Updated Map and Guide of Bushwick Galleries

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"Gallery and Museum Guides."

By Charles Kessler

The only gallery that closed since my last update is Famous Accountants, and that is a big loss. At least nine new galleries opened, however, and I discovered many others -- thirty all together!  The galleries are listed in an order that I suggest would make an efficient route for a gallery tour. They are spread out over a large area; what is being called “Bushwick” actually includes parts of eastern Williamsburg and Ridgewood, Queens. If you have the energy, it’s possible to do it all in one afternoon (it's about 4 1/2 miles), but you can easily split the tour into eastern and western sections if you prefer. For the eastern section, you can end with Factory Fresh and walk back to the Morgan Avenue L stop. For the western section, you can start from the Dekalb Avenue L subway station and tour in reverse order. You can return via the Jefferson Street L (at Wyckoff and Troutman).

Some galleries are open Friday - Monday, 1 - 6 pm, and most are open at least Sundays. Some galleries, however, are only open by appointment, and I noted those in the listings. It's a good idea to check gallery websites (their names below are linked to their websites), email them, or call the galleries in advance to confirm. It’s also a good idea to take the gallery phone numbers with you because in some cases you may need be let in.

I took the opportunity to list some bars and a variety of restaurants along the route. These are not on the map but are placed in the listings under the galleries they are closest to.

To start the tour, take the L train to Morgan Avenue and go out the Bogart Street exit (toward the back of the train if you’re coming from the west). 56 Bogart is across the street from where you exit.

56 Bogart Street galleries:
Agape Enterprise - (718) 417-0037  info@agapeenterprise.com
Bogart Salon - (203) 249-8843  bogartsalon@gmail.com
C.C.C.P. - (917) 974-9664  cccp@mindspring.com
Interstate Projects  - no phone listed  tom@interstateprojects.com
Momenta Art - (718) 218-8058   email via their website
NURTUREart - (718) 782-7755   gallery@nurtureart.org
Slag Contemporary - (917) 977-1848   info@SlagGallery.com
Studio 10 - (718) 852-4396   studio10bogart@gmail.com
THEODORE:Art - (212) 966-4324  theodoreart@gmail.com

Nearby:
Roberta's Restaurant,  261 Moore Street (near Bogart Street), (718) 417-1118
MoMo Sushi Shack, 43 Bogart Street (near Moore Street), (718) 418-6666

Luhring Augustine - 25 Knickerbocker Avenue (at Ingraham),  (212) 206-9100   info@luhringaugustine.com

Kesting/Ray - 257 Boerum Street (east of Bushwick Avenue), (212) 334-0204   email via their website     The gallery will probably open in mid-March.

Centotto - 250 Moore Street  #108 (west of Bogart), 908-338-3590   postuccio@gmail.com
Open by appointment. Call to be let in.

English Kills - 114 Forrest Street -- use door to the garden on the right, (917) 375-6266    info@englishkillsartgallery.com

Grace Exhibition Space  (Performance art) - 840 Broadway, 2nd Floor, (646) 578-3402
Open by appointment and when they have performances.

Airplane - 70 Jefferson Street - basement, (646) 345-9394    airplanegallery@gmail.com
Central Avenue is a more pleasant street to take to this gallery than the safe but bleak Evergreen Avenue.

Microscope  - 4 Charles Place (and Myrtle Avenue), (347) 925-1433    info@microscopegallery.com

The Parlour - 791 Bushwick Avenue (at Dekalb Avenue), (718) 360-3218    info@theparlourbushwick.com

Nearby:
Tandem, 236 Troutman Street (between Wilson and Knickerbocker),  (718) 386-2369

StorefrontBushwick - 16 Wilson Avenue (south of Flushing Avenue)
    (917) 714-3813    StorefrontBushwick@gmail.com

Nearby:
Narrows Bar, 1037 Flushing Avenue (near Morgan), (281) 827-1800

Factory Fresh - 1053 Flushing Avenue, (917) 682-6753     ali@factoryfresh.net

Secret Project Robot - 389 Melrose Street (between Knickerbocker and Irving), no phone listed. 
secrets@secretprojectrobot.org

Nearby:
Cafe Ghia Restaurant, 24 Irving Avenue (at Jefferson Street), (718) 821-8806.
Arepera Guacuco (Venezuelan restaurant), 44 Irving Avenue (at Troutman Street)
(347) 305-3300 - no website
The Bodega (Bar/Restaurant), 24 Saint Nicholas Avenue (corner of Troutman Street)

CLEARING - 505 Johnson Avenue # 10,  (347) 383-2256    desk@c-l-e-a-r-i-n-g.com

The Active  space - 566 Johnson Ave (three short blocks north of Flushing Avenue -- buzz #5 to be let in), no phone listed.   ashley**at**566johnsonave.com

SUGAR - 449 Troutman Street (between Street Nicholas and Cypress Avenues),  (718) 417-1180
email via their website   Open by appointment.

Regina Rex  - 1717 Troutman Street — ring bell #329, (646) 467-2232
(The numbers change when you cross the Queens border -- it's not as far as the address would imply.)
 info[at]reginarex.org

Nearby:
Northeast Kingdom (Restaurant/Bar), 18 Wyckoff Avenue (at Troutman), (718) 386-3864

Norte Maar - 83 Wyckoff Avenue, (646) 361-8512    email via their website   Open by appointment.

Valentine -  464 Seneca Avenue, (718) 381-2962    valentineridgewood@gmail.com

Botanic - 150 Wyckoff Avenue, no phone listed.   PaulMNicholson@gmail.com

Sardine  - 286 Stanhope Street (between Irving and Wyckoff), no phone or email listed. A small gallery/boutique.

950 Hart - 950 Hart Street (and Wyckoff), (347) 693-6231   950hartgallery@gmail.com

Small Black Door - 19-20 Palmetto Street (off of Fairview Avenue), no phone listed    email via their website.   Open by Appointment. They are a few blocks beyond the eastern boundary of the map.