The wildly popular Brooklyn Storehouse event space announced Friday that it would put on its last show this fall amid a continuous business divorce between its longtime owners.
The massive concert hall and dance venue made the disheartening announcement on social media, officially blaming its demise on losing its lease at the Brooklyn Navy Yard — without mentioning the behind-the-scenes battle between the two dueling brothers-in-law who own the business.
“Our tenancy was always time-limited, and [Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation] has now confirmed its plans for the site, which will see it repurposed for climate infrastructure and clean energy production in line with the Yard’s mission,” the venue said in a statement.
“This is part of the nature of working with adaptive, found spaces, where tenancies are often inherently temporary.”
The eviction came with plenty of warning and will not disrupt Brooklyn Storehouse’s summer line-up, which includes performances by Brazilian DJ Beltran and English electronic musician Four Tet, the venue said.
The business’s final season will culminate in a massive Halloween weekend blockbuster event, it said.
The 5,000-capacity venue hosted plenty of big-name artists in recent weeks, including PinkPantheress and DJ Snake.
But the popular dance spot was overshadowed by the bitter business divorce between its owners.
Rob Toma and Mike Vitacco of owner TCE Presents each filed dueling lawsuits against one another in New Jersey court, with both men accusing the other of trying to push them out of the company they founded together.
Toma sued first in February, alleging that Vitacco was conspiring to usurp control of the business by secretly transferring ownership of the company to his mother.
Vitacco countered that same month, claiming that Toma was trying to drive TCE into the ground for plans to abandon ship and join forces with Ibiza-based competitor Pacha, which recently took over the Brooklyn Mirage site.
The relationship between Toma and Vitacco — who became family after marrying a pair of sisters — has since “deteriorated to the point of no return,” the documents said.
The massive venue opened in June 2024 and billed itself as an “iconic flexible space that sits at the intersection of NYC’s industrial past and its creative future.”
It became increasingly popular last summer after it picked up music acts that had been left without a venue when the Brooklyn Mirage failed to pass inspections in time for its opening weekend.
Its closure comes just months after the Brooklyn Hall of Music announced it was celebrating its final year after being ushered out by the building’s new landlords.
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