BAM - Brooklyn Academy of Music


 

Mission:
BAM's mission is to be the preeminent progressive performing and cinema arts center of the twenty-first century, engaging both global and local communities. Its enduring purpose is to provide a distinctive environment in which its audiences—annually, more than 500,000 people from a wide geographic area—may experience a broad array of challenging and enriching aesthetic/cultural programs.

 

Artists:
BAM is home to diverse, innovative, international and local artists from around the world. Every year, we host and produce enumerable productions and the artists whose vision brings them to life.

 

BAM Facts:

  • BAM is America's oldest continuously operating performing arts center, founded in 1861
  • In 2008, BAM had a record breaking attendance of 550,000
  • BAM is a not-for-profit organization reliant on contributions to fulfill its mission.
  • BAM presents or produces up to 220 stage performances each year, many of international originBAM has a four-screen cinema, open 365 days a year, presenting new releases and BAMcinématek repertory films
  • During its first century, BAM hosted political events, speeches, and rallies on the pressing issues of the day. Speakers included Henry Beecher Stowe, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Gertrude Stein, Langston Hughes, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Amelia Earhart.
  • BAMcafé Live features up to 75 free performances annually.
  • BAM has an in-house restaurant and bar.
  • BAM Education serves up to 24,000 students and 200 New York City schools annually.
  • BAM hosts The Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the largest commemoration event to Dr. King in New York City.

Public Transportation:
Subway/LIRR

  • 2, 3, 4, 5, B, Q to Atlantic Avenue
  • C to Lafayette Avenue
  • G to Fulton Street
  • N, R, D, M to Pacific Street

MTA Bus:
B25, B26, B41, B45, B52, B63, B67 all stops within three blocks of BAM

Driving:
Via Brooklyn Bridge:

Continue straight off the Bridge. Turn left on Tillary Street. Turn right on Flatbush Avenue. Turn left on Fulton and drive one block. The BAM Harvey Theater will be on the left; parking is on the right. For BAM Opera House proceed two blocks to Ashland Place. Turn right on Ashland Place; parking is immediately on the right.

 

BAMbus:
Fare: $7 ($6 for subscribers, Friends of BAM, and students with valid ID)

 

Reservations: 718.636.4100 (Reservation required at least 24 hours in advance; stand-by space available on a first-come, first-served basis.)

 

Service: The BAMbus provides convenient post-show transportation from BAM to Manhattan. Buses depart from the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House and the BAM Harvey Theater immediately following most performances.


Address:

BAM
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1486

Directions

 

Phone: 718-636-4100

Email: info@BAM.org
Site: www.bam.org