Creative studio behind New York’s public records to open new Brooklyn venue · News ⟋ RAThe 1,000-capacity Sunset Park space will host live music, art installations and more.
Public Service, the creative studio behind New York club public records, is opening a new venue in Brooklyn.
The 10,000 square-foot, 1,000-capacity events space will be on the ground level of Sunset Park’s MADE Bush Terminal. Since late 2024, local architecture firm nArchitects has been converting the historic complex into creative studios and community spaces. Public Service has also partnered with non-profit New York City Economic Development Corporation on the project.
Construction on the venue is reportedly set to begin in the next few months. Acoustics consultant Arup, speaker and sound system design studios NNNN and Ojas, and lighting designer Ben Kreukniet have also all signed on to work on the space.
Programming details, an opening date and a name for the new venue remain TBA. But Public Service’s Shane Davis and Francis Harris have said it will be a “departure” from public records, which the duo founded with Erik VanderWal in 2019. As Davis and Harris told Dezeen, they envision the space “in the same conversation” as nearby art and music institution Pioneer Works.
“There will never be another Public Records,” Davis said.
“But we’re interested in building other projects that are ambitious and challenging. There was a lot of intrigue and excitement about engaging with this similarly historic building and injecting our own interests and explorations into it.”
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