Just a couple of blocks away from the Jefferson L stop is a brand new art gallery in an unexpected location, an alleyway garage. 

The space, properly named Garageland gallery, was born when Kerry Law, a Ridgewood resident, artist and art teacher, applied for and received a City Artist Corps grant to turn his garage, where he creates much of his work, into an active gallery for local artists.

“The proposal included that garages were a unique aspect to Ridgewood,” Law remarked. “The walls of the garage were cinder block, so I used the grant to make the walls suitable to hang art, which took a lot of work. I wanted to transform my garage into a more usable space and be of service to the community. Part of the idea is to create opportunity, in some small measure, for artists.”