If you walk in to his shop on 886 Pacific St in Brooklyn without understanding the full scope of what it is, Jimi Gureje will kindly remind you. He will tell you how ten years ago he quit his job as a marketing executive at Verizon and found this building (an old chop shop) falling apart.
Jimi Gureje never set out to build an empire in Prospect Heights, but with , The Village performance space and gallery, Nova Bar and a series of events and workshops at 886 Pacific Street, he may be doing just that…
A native of Nigeria, Jimi Gureje moved to Brooklyn with big dreams of making it in the fashion industry, and that he did. Not only is Jimi and amazing designer, specializing in vibrant dyes, he also started an artistic village here in Prospect Heights, called the village at Gureje.…