{"id":926129,"date":"2026-07-10T19:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/926129\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T19:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T19:19:17","slug":"bushwick-community-darkroom-accussed-of-throwing-out-member-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/926129\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushwick Community Darkroom accussed of throwing out member items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This situation is full of negatives.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/06\/us-news\/nyc-luxury-hi-rise-pelted-with-illegal-fireworks-sending-tony-tenants-fleeing-i-got-hit-in-the-chest\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">struggling Brooklyn darkroom<\/a> permanently shuttered its doors this week \u2014 but not before allegedly tossing its clients\u2019 artwork out on the street in a free-for-all.<\/p>\n<p>The Bushwick Community Darkroom callously dumped pink and maroon lockers filled with client\u2019s belongings onto Himrod Street Monday, after announcing it could no longer afford rent, former members alleged.<\/p>\n<p>The Bushwick Community Darkroom tossed its lockers onto the curb this week. Instagram \/ @bushwickdkrm<\/p>\n<p>One heartbroken member told The Post that they lost photograph paper and negatives that were stashed inside a bolted locker \u2014 but that the lock had been cut and their items were stolen either off the street or inside the darkroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was profoundly distraught and confused, and it made me feel betrayed,\u201d the member, who asked to remain anonymous, said.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the darkroom and film lab said the closure came without warning, and that they weren\u2019t given any time to collect the items that they paid up to $300 per month to store at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Daf0MsVOBaL\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BCD posted an image to Instagram<\/a> of the lock-less lockers on the curb and implored the public to: \u201cCome &amp; get em. If you wanna throw us a few bucks cool if not just take em.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BCD had been fundraising to cover its lease. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Others claimed similar losses on social media \u2014 which the BCD vehemently denied, even calling one of its accusers a \u201cf\u2013king c\u2013t\u201d for asking fellow members to check their belongings to see if they accidentally took home her artwork in the frenzy.<\/p>\n<p>The BCD claimed that \u201cvultures\u201d had descended on the lockers in a now-deleted post, before reversing course to say that the lockers had been cleared before they were put out on the street.<\/p>\n<p>The darkroom, which opened in 2011, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/save-bushwick-community-darkroom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched an online fundraiser earlier this month<\/a> to raise \u201c$39,000 to reinstate BCD\u2019s lease\u201d \u2014 a financial burden that owner Lucia Rollow could no longer cover. <\/p>\n<p>Membership went as high as $300 per month for access to the film lab. GoFundMe<\/p>\n<p>The effort collected over $9,000 in donations, a total that organizers deemed this week would not be enough to save the darkroom.<\/p>\n<p>Rollow did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time the BCD was embroiled in drama \u2014 Rollow was forced to pay out $50,000 in 2022 to settle a lawsuit with a former volunteer who accused her of running a \u201cfor-profit photography center\u201d that \u201cnever paid him anything for the vast majority of his work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That former volunteer has since opened their own darkroom in Bed-Stuy.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This situation is full of negatives. 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