Jimmy McMillan, of The Rent Is Too Damn High Party was in Dumbo. Maybe he was shocked at how high rentals in Dumbo are now. According to Streeteasy, the average one bedroom rentals in Dumbo are $3,050, two bedrooms are $6,500, and three bedrooms are $12,650:
Is the rent too damn high in Dumbo?
(Photo courtesy of Harris at Damashek Consulting)
Friends With Kids is filming in Dumbo on Adams Street between Sands and York Streets on Saturday, February 5, 2011. Friends with Kids is a feature film starring Megan Fox is scheduled for a 2012 release.
Dumbo comedy comes to Dumbo General Store every Tuesday at 8:30pm. Featuring Aaron Kominos-Smith (a Dumbo resident) and other top comics from Comedy Central, HBO, MTV and all the best clubs in the city.
No cover and happy hour drink prices all night! Aaron Kominos-Smith and Jason Schneider present the best comics in NYC. Check out the lineups at facebook.com/dumbocomedy.
Dumbo General Store
111 Front Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
(F train to York Street)
A feature film called Dark Horse is being filmed in Dumbo on Jay Street and Front Streets on Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 between 5am and 11pm. “Dark Horse” is a film written and directed by Todd Solondz (Welcome to the Dollhouse, Life During Wartime) and is produced by Mount Pleasant Pictures. The film is about a 30 something year old man, “an avid toy collector” living and working with his parents who is ready to experience love and life on his own terms; tragedy ensues as he attempts to break free of the mold and meets a “woman who is the dark horse of her family”.
The film stars Christopher Walken, Justin Bartha (Hangover, National Treasure), Di Quon, Mia Farrow, and Selma Blair.
There is filming in Dumbo today for Blue Bloods, a drama about a “multigenerational family dedicated to the NYC law enforcement.” Blue Bloods stars Tom Selleck (of Magnum P.I. and Jesse Stone), Donnie Wahlberg (Righteous Kill and Band of Brothers), and Bridget Moynahan (Six Degrees and Ramona and Beezus).
(Photo by epc)
Previously:
{Filming: Blue Bloods, 20Sept2010}
Violet & Daisy, starring Danny Trejo, Alexis Bledel, Saoirse Ronan, and James Gandolfini is being filmed in Dumbo today around Jay Street and Plymouth Street, and surrounding streets. According to the IMDB synopsis, the film is about “Two teenage assassins [who] accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.”