FreeCandy

I love this venue!
Great concept, very cool execution.
Always so much fun with great people.
Easily a hidden neighborhood gem.
Only note is that the bar can use an upgrade.

This place is insane!!! My family and I held my younger brothers graduation party here last week, and it was amazing !!! After all the self induced stress endured the owner (very cute) and workers (super cool with funny hair) were a blast of fresh air. I will definitely be doing business here in the future. Wait!!! Did I mention it is a co working space!!! Yes mortals you can come here and let your creative juices flow, I’m sure brilliance is created here. I will definitely become a member when I return to NY for good. FIVE STARS!!! All the way!!!

This is a nice artsy event space, great for a private event or hip hop /​R&B events. Right now I’m here at a event being coordinated by HutchByDesign right here in FreeCandy’s event space. I do wish FreeCandy accepted debit/​credit or had a working ATM as it appears the «bar» is cash only. But I’d definitely come here again despite the long walk from the train.

This is definitely one of the coolest spaces I’ve been to. FreeCandy is one of those spots that makes you feel cool for knowing about it. Me and some colleagues hosted a music showcase here and it was almost everything we hoped for. The biggest issue I had was that it was FREEZING, supposedly the heat was on but none of us felt it. Aside from that management was great, the sounds guys are my new best friends (they just don’t know it yet) and the other employees were absolute sweethearts. The art on the wall and the overall feel lends well to the vibe we were going for and everyone just loved the space. We’ll absolutely go back to host another event

This place feels like a college house party from back in the day, in someone’s basement living room. Old, mismatched (shabby chic) furniture flanks the walls, while the dance space is positioned toward the middle of the floor, and the room is cloaked with blue tinged-​darkness, save the bar at the back, and the dj station towards the front of the room. The entry way, which is the top of a long, sharply sloping ramp that has to be the remnant of an old car wash, opens to the left of the main room, and a video screen plays to the right of the room, just off the dj booth. The music is base-​filled and funky, and people take their shoes off and just groove along. Wafts of various things, including, reefer, intermittently fill the air. The entry way itself is quickly dominated by smokers to the point where their air this thick with second-​hand smoke.
I came expecting to see an art gallery annexed to the main room. In reality, there was a moderately sized room with art through a small door and hallway off the back of the main room. The room was dimly lit, and featured the work of only one artist, who seemed to favor diamond shapes cut ouf of magazines and affixed to canvasses in various fashions. The art display continued in the hallway, where there were doors to the men’s and ladies rooms, and not much else.
The bar served wine in plastic cups, and beer. The dress was more or less come as you are. If you’re looking to just get your dance on, and nothing more, this is a fun place. If you want ambience or decent drinks, I would suggest going elsewhere.

Great space!
Came here to see the performance of an indie hip-​hop group. Before even making it inside to hear the great music, I was taken back by the space. Warning: you will easily pass this place as you walk by in search of it on Atlantic Avenue. Be patient, it definitely does exist.
As you enter, you are immediately walking up a ramp with art on either side including neon graffiti. Depending on the event, you may find people lounging in this area as well. Once you get to the back into the large main area, you’ll find much more of the same, plus a stage and a bar in the back of this space.
This is definitely a place that makes you pat yourself on the back for living in a cool ass place like Brooklyn and hanging out at cool, edgy spaces like this on a Tuesday. If you are looking for hip event space for a performance or show, consider this.

Great place to throw a party of be in a party… plenty of space to roam. Went to a Afropunk concert a couple of weeks ago and it was great. Also had my 20^th Anniversary High School reunion there. The art is also awesome to check out. Always a decent party to be had there.

Pretty amazing space. Not only is it a converted garage (adaptive reuse space), there are some great street art and off beat talent that come through to the spot. It is relatively inexpensive as well. I highly recommend everyone to come through to check out the space and definitely stay and buy some art.
The owners and staff are also very cool, chill and smart.

Went here the other night for a dance party and had an amazing time. Staff was super friendly, crowd was chill Brooklyn style, and actual space was great. As one commenter noted, there is a Bushwick vibe to it.

Met Talib Kweli here randomly a few months ago. Usually a good crowd, decent music and decent bar prices. Super close to my apartment, which helps. Cool place to go for a show or a DJ set once in a while especially since most of the public doesn’t even know it exists.

Free Candy is in a warehouse/​garage painted with bright colors and neon lights. I went to a hair event there on a Sunday night and had a great time. I did my research on the space and it’s an art gallery known for their viewings or music showcases. There are two small stages opposite of each other, a bar and a back room area where the vendors set up. The walls are decked out with modern murals and paintings. I would definitely love to return for an art show.

This is such a cool random space to have down the street from my house! It has a fun, Bushwicky-​type impromptu vibe that I wasn’t expecting to find in this neighborhood. I came for Hillstock ’12 and it was a great place to kick off a great weekend; I’ve also seen art parties and club nights on my way down Atlantic.
To get in, you go through the plastic strips out front, up a fairly steep ramp past blacklights and paint-​splattered walls, to get to two doors up top. One leads into a larger space (good for shows) and one into a smaller more finished room (also good for shows if you don’t mind getting reeeeally close to the folks around you).
The bathrooms are way nicer than I thought they’d be, so kudos to whoever is in charge of that. We’ll see if that remains the case over time… guess it depends on what other events/​groups come through.
If you’re looking for a space to throw a party, a gallery launch, a show, whatever, I think Free Candy’s a pretty good bet.

I gotta admit: my friends and I had some difficulty finding the place at first, but once we got inside we had a pretty good time. There was a $ 3 coat check (not mandatory), and the drink selection is extremely limited. You have a choice of spending $ 13 for a red Dixie cup of a mixed drink of your choice (mine was cheap scotch and cheap pineapple juice) or $ 10 for a smaller cup. The drink ticket thing is annoying though, and the chick selling the tix was friendly but smoking while selling tickets.
Regardless of all that, the DJ was really good on the night I went and the crowd had a very cool vibe. Plus the blacklights & blacklight paint made everything (and almost everyone) look a bit sexier.

This is a really cool space. We had noticed something going on here for a while, and finally got to check it out at two recent parties. It’s a former chopshop or carwash or something, so the entrance is through those plastic sheets and up a ramp. There is a proper art gallery space on one side, and a party spot covered in murals inside. I guess they are working on getting a full bar going, but for right now you have to purchase drink tickets and there is a limited selection.
I went to the Soul Train/​Whitney Houston tribute party with DJ Spinna, which was awesome. The crowd here can actually dance! It was a very good-​looking group of folks, too, for all the creepers out there. I also checked out an art show by Justin Bua/​party/​performance by Dres from Black Sheep and Jerobi from ATCQ and Dana Leong. Pretty cool to be able to be so close to the performers.
This is definitely the most fun place to open up in my neighborhood recently, and that’s saying a lot.