Knockdown Center

Art, performance + music space in Queens NY dedicated to cross-disciplinary projects + collaborations. Home of The Ruins [outdoors] and Ready Room [bar] Born in 1903 in Maspeth, Queens – first as a glass factory, then to produce “Knock-Down” door frames, and now as a center for art and culture – Knockdown Center is dedicated to cross-disciplinary projects and collaborations. We aim to be responsive to the needs of cultural producers making experimental and cross-disciplinary work, and to provide a platform for in-depth inquiry from varying viewpoints across diverse formats. Through an open proposal process, we offer artists, curators, and organizers the freedom to challenge traditional notions of presentation and reception.

Visit our century-old building for innovative and experimental programming in visual arts, performance, music and more.