After a relatively normal evening of drinks in Williamsburg I decided at the last minute to tag along with my friends Nikki and Jackie to finally check out the two floor dance club/harbinger of Williamsburg’s end times known as Output.

We showed up at about 12:30 and there was a line of around 25 people (20 of them dudes). I’m not used to seeing a line in Williamsburg unless it’s for People’s Pops at Smorgasburg in August, but it moved fairly quickly. The bros in front of us asked if we knew if Fred Falke had went on yet. When we said we didn’t and admitted we hadn’t seen him before one of them yelled “Oh my god you are going to get your Fred Falke cherry busted so hard!” As terrible as this sounded we decided to continue on. My friend (more…)

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The roof of Williamsburg nightclub Output (Wythe and N.12th) will become a 2,500 foot outdoor bar starting on Sunday. From Commercial Observer:

“It’s in the heart of Williamsburg with an amazing skyline view, and we have a feeling that we’re all going to [be] spending lots of time there this summer,” reads the ReSolute announcement. Plans for a penthouse and roof deck were included in the original Department of Buildings application

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March is upon us and I’ve already felt a tad warmer this morning hoping that spring was here. Alas, Brooklyn is still cold as hell at nighttime, and yes you’ve still got to check that pesky coat wherever your going. However, this weekend is shaping up to be a good one. With an eclectic array of events this friday and saturday, theres enough to get down to, ranging from minimal techno to wild and crazy disco.

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Because why should the Meatpacking District and Miami have all the ravey-glo-stick fun?

The next promising arrival is Output, a 452-person-capacity nightclub at 74 Wythe Avenue opening in the next few weeks that looks to give the neighborhood’s discerning electronic dance music contingent a place other than legally dubious warehouses and lofts to check out its favorite deejays.

A source familiar with the project told The Commercial Observer that Output will be one of two venues operating under separate leases at the 11,424-square-foot building (up from 7,324 square feet after the construction of a second floor). The main club (and restaurant) will be joined by a back room and roughly 2,500 square feet of outdoor rooftop space, together accommodating up to 348 people.

As a fully licensed club with a full, legal bar and a sound system not trucked in by a rented U-Haul—the speakers are by the revered Funktion One—Output hopes to revive the city’s desiccated nightlife scene. It’s practically in a league of its own in north Brooklyn. But it should also give the few remaining biggish dance floors in Manhattan—Pacha, District 36, Santos Party House—not squeezed out by soaring rents, police raids or the post-Giuliani regulatory vise a run for their money.

Output has already positioned itself as a grownup home for Brooklyn’s underground techno and house showcases—don’t call them raves—by booking a Bunker party on February 22. Bunker, arguably the city’s premier pop-up home for recondite techno talent—has been a monthly affair held since 2007 at the 4,000-square-foot Public Assembly in Williamsburg. Time will tell if Blkmarket Membership, Mister Saturday night and Resolute—other roving Brooklyn electronic music parties in a similar vein to Bunker—will follow.

[via Gothamist]