Analog photography is alive — and so are we. Bushwick Community Darkroom is Brooklyn’s community supported film lab, darkroom, and creative playground. Develop your film, take a class, show your work, and meet the folks who keep the fixer flowing.

Welcome to the Bushwick Community Darkroom
〰️
You belong here!
〰️
Welcome to the Bushwick Community Darkroom 〰️ You belong here! 〰️
Film Photography Classes and Darkroom Rentals in Brooklyn, NYC
Our Services
-
Developing & Scanning
Drop off your film, get your shots back quick — fresh scans, clean negs, done by people who actually care. Film’s not dead, it’s just waiting to be developed.
-
Classes & Workshops
New to film or want to level up? We’ve got workshops for total beginners, darkroom dabblers, and analog nerds alike. Come learn the magic — chemistry, printing, alt processes — from people who actually get it.
-
Darkroom Rental
Bring your negatives to life in our fully equipped darkroom. Rent by the hour, day, or month — it’s your playground. Safelights, enlargers, vibes: all ready and waiting.
-
Membership Program
Want 24/7 access, member discounts, and a crew that gets your film obsession? Become a member and keep the lights low and the fixer flowing — anytime you want.
Your work belongs here.
Make your work — then show it off. We host group shows, pop-ups, art fairs, and open calls all year long, giving you real chances to share your vision with the community. Bring your photos out of the darkroom and onto the walls — let people see what you’ve made.
About Us
Bushwick Community Darkroom was born in 2011 when Lucia Rollow turned a tiny basement storage unit in her Bushwick loft building into a DIY film lab. Back then, film was expensive, labs were closing left and right, and if you wanted to develop your own work in Brooklyn — good luck. So Lucia built what she needed: a space for photographers to develop, print, and learn together.
Word spread. What started as a single enlarger in a basement grew into a collective of photographers, artists, teachers, and neighbors. Over the past decade, BCD has moved through a few different spaces, each one bigger and better than the last — always driven by the same mission: keep film accessible, affordable, and alive.
Today, our new space on Himrod St. is home to fully equipped darkrooms, rental stations, workshops for all skill levels, and a growing family of analog nerds who believe that photography is better when it’s shared. Come through — we’re always developing something.
Join us for our upcoming events!

Public Hours: Tues - Sat 12-8pm
All members get 24 hour access.
film developers near me, film photo developing, film lab, filming lab, film labs, darkroom lab