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VOLUME 47 | NUMBER 16
APRIL 25, 2019
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Isles Say Barclays Will Rock in Round Two PLAYERS, COACHES CONFIDENT THAT DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN IS READY TO ROAR: The concourse at Downtown’s Barclays Center will most likely reopen for hockey business next week when the Islanders continue their playoff run against either the Carolina Hurricanes or defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals. See page 3. AP Photo by Kevin Hagen
Netflix is bringing a new TV production hub to Bushwick By Mary Frost
Greenpoint Gazette
Internet media giant Netflix is building a production hub in Bushwick with six sound stages, expected to host thousands of production crew jobs within five years, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last Thursday. The company has leased approximately 161,000 square feet to build the production and support space at 333 Johnson Ave., a three-story former printing facility. BLD Architecture, on behalf of building owner Steel Equities, filed plans on Thursday with the NYC Department of Buildings to renovate and convert the site into television studios. The hub will also include an expanded office in Manhattan at 888 Broadway that will directly create 127 new executive-level content, marketing and production development
jobs over the next five years. Netflix in New York currently operates with 32 employees from an office in Chelsea. The company has produced numerous shows in New York City, including “Dating Around,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “She’s Gotta Have It,” “The Irishman,” “Someone Great,” “Private Life” and “Russian Doll.” In the competition to bring the 127 highpaying office jobs to Manhattan, Empire State Development offered up to $4 million in performance-based Excelsior Tax Credits over 10 years. To receive the full incentive, Netflix must create the 127 jobs by 2024 at the new office and then retain those new jobs — and their existing 32 office jobs — for another five years. Continued on page 4
This former printing plant in Bushwick is the site of a new Netflix TV production hub with six sound Photo/image data via Google Maps stages, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last Thursday.