It appears the Brooklyn Mirage and its $30 million venue expansion are officially a thing of the past, razed to the ground before a single song could ever be shazamed from its dance floor.
Brooklyn Magazine stopped by 140 Stewart Avenue to find the 32,000-square-foot venue completely gone. In its place, just an empty lot scattered with dumpsters, plywood, plastic barriers, and those rad, somehow still-unclaimed, VIP pods. The Kings Hall sign hangs from a wall crooked and defeated; the space indistinguishable from the dozens of other properties scattered about East Williamsburg’s industrial zone.
More than 30 demolition-related permits issued by the city’s Department of Buildings and Department of Transportation are posted outside the site—a welcome image for fans who may still be experiencing PTSD from the former tenant’s permitting problems. Community Board 1, which represents the area, was notified of the impending knockdown by an employee of Mirage’s parent company, Avant-Gardner, back in January, which was conservatively estimated to cost $1.5 million. The letter said the full demolition of the three-story structure was expected to be completed in April or May.
With the leveling seemingly complete as of the last week of March, they appear to be ahead of schedule in terms of the demolition, but it’s not far-fetched to wonder how, with less time than the Mirage’s builders had last year, Pacha New York will be able to construct a flashy venue by their intended opening date…