This joint is right down the road from BC, On Atlantic near Flatbush. Could be a good spot to for BC student internships!
By DAN AVERY
DESK SET: Jennie Nevin founded the co-working co-op Green Spaces, one of several enterprises housed at 33 Flatbush Ave.
April 13, 2009, NY POST
With his long white beard, rotund frame and twinkling eyes, Al Attara could easily pass for a modern-day Santa Claus. But the lifelong New Yorker isn't giving out toys to youngsters -- he's bringing downtown Brooklyn a communal spirit colored in green as the owner of 33 Flatbush Ave., a seven-story building that's becoming an incubator for socially responsible and environmentally minded entrepreneurs.
Attara bought the property, the former Metropolitan Exchange Bank, back in 1978 with the idea of turning it into a professional arts complex. But he soon learned the city had marked the building for urban renewal and could reclaim it at any time -- not an ideal situation for potential tenants. So for decades, the building was mostly a warehouse for the inveterate junkhound's vast collection of salvaged furniture and curios.
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