The derelict powerhouse known as 'the Batcave,' which has loomed over the banks of Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal for decades, has been opened to the public as a community arts facility.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.For decades, a derelict powerhouse loomed over the banks of Brooklyn’s toxic Gowanus Canal, its mysterious halls hidden away and accessed only by intrepid teenage squatters, graffiti artists and urban explorers.
The complex was funded by $180 million from its founder, Joshua Rechnitz, and houses a ceramic studio, print shop and public arts workshop, with spaces for metal, jewelry, textile and wood work expected to be completed within a year. Fees to access these spaces will be kept below market rate, Powerhouse Arts president Eric Shiner says, subsidized as part of the nonprofit's mission.
“It’s unbelievable, it kind of all feels like a surreal beautiful dream,” he said. Neon, an artist who also goes by the pseudonym Hugo Gyrl because of his graffiti tag You Go Girl, started the Batcave with a friend and threw numerous parties in the space while covering its facade with political graffiti.Nathan Kensinger for GothamistNathan Kensinger for Gothamist
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