Category Archives: 1102 Atlantic Avenue

Josiah McElheny

Location: 1102 Atlantic Avenue

Trade: Fine Artist

Josiah McElheny is a sculptor who creates finely crafted, handmade glass objects that he combines with photographs, text, and museological displays to evoke notions of meaning and memory. To produce his art, McElheny uses industrial processes. A graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design, McElheny was a 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program “genius grant” for his work in glass sculpture.

BigHeavy Studios

Location: 1102 Atlantic Avenue

Trade: Visual and Window Displays

Website: www.bigheavystudios.com

BigHeavy Studios is an artistic design company that currently specializes in the design and creation of visual displays and window sets for retail stores. 

Alchemy Paintworks

Location: 1102 Atlantic Avenue

Trade: Fine art

Phone: (718) 484-0214

Website: www.alchemypaintworks.com

Alchemy Paintworks provides spray coatings for art and industry, specializing in paint finishing for metal sculpture as well as repair and restoration. 

1102 Atlantic Avenue

Building on the success of its six completed industrial development projects in North Brooklyn, GMDC has completed its seventh project in the manufacturing neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. In November 2012, GMDC acquired a former auto parts warehouse facility at 1102 Atlantic Avenue, and in 2015 completed its renovation into a multi‐tenanted manufacturing center which was awarded LEED Silver certification.

The $15 million development project included renovation of this two-story industrial property to create production space for small and mid-sized manufacturers.  As is consistent with GMDC’s mission, these units are marketed specifically to businesses that seek the locational and market advantages of New York City.

The project addresses New York City’s growing emphasis on providing living wage employment opportunities to low‐income New Yorkers. The finished building now houses 11 small and mid-sized manufacturing businesses providing 45 new or retained jobs for workers making an average of $47,000 per year. This is well above living wage standards and higher than average for the retail sector in New York.

 

After Images taken by Tim Soter LLC