El Barrio's Artspace PS109

This converted school in El Barrio stretches across two levels, with 89 affordable live/work units for creatives and a resident gallery. That spacious layout earns steady praise: visitors have called it welcoming and wheelchair-friendly during public events. The program is as flexible as the floor plan, hosting theater shows, poetry readings, and wine fundraisers alongside exhibitions. A recent show, "A Bigger Blackness" by photographer Tau Battice, documented blackness across the Caribbean, South America, and the US.