Red Hook Is Home to the World’s First Waterproof Art Studio

James Powers, like every other artist in this ~blessed~ borough, is looking for a place to work. And what he’s asking for is simple: a cost-effective, quiet space thoroughly removed from the eternally inane cycle of landlords and roommates. Easier said than done, right? Finding such a space in Brooklyn is enough to make most people moan and move on.
But most people aren’t James Powers, and so they don’t buy a 5,000-pound waterproof metal box, name it after an Irish lighthouse&