Brooklyn Academy of Music
BAM | |
BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building (2019) | |
| Address | 30 Lafayette Avenue (Peter Jay Sharp) 651 Fulton Street (BAM Strong) 321 Ashland Place (Fisher) |
|---|---|
| Location | Brooklyn, New York |
| Public transit | Long Island Rail Road: Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal New York City Subway: at Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center at Fulton Street at Lafayette Avenue |
| Type | Performing arts center |
| Capacity | Howard Gilman Opera House: 2,109 Harvey Theater: 874 Lepercq Space: 350 Fishman Space: 250 Total: 3,583 |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1908 |
| Opened | 1908 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Brooklyn Academy of Music | |
| Location | 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°41′11″N 73°58′41″W / 40.68639°N 73.97806°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1907 |
| Architect | Herts & Tallant |
| Architectural style | Renaissance |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000251 |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 2006 |
_(48228024996).jpg){kind=link}
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a multi-arts center in Brooklyn, New York City. It hosts progressive and avant-garde performances, with theater, dance, music, opera, film programming across multiple nearby venues.
BAM was chartered in 1859, presented its first show in 1861, and began operations in its present location in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, in 1908. The Academy is incorporated as a New York State not-for-profit corporation. It has 501(c)(3) status. Gina Duncan has served as president since April 2022. David Binder became artistic director in 2019.