Another World is a community space and movement center where neighbors come together to build grassroots power. Our mission is to organize lasting institutions of collective care and radical democracy; through these institutions, we can change our city. We envision a Brooklyn of abundance, where children play on the street, neighbors greet each other by name, public services meet public needs, and everyone can afford to live well. Through popular education, political and cultural programming, and strong webs of community groups, Another World nurtures intergenerational social movements, neighborhood institutions, relationships, organizers, and love.

The center is open Wednesdays - Sundays from 11am - 8pm
You can just come in to hang out, to cowork, to plot, and to meet your neighbors. See our calendar for events.

Our offerings include:
- a lending library of radical books
- a free dry good pantry
- a zine collection
- a free clothing store
- a children's toy and storybook corner
- art supplies
- printing
- large format printing (staffer assistance required)
- Narcan & drug testing strips
- Plan B & contraceptives
- Covid masks and tests
- herbal healing remedies
- a backyard with seating (seasonal)
- a community garden (seasonal)
- snacks
- wifi

Another World is open Wednesdays - Sundays from 11am - 8pm; we offer a free space for community members to hang out, do work, and connect with each other. We also host a variety of events and meetings in the space.


Community members are welcome to submit ideas for programming; please talk to a staffer - we prioritize making connections in person.

Visit us at 629 Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
You can also contact us via our email [email protected] or our Instagram @anotherworkbk

(Please note: we are an all volunteer team and may take a while to respond; if you need us urgently, please come visit us in person)

Fri, Oct 2 // 6pm-9pm
Gaza Forever Art Market

A market featuring food art, and music, to support the Sameer Project, a rapid-response mutual aid initiative that supports the most vulnerable communities in Gaza.

Sat, Oct 3 // 12:30pm-2:30pm
Crown Heights CARE Collective General Meeting

Join CHCC for our monthly general meeting and learn how to plug into the block building, childcare collective, and unhoused neighbor work and our new Social Investigation Project (SIP).

Sat, Oct 3 // 3pm-5pm
Self Defense (IN BROWER PARK)

Join Pop Gym BK, a queer self-defense organization at Brower Park for a beginner-friendly self defense class! PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS @ BROWER PARK!

Sat, Oct 3 // 5pm-8pm
Boricua Karaoke Fundraiser

Sing aloud with Juventud Unida Por la Independencia (JUPI), a puerto rican socialist organization raising money to buy cisterns for Boricua communities on the island after recent water disasters!

Mon, Oct 5 - Fri, Oct 16
Another World is Closed for A Staff Break

Sat, Oct 10 // 3pm-5pm
Self Defense (IN BROWER PARK)

Join Pop Gym BK, a queer self-defense organization at Brower Park for a beginner-friendly self defense class! PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS @ BROWER PARK!

Sun, Oct 4 // 12pm-2pm
Community Health Initiative

A revolutionary people’s clinic run by For Our Liberation and Action Readiness Collective! Receive completely free medical attention from health professionals including: physical check-ups, STI testing & mental health checks from therapists

Sat, Oct 10 // 4pm-7pm
Free Them All! A Talk on New Afrikan Prisoners

Join us for discussion on how prisons are a special weapon against Black Revolution

Wed, Oct 14 // 7pm-9pm
Abolition is For Everyone Reading Group

Why abolish police and prisons… and what comes next? Whether you’re brand-new to the concept of abolition, or already committed and want to engage more deeply – come read, discuss, and learn alongside us

Sat, Oct 17 // 3pm-5pm
Self Defense (IN BROWER PARK)

Join Pop Gym BK, a queer self-defense organization at Brower Park for a beginner-friendly self defense class! PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS @ BROWER PARK!

Sat, Oct 17 // 12:30pm-2:30pm
Crown Heights CARE Collective Working Meeting

Join CHCC for a meeting to work on our projects

Sun, Oct 18 // 3pm-5pm
Soup Sunday

A monthly free communal meal; nourish yourself and meet your neighbors

Sun, Oct 18 // 6pm-8pm
Black Men Express Dinner

A dinner and talk circle for Black men to unpack their feelings around gender, race, and the world today

Thurs, Oct 22 // 6pm -8pm
Free Crotchet Class for Black Women

Join the Knot Okay Club and learn how to crotchet! For Black women specifically

Sun, Oct 25 // 10am-1pm
Repair Cafe

Bring broken items like clothes, toys, small appliances, & bikes and work with volunteers from Repair Cafe Brooklyn to fix them

Sun, Oct 25 // 2pm-5pm
The People's Clinic

A healing clinic for our liberation and health facilitated by Black healers offering free acupunture and reiki. This session will feature a teach-in on ear seeds

Wed, Oct 28 // 6pm-8pm
Tenant Circle

Discuss organizing strategies and brainstorm collective solutions to housing issues with local tenant organizers from with the Crown Heights Tenants Union

Thurs, Oct 29 // 6pm-9pm
Sanctuary Jam

An uplifting monthly jam session for Crown Heights residents to create music together! Bring your own instruments or voice to the mix.

Sun, Sept 20 // 11am-1pm
Community Playdate

Join the Crown Heights CARE Collective for a playdate for young children and caregivers. There will be story time, drawing and crafts, sing-a-long and snacks!

Fri, Oct 30 // 7pm
Third Cinema Series: La Llorona (2019)

Join cinemóvil nyc and Another World for another screening of our monthly Third Cinema Series, this time with an extra spooky Halloween movie about the Mexican legend La Llorona

The People's Torch

The People's Torch is a hyperlocal community newspaper produced by Another World volunteers, local organizers, and youth fellows. Click the image to download a PDF version of the paper.

Visit us at 629 Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn for a physical copy.

The library at Another World is a free lending library for the community featuring books for all ages about collective care, action, and liberation. Check out our catalog here.


If you would like to support our library by buying us books, we have a wishlist that supports Café Con Libros, a bookstore in the neighborhood.


We accept books for donation, but are seeking to receive specifically books on radical histories, Black and indigenous liberation, abolitionist and feminist theory, anarchist and communist politics, and other related topics. Please drop donations off with a staffer at the center.

Another World was founded in 2025 by members of the Crown Heights CARE Collective, a Crown Heights hyperlocal abolitionist group. We maintain the space through a volunteer-staff group comprised of CARE Collective members and comrades from other aligned organizing spaces and organizations; the staffers are collectively responsible for the maintenance and political governance of the space. We are funded by both private foundation grants and community support, and maintain our complete independence. Our politics are firmly rooted in abolitionist communism, with an emphasis on Black liberation and solidarity with all oppressed peoples worldwide.

Another World is seeking to be fully community-supported by June 2027. Please help us meet our goal and maintain a free space for the people by becoming a sustaining member of the space, or making a one-time donation.