“You always have to go bigger,” said artist and cultural entrepreneur Peter Hopkins, announcing his exciting plans to turn the empty warehouse at 299 Meserole St into a cultural center of the East Williamsburg and Bushwick area. “Art schools, museums, cultural institutions… We have a chance to do things differently here in Bushwick,” he continued. 299 Meserole has announced its soft launch on May 14, and a plan to play a major role during the upcoming Bushwick Open Studios. The building will feature several exhibitions curated by local, as well as international galleries and VCU School of Art. Present will be also collections of zines, books, as well as feminist symposium on self-pleasure.

Peter Hopkins, who is directly responsible for bringing non-profit organization Momenta Art and other prominent galleries to 56 Bogart building and creating a space that NY Times calls the cultural center of Bushwick, told us that the owners of the building, invited him to help after they saw him curate the cultural contents of 56 Bogart. It seems that he is about to repeat the success story with the 25,000 sq foot huge warehouse located across the street from The Well/The Wick, and within walking distance from 319 Scholes and Newtown Radio.