DUMBO, the warehouse-cum-artist loft neighborhood on the
Brooklyn shore, is probably the center of the independent arts scene in
New York City at present. Having been priced out of
SOHO in
Manhattan a generation ago, and out of nearby
Williamsburg Brooklyn in recent years, the New York artists community has relocated to both DUMBO and
Long Island City in
Queens. Both neighborhoods featured abundant warehouse space and Manhattan views across the
East River.
It seems that already the process may be repeating itself, with loft spaces in both DUMBO and LIC becoming ever more coveted.
DUMBO is served by the York Street stop on the F Train. It seems that the planners of the Independent Subway may have known what they were doing when they put a stop in the midst of a bunch of warehouses.