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)

Thurs, Aug 6 // 6pm-9pm
Spades for the People

A casual night of spades, all levels welcome.

Fri, Aug 7 // 6pm
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)

A screening of a revolutionary Black film about how the youth of the hood get free, followed by discussion with For Our Liberation

Sat, Aug 8 // 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, Aug 8 // 4pm-8pm
Insurgency & Counterinsurgency Panel

A presentation on the way the state oppresses revolutionary movements with Action Readiness Collective of NYC, NYCARG, and For Our Liberation

Sun, Aug 9 // 12:30pm-2:30pm
Community Health Initiative

A free health clinic offering PCR testing, vital checks, harm reduction info, and more, with For Our Liberation

Tues, Aug 11 // 6:30pm-8:30pm
Light from Deep Under: Free the HLF5! Free Them All!

Join durub and Within Our Lifetime for a hybrid book talk & fundraiser event featuring Nida Abu Baker, daughter of US Palestinian political prisoner Shukri Abu Baker of the Holy Land Foundation 5, who will read from his recent book

Wed, Aug 12 // 7pm-9pm
Abolition is for Everyone

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

Thurs, Aug 13 // 6:30pm-8:30pm
Black Feminism for 2026

A discussion with local Black organizers on the current state of Black feminist politics

Fri, Aug 14 // 7pm
Lampblack Zine Launch

A reading of Lampblack zine's second volume takes shape across the diaspora, a mixed-media project meant to explore how we think about organizing, literature, Blackness, and solidarity.

Sat, Aug 15// 4pm-6pm
Where is Your Fire Writing Circle

A meditation and writing circle about the revolutionary spirit of Black August and how we may contribute

Sat, Aug 15 // 7pm-9pm
Black Diaspora Potluck

A dinner featuring foods from across the Black diaspora.Please bring a dish or beverage!

Sun, Aug 16 // 7pm
TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing (2025)

A screening of a documentary about the life and organizing of radical writer Toni Cade Bambara, followed by discussion

Wed, Aug 19 // 6pm-8pm
The Peoples Torch - Black August Edition Launch

A launch event celebrating the Black August edition of our community newspaper, featuring local youth reporters who contributed to the edition

Thurs, Aug 20 // 6pm
Flowers for Collective Rev

Come reflect on Black August and make medicine with flowers in the Another World garden that serve as metaphors for liberation

Fri, Aug 21 // 3:30pm-8:30pm
Black August Fair

A free day festival for Black families and youth featuring food, music, games and community conversations!

Sat, Aug 22 // 3pm-6pm
No Appetite for Apartheid Canvassing

Join durub for canvassing local stores about the boycott campaign that promotes the retail- and consumer-boycott of food products that are produced in israel

Sun, Aug 23 // 11am-2pm
Community Playdate

Join the Crown Heights CARE Collective and Avenue for Anything for a Black August and back-to-school themed playdate for young children and caregivers. There will be story time, drawing and crafts, sing-a-long and snacks! We will also do a schools supplies giveaway.

Sun, Aug 23 // 3pm-5pm
Soup Sunday

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

Wed, Aug 26 // 5:30pm-7:30pm
Tenant Circle

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

Thurs, Aug 27 // 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.

Sat, Aug 29 // 12:30pm-2:30pm
Crown Heights CARE Collective Working Meeting

Join CHCC and work on projects to build power and deeper community in the neighborhood

Sat, Aug 29 // 4pm-6pm [Backyard]
Harriet Tubman Herbalism

Come learn about ancestor Harriet Tubman’s herbalism and life to inspire revolution. Learn how to make a glycerine

Sat, Aug 29 // 4pm-7pm
Walk with Me: Communism for Everyday People

Communism For Everyday People! A study series for Black people seeking liberation and ways to act politically. This session focuses on Orisanmi Burton's Tip of the Spear; no pre-reading is necessary.

Sun, Aug 30 // 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, Aug 30 // 2pm-5pm
Black August Healing Clinic

A healing clinic for Black people and our liberation facilitated by Black healers offering free acupunture and reiki

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.