A Staten Island non-profit industrial workshop is expanding to Sunset Park.
On Monday, October 29, MakerSpace, a Staten Island community workspace for makers, builders, tinkerers, hardware developers, hobbyists, artists and entrepreneurs, opened at Brooklyn Army Terminal (BAT).
The workshop is moving into a 20,000-square-foot manufacturing center at BAT, with the goal of providing low-cost access to equipment and tools to entrepreneurs, inventors and craftspeople, as MakerSpace has on the North Shore of Staten Island for the past five years.
New York City Economic Development Corporation President James Patchett expressed his excitement about the move.
“MakerSpace NYC has created new opportunities for so many entrepreneurs in our city,” he said. “We’re thrilled to welcome them to the Brooklyn Army Terminal, where they will offer training, affordable access to equipment…
