Last day for Public Access on St. Mark's Place

Today is the last day for Public Access, the subterranean gallery at 8 St. Mark's Place between Second Avenue and Third Avenue. 

Leo Fitzpatrick, a local resident and former director at the now-closed Marlborough Gallery, has been running the space since September. He announced the end of Public Access at this location in an Instagram post:

[I]t hasn’t always been easy but I enjoyed it immensely and intensely so thank you ... and to all the other gallery's out there THANK YOU ... unless you've opened your own you don't realize all the blood, sweat, tears and effort that goes into making it look easy. Until next time...

Exhibits have included works by pioneering skateboarder (and artist) Mark Gonzales and underground zine maker Weirdo Dave. (We particularly liked the "Dress Up My Lindsay" show.)

The gallery opened in January 2020 as JUICE before Fitzpatrick took over in the aftermath of the COVID-19 PAUSE. 

The gallery is open today from 2-7 p.m. The final show features work by local photographer-documentarian Clayton Patterson.

Public Access debuts on St. Mark's Place with show by legendary skateboarder Mark Gonzalez

Leo Fitzpatrick, a local resident and former director at the now-closed Marlborough Gallery, is now running Public Access at 8 St. Mark's Place... the community art space just east of Third Avenue debuted last week with Custom Boards, which features work by pioneering skateboarder (and artist) Mark Gonzales that will be up through Oct. 25.

Public Access is open Thursday through Sunday from 3-8 p.m. You can schedule an appointment via this link.

The gallery opened in January as JUICE before Fitzpatrick took over in the aftermath of the COVID-19 PAUSE. 

Here's to a "relaxing" weekend in the city!

Here's the real sex and the city. (OK, groan.)
Flanagan11 has these on his YouTube page. As he writes, "Some commercials that aired on Manhattan public access in the late 1970s during Al Goldstein's Midnight Blue program. The Taj Mahal has since been replaced by Kosher Deluxe restaurant and The Retreat has been replaced by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council."

[Pretty tame but likely NSFW]