In addition, a movement to convert Bedford Avenue into a pedestrian viaduct has been proposed by some residents. [9]

References

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Sources

• Williamsburg's Guide To Night Life
• Historical background on Williamsburg
• 2001 article in online magazine Free Williamsburg discussing John Fitz and Twisted Ones
• 2006 Village Voice article about Todd P
• 2003 Village Voice Best Of New York citation for Tom Hyland and his promotion operation, Dot Dash
• Block Magazine article regarding North Brooklyn art spaces, with discussion of Rubulad and other spaces.
• Interview with Yeah Yeah Yeah's guitarist Nick Zinner discussing their formation in Williamsburg
• Article stating Interpol's formation in Williamsburg in 1998
• Article stating Williamsburg as TV on the Radio's hometown
• Article stating White Magic is from Williamsburg
• Article referring to Japanther as a Williamsburg band
• Biography of Liars band describing their formation in Williamsburg
• Block Magazine article regarding North Brooklyn art spaces.
• New York Magazine article describing the Williamsburg music scene in 2002, with discussion of Larry Tee and Electroclash

See also

• List of Brooklyn, New York neighborhoods
• Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Williamsburg, Brooklyn)

These are the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, one of five boroughs of New York City. ... Congregation Yetev Lev DSatmar is a large Satmar Hasidic synagogue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, located at Kent Avenue and Hooper Street. ...

External links

• Williamsburg Neighborhood Guide
• Williamsburg Health Study - NYC Dept. of Health Neighborhood Profile
• Official Overview of Greenpoint-Williamsburg Rezoning from the New York City Department of City Planning
• NYC Report on Greenpoint-Williamsburg Inclusionary Housing Program
• Photographs of Williamsburg

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