Knitting Factory (former)

361 Metropolitan Avenue | also 365 Metropolitan Avenue | Williamsburg | built 1970

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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 2009

    September 9

    The Knitting Factory reopens in the former Luna Lounge space on Metropolitan Avenue with Les Savy Fav

    After closing its Manhattan club, the Knitting Factory moved on September 9, 2009, into the former space of the Luna Lounge at 361 Metropolitan Avenue. The room had been completely remodeled and held about 300 people. The new Williamsburg club opened with a performance by Les Savy Fav.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 2009

    Hannibal Buress does standup at the club's first Brooklyn show and again at its last show in 2022

    Comedian Hannibal Buress performed at the Knitting Factory's first show in Brooklyn in 2009, after it moved from Manhattan. He also did standup at its final show before it closed in 2022, which made him a bookend to the club's 13 years in Williamsburg. Brooklyn Paper noted that he never expected to run the place himself.

    Source: brownstoner.com

  3. 2022

    August

    The Williamsburg Knitting Factory closes after rent increases and pandemic losses

    The Knitting Factory's Williamsburg location closed in August 2022 because of dramatic rent increases on top of large revenue losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The announced plan was to move the venue to the East Village in 2023.

    “In August 2022 the Williamsburg location closed due to dramatic rent increases on top of significant revenue losses from the COVID-19 pandemic.”

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 2025

    March

    Comedian Hannibal Buress reopens the old Knitting Factory space as Isola Brooklyn

    After a year of redesign, Hannibal Buress reopened the room in early March 2025 as Isola Brooklyn, named for a Mississippi town where his mother's family comes from. He books and performs there himself, and Dave Chappelle dropped in for a set that month. The venue holds only 300 people.

    Source: brownstoner.com

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