If you were to ask five different people what Brooklyn Fire Proof (BFP) is, you may get six or seven different answers. And likely, each of the answers would be correct.
Brooklyn Fire Proof Workspaces provides studio rentals to artists and other creative types; Brooklyn Fire Proof Creative curates art and acts as a conduit for artists in the buildings; Brooklyn Fire Proof Stages helps films and television shows both big and small; and yes, Brooklyn Fire Proof East was a cafe on Ingraham Street that closed some time ago to be replaced by Terra Firma.
The sheer amount of activity in those buildings is nearly overwhelming. When the studios’ stage manager, Kenneth Filmer, gave me a tour of the facilities, it seemed that every door he opened and hallway he led me down revealed people working: someone cleaning paint equipment, someone setting up lunch for a film crew, someone speeding out or into the building, and countless members of film crews building, painting, and looking generally harried.
