Bushwick Hipsters and the Brooklyn Trailer Park: A New York Real Estate Story

By Jordan H • February 18th, 2010
Can’t afford a Greenwich Village condo? Looking for a place across the bridge? How about a loft? Too fancy? How about a trailer park in a warehouse? Imagine six campers, Wi-Fi- and A/C-equipped, huddled in a former nut factory in Brooklyn, welcoming artists with a communal roof garden. Oh, and shared chickens. Community Cofounder Hayden Cummings takes issue in with the trailer park nametag, preferring “Private artist studio space.” He told NY Mag’s Daily Intel that the “salvaged campers” fill a need because: “There’s no affordable private space for artists to create art together, so now it’s come to campers in warehouses.”
Photo Credit: RentedSpaces A peek inside Bushwick's Brooklyn Nut park.

A peek inside Bushwick's Brooklyn Nut park.

Is it more ironic that hipsters created a trailer park in New York City or that they did it on the first floor parking garage of the Brooklyn Nut Factory? Rented Spaces reported last year that the community plans to expand outdoors when the weather gets better: 25-30 campers. Thinking about making the move? Make sure you’re committed. According to Cummings, only “folks who believe in the vision and are excited to contribute ideas, share knowledge, help organize, decorate and bring in others to make this something extraordinary.”

As of this weekend, though, the Nut Factory trailer park may be destined to legend. According to their Daily Intel, the FDNY posted a “partial vacate order” effective February 12. For now the utopia will have to battle the winter weather along with construction and the fire department.

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