NYC Resistor


NYC Resistor is a restricted membership private club hackerspace with 25 members in New York, inspired by Chaos Computer Club and other hacker organizations. The New York Times describes it as "kind of frat house for modern-day mad scientists." Its own website describes itself as "NYC Resistor is a hacker collective with a shared space located in downtown Brooklyn. We meet regularly to share knowledge, hack on projects together, and build community."

Membership

Members of the group pay $75 monthly dues.

Physical Space

In February 2008 NYC Resistor was located at 397 Bridge Street in Brooklyn NY's MetroTech area. The 800+ sqft warehouse conversion houses a small kitchen, several shop tables, an epilog laser cutter, and a small machine shop. Numerous electronics projects and personal tools litter shelves of members at the space. In March 2009 NYC Resistor acquired the neighboring warehouse space on the fifth floor of 397 Bridge Street and converted it to a machine shop.
In March 2010, NYC Resistor moved to a new, larger space on 3rd Avenue in Boerum Hill upstairs from the former Makerbot headquarters.