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Posted in music | venues on May 5, 2008
Studio B roofrop is open. Brazilian Girls, Erol Alkan played
Studio B (NewYorkShitty is still pissed and made this picture)
"I don't want to be associated with marijuana, but I do want to be associated with not doing what people want me to do," said Sabina Sciubba, the seductive Italian-German lead singer of Brazilian Girls, as she lit up a joint on stage at Studio B during Friday's party for the club's new rooftop level. Her multilingual, electro-lounge performance, along with a gamine outfit of red tights under a see-through tutu, an Obama T-shirt, and white plastic sunglasses, literally brought down the upstairs crowd.The neighbors may have successfully put a curse on salad dressing representative Spank Rock, but they couldn't stop the new Studio B rooftop from opening this weekend. Brazilian Girls played their show on Friday, and the Erol Alkan shindig happened on Saturday. How were they? How is the roof?Heavyhanded guards manning a candlelit staircase at the back of the venue kept the rooftop from getting too packed before and after the New York quartet's performance, but could do nothing to prevent the upstairs cocktail menu from selling out fast. "Interdisciplinary creative team" Andrew Andrew sipped matching Coronas amidst the palm trees dotting the 9,000 square-foot space, complete with an extra-long bar, skyline views, and DJ booth. Coming soon: a retractable glass covering that will keep crowds coming to Greenpoint's outskirts year-round, eternal lack of taxis notwithstanding. [BlackBook]
Posted on May 5, 2008 12:23 PM
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Comments (10)
Why the hate, it's only Greenpoint. I can understand the complaint if this was a prime neighborhood, but Greenpoint?
Posted by Anonymous | May 5, 2008 12:57 PM
was not open on sat.
Posted by Sean | May 5, 2008 1:53 PM
Why should people in Greenpoint be considered less than people who live in other neighborhoods. Many of these families have lived in this neighborhood for the longest time.
Posted by Anonymous | May 5, 2008 2:10 PM
Its that type of thinking that makes many people who live in these neighborhoods hate all the hipsters moving in.
Posted by Anonymous | May 5, 2008 2:14 PM
The club borders on three residential blocks, home, I'd say conservatively, to 125 families. Including mine for the past seven years. But clearly the noise, trash and fucking in the streets are only important in other neighborhoods.
The club had a Stop Work Order put on them last week by the city, which they illegally removed from the door before Friday, (and continued to work on the roof in spite of.) They have no place of assembly permits, certificate of occupancy or fire plan for the second floor.
When the whole place goes up in flames because of an errant cigarette, slap-dash uninspected construction, and only one staircase for an exit, us Greenpoint residents who live nearby will still help you out. We will be the ones standing outside shaking our heads at the utter idiocy and money grubbing of the people who run this place.
Posted by Anonymous | May 5, 2008 2:40 PM
I live on that block and it ain't that bad. And I hate hipster douchebags.
Posted by Anonymous | May 5, 2008 2:43 PM
It is very important to remember that hipsters don't care about anyone other than themselves and their image so don't expect anything to change.
Posted by Anonymous | May 5, 2008 2:46 PM
Studio b is an incredible space for parties, one of the only places in nyc you can really dance, and many of the most talented aspiring acts have all rolled through there over the past two years.
However, studio b is also run by Polish mobsters that have connections in the area and basically do whatever they want. There is noooo way the stuff that goes on in that club would be tolerated otherwise. Also, almost all of the bartenders (especially the girls) rip you off, they almost never give you the correct change. Be careful.
I feel bad for the families that live in the area. Having the club be loud on Fri-Sat is one thing but opening it up to all out rooftop mayhem is simply disrespectful. I actually live in Manhattan, and I am young, and loud, and go to Studio B all the time, but I feel bad for the people that live in the area. There are reasons we have laws in this country, and this is one of them.
To the beginning of the end of Studio B.
Posted by Anonymous | May 6, 2008 2:56 PM
2:40pm Said it right. Errant cigarette, flash fire, many deaths. Remember Happy Land in the Bronx? 1 exit, 1 disgruntled patron, 87 deaths. cept this time it will be young surburban whitey, instead of young urban spanish
Posted by BIGD_AT_BKNY | May 6, 2008 7:05 PM
your all idiots
Posted by josh | May 6, 2008 7:28 PM