Attention, crafty people: Bushwick is getting a new makerspace.
Brooklyn Spark is located at 75 Stewart Ave., and is equipped with a 600-square-foot woodshop, a ceramics studio complete with a kiln and slab roller, areas dedicated to textiles and fine arts, and workspace and lounge areas.
The venue is slated to open March 1, according to Caleb Young, one of Spark’s nine co-founders. He said they selected Bushwick for the venue because leases were within what they could afford (unlike Williamsburg) and generally “there’s a ton of creatives and it’s a great neighborhood.”
Young, a former mechanical engineer who now works in software, decided to open Spark because he “really missed building things.” When he put the word out to friends and the maker community, he found eight other people on board to help him realize the dream.
Since February 2024, the nine founders — who have…