About a new home for Baker Falls on the Lower East Side

Photo and reporting by Stacie Joy

After a year at 101 Avenue A, Baker Falls is heading south.

East Village resident Nick Bodor has signed a lease to take over 192 Allen St. between Houston and Stanton — the former Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 — where he'll create his "decrepit-manor in the woods fever-dream alt-rock concept."

Bodor received his approval for a liquor license at a recent CB3 SLA committee meeting and expects to have the new license in hand in about three months. He may open a cafe in the interim, but plans are in flux. 

He told us he wants to showcase performance art in the venue, which will have a 150-person capacity, affordable tickets, and a focus on "old-school EV/LES performance art." 

"I'd like to book acts like an absurdist clown or a Victorian shadow-puppet theater" with "two to three acts per night of curated content and experimental programming. An indie space, a social club for weirdos," he said. 

Baker Falls, which featured a bar, cafe and some live performances, anchored the latest iteration of the Knitting Factory at the longtime former home of the Pyramid Club between Sixth Street and Seventh Street. 

That space is currently closed (as of late July) for extra soundproofing. 

While Bodor will still be involved with the Knitting Factory (he has a percentage), a known operator is taking over and rebranding the space, hoping for a legacy name. We will have more on that story soon.

Previously on EV Grieve: 

• Generation next: Baker Falls will bring together a cafe, bar and the Knitting Factory at the former Pyramid Club on Avenue A (Nov. 28, 2022)