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MillimeterAcross the Bridge
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Trevor Boyer
How to make a living in Brooklyn.
Left to right: Jason Gallagher, Stephen Schlueter, Ryan McKenna, and Mark Alan Johnson. Photo by Jason Woodruff
To reach Ryan McKenna’s editing studio,which claims part of the top floor of a multifamily house on a residential street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, you ascend the stoop, passing the banner of a motorcycle club, open the unlocked door, and then proceed to the third floor and into to McKenna’s studio apartment. The motorcycle club may or may not own the building, but its presence seems to ensure that the house’s front door can stay unlocked in a New York neighborhood that was considered a dangerous slum two decades ago.
A freelance editor who works mainly on television commercials and music videos, McKenna is a member of a creative class that would have, a generation ago, found a place to live in Manhattan. The past decade’s real- estate market in New York has placed the current generation firmly on the Brooklyn side of the East River. The democratization of technology and the gentrification of the borough—the “acceptability” factor—have allowed creative professionals of every stripe to hang out their shingles in Brooklyn. Among them, many video producers maintain workspaces in Brooklyn. The following are a few representatives.
