The space you've known as Woodbine at 585 Woodward Ave is under new collective leadership as "Ridgewood Commons."

Ridgewood Commons will continue to be a home for mutual aid, community building, and a space for collective thought & experimentation in Ridgewood, Queens.

Governance & Groups

Ridgewood Commons operates under a spokes council governance model, with the goal of fostering cooperative skill building, diverse community representation and influence, and organizational resilience.

Current spokes groups:
Food Pantry, Gym (Ridgewood Commons Strength), READgewood Tutoring, Spokescouncil Planning, Sunday Dinners, Technical Collective (FKA Basement), Tuesday Reading Group, Writing Group, Yoga and Meditation, Commmunications & Tech, Finance, Fundraising & Grants, Programming & Rentals, Facilities

Programming

We host free community programs and projects year-round, including: a Food Pantry, Communal Sunday Dinners, Film Screenings, a Community Gym, Yoga & Meditation, a Maker Space, Writers’ Workshop, Reading Groups, Arts & Crafts Workshops, a CSA, along with Talks and other skill-sharing and educational events. Propose public programming.

Rentals

The space can be rented for a variety of purposes: from presentations and workshops, to parties and as a film/photography shooting location. Rent the space.

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Non-commercial physical space to gather is rare. Rarer still in New York City. And it only exists if the people who care about it support it. Consider a sustaining donation through Patreon or Withfriends and help Ridgewood Commons to continue.

For more information and our weekly calendar, visit ridgewoodcommons.nyc