The owners of the troubled Brooklyn Mirage concert venue have asked for a demolition permit to tear down the stage.
Bankrupt operator Avant Gardner requested the permit on Oct. 10 to demolish the 32,000-square-foot temporary outdoor venue in East Williamsburg, real estate outlet The Real Deal reported Tuesday.
It’s the latest negative development for the Mirage, which debuted in 2015 as a pop-up venue and quickly became one of the trendiest performance stages in the city.
The troubles began in 2023, when multiple people died after attending shows at the Mirage. But they accelerated in May 2025, when the venue was denied the necessary opening permits by the city’s Department of Buildings.
Kim Petras performs onstage during her sold-out show at The Brooklyn Mirage in 2023. (Santiago Felipe/Getty Images for Kim Petras)
“DOB had numerous objections to the performance space, both safety-related and technical in nature, that prevented the project from being code-compliant and safe enough to open for the public,” a spokesperson told the Brooklyn Paper in August.
Though Avant Gardner claimed the space would reopen during the summer, it never did. Instead, Avant Gardner filed for bankruptcy in early August and is in the process of being sold, while all scheduled concerts at the Mirage were canceled or moved to Avant Gardner’s other venues.
Two other indoor concert venues at the same East Williamsburg site, the Great Hall and Kings Hall, have remained operational despite the issues at the neighboring Mirage.