After 12 ✨stellar✨ years as a cooperative, not-for-profit and post-capitalist community art and cultural space in Greenpoint, the Sunview Luncheonette is preparing for a cosmic transition.
The building at 221 Nassau Ave has been sold, and while this marks the end of an era, it is also the beginning of a new one for the collective.
We are moving to a new home—one that will continue to be an inclusive gathering space for artists, organizers, eco-activists, poets and writers, neighbors, and friends, and we need your help to make it happen!
We’re aiming to raise $30,000 to cover:
📦 Storage for Sunview fixtures and artworks while we move ($3,000 for six months)
🚛 Moving costs ($2,000)
🔨 Building out our new space ($17,000)
🏠 Security and insurance for a new location ($8,000)
(Plus unknown costs that may arise in the move.)
The Sunview has always been more than a space—it’s a shared commitment to community, art, commoning, and collective care. As we SUNSET 221 Nassau and prepare to SUNRISE in a new space, your support will ensure that the Sunview continues to be a place for radical hospitality, creativity, music, art, poetics, and conversation.
As we prepare to move into a new space, we are grateful to the Koutros family for their support of our project over the years. We also want to express our love, respect, and admiration for our late co-founder Demetra “Bea” Koutros, who invited us to reimagine the diner she had run for 45 years with her husband Lou as an under-the-radar, informal third space with her in 2011 and charmed us every day until her passing in 2018.
💛 Donate today and help us birth the next chapter of Sunview
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