Booklyn

This is a singularly unique place in New York and very fucking cool.
Founded in 1999, Booklyn is an artist-​run, nonprofit organization headquartered in Brooklyn. They teach random things like book binding techniques and how to silkscreen. Every tuesday night they have an open studio from 6:30 — 9:30 where half of the time is usually spent working on some artist’s project like a limited run artbook or a zine or some such thing. The rest of the time you work on your own projects and the regulars teach you how to do everything and let you use Booklyn’s supplies like paper, binding materials, and huge fuck-​off guillotines from 1962 that are for cutting large amounts of paper but have no discernable safety features. Everyone brings snacks and beer and hangs out like the commie hippies they are (good thing). and it’s generally the coolest thing I’ve found in this crazy city. Did I mention there’s a Banksy on the dumpster outside? Come check it out on a tuesday night and when you’re done come with me to the bar next door where ski-​ball is 25 cents a game and they have guiness by the pitcher. Damn Greenpoint, you keep this shit up and I might quit my job and start squatting in a nearby warehouse…