{"id":249464,"date":"2025-07-09T01:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T01:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249464\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T01:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T01:22:14","slug":"new-yorks-the-lot-radio-reopens-to-public-after-nearly-eight-month-closure-%c2%b7-news-%e2%9f%8b-ra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249464\/","title":{"rendered":"New York&#8217;s The Lot Radio reopens to public after nearly eight-month closure \u00b7 News \u27cb RA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York&#8217;s The Lot Radio reopens to public after nearly eight-month closure \u00b7 News \u27cb RA<\/p>\n<ul class=\"Grid__GridStyled-sc-si5izk-0 jDLXQE grid\">\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iugREN\"\/>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 bGnrTR\">The beloved station&#8217;s caf\u00e9 will be open daily starting Friday, July 11th.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iEOQQR\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdGF0aWMucmEuY28vaW1hZ2VzL25ld3MvMjAyNS90aGVsb3RyZW9wZW5zLmpwZWc=.jpeg\" alt=\"New York's The Lot Radio reopens to public after nearly eight-month closure image\"   class=\"Image-sc-mve7dk-0 cUdKrd\"\/><\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 dDKClb\">New York&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=69945\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/promoter.aspx?id=69945\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lot Radio<\/a> will open its doors to the public this week after nearly eight months.\n<p>In an Instagram post, the independent station confirmed that city officials (including the Office of Nightlife, Department of Health and Department of Buildings) approved the reopening of its caf\u00e9. Starting Friday, July 11th, the kiosk will be open daily. <\/p>\n<p>The caf\u00e9 and seating section has been shut since October 2024, when city authorities ordered the closure amid a slew of <a href=\"https:\/\/a816-health.nyc.gov\/ABCEatsRestaurants\/#!\/Search\/50045770\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/a816-health.nyc.gov\/ABCEatsRestaurants\/#!\/Search\/50045770\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\" rel=\"noopener\">health code violations<\/a>. The Brooklyn institution, housed in a restored shipping container, continued radio programming during this period\u2014DJs could play in the booth\u2014but the overall space was closed.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, founder Fran\u00e7ois Vaxelaire told Resident Advisor that the citations didn&#8217;t stem from sanitary issues or health hazards. They were &#8220;the result of us applying for <a href=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/83132\" data-tracking-id=\"https:\/\/ra.co\/news\/83132\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link__AnchorWrapper-sc-1huefnz-1 iVHMrM\" rel=\"noopener\">major renovations<\/a> and being in a temporary undetermined status with New York City&#8217;s Department of Buildings,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In their new statement, The Lot urged visitors to support the grand reopening on July 11th. &#8220;For everyone who asked how they can help, here is your chance: come for the reopening, come back the next day, and the next and the next.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Check the post below for more information. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 iAZnAz\"\/>\n<li class=\"Column-sc-4kt5ql-0 kqMgJp\"\/><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York&#8217;s The Lot Radio reopens to public after nearly eight-month closure \u00b7 News \u27cb RA The beloved&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[4521,77,4520,269,16,15,25002],"class_list":{"0":"post-249464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-english","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-magazine-news","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-united-states-of-america"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114820661121268265","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}