"We'll still find each other," Sallahri said. Bushwick oHOUSE OF YES CLUB (2 Wyckoff Ave, at Jefferson St. next month due to rent increases, moving nearby to 1 Knickerbocker Ave.Īs for where local lovers of dives will go next? Regulars at Wreck Room didn't know. pool table, a small courtyard out back for the warmer months and lots of. Kings County Bar will be leaving its original, garage-sized location at 286 Seigel St. The Wreck Room is the second longtime area dive bar to announce an end of an era. La Cantina servers up mouth watering contemporary Latin food and we host parties, mixers, live music, art-shows, open-mics, karaoke nights, fundraisers, film screenings and film shoots. "We totally helped build this neighborhood and build a vibe. Specialties: Starr Bar is a nightlife venue in Bushwick, Brooklyn that celebrates and supports movements for social justice. "We created the vibe," Sallahri said of the bar's regulars. Sallahri pointed to all the tags and graffiti on the walls as "genuine aesthetics" and "character" that have developed over the years. He even lived in the bar on and off for a few months after he broke up with his live-in girlfriend years ago, sleeping on a futon in the back or on the car-seat style booths that have since been taken away. Several regulars at the bar Monday evening bemoaned the imminent loss of their watering hole - a place that acted more as a family "living room" than a bar, said Deflon Sallahri, who has been going to Wreck Room since it opened.Įvery Thursday, he and others would put "Law and Order" on the TV, sometimes watching on closed caption for hours. The bar, with its dance floor, pool table and projected TV screen, was home to DJs and dance nights, as well as regulars who stopped in every day for an evening drink. The bar's owner and the landlord could not be reached for comment. Messages relayed to Wreck Room's manager were not returned. "Everything in Bushwick is going haywire."īlog Bushwick Daily first reported the closure.īartender Zach Clausen said he found out on Monday about the bar closing. "It's the first bar I ever went to here," said regular Mac Gundy, 24. Wreck Room, 940 Flushing Ave., will be serving its last drinks on Saturday after nine years in the area, staffers at the bar confirmed Monday night.
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