Gowanus Darkroom

Community darkroom that offers classes, dark room rentals and does film Processing. I've only used their processing service after dusting my old Canon off. Prices are reasonable and turnaround was fast. The scans were great! I was able to schedule a time to grab my original negatives too.

I’ve had a great experience with the Gowanus Darkroom. Not only are my orders quick but Rachel is incredibly efficient and responsive. Me and my partner have had issues with the Bushwick Community Darkroom for a few months - we were made to believe that our cameras had issues and that our empty rolls were our fault and not theirs. We were close to losing the joy of photography, constantly having anxiety over whether we would see our shots or not. Transitioning to the GD gave us answers. The rolls have not come back empty once and the customer service goes above and beyond; if we have a question, we hear back very soon after. Orders are on-time. An added perk is that even though it’s a little out of the way, Prospect Park is nearby so we make a day out of it. Thank you for giving us our joy back!

1. Poor customer service -customer inquired when photo develop and scan may be done. -"you have to be patient." Was the response -it has been a week since customer’s film had arrived to them. -COVId19 may delay things. I understand; however, employee could have stated, "please be patient with us" or something along the line. -please go somewhere else for you film development and scan. I wanted to support local small business but customer service is not professional at all. The images have not even been delivered yet. Thank you for reading.

Amazing sanctuary for the photo community in a large spacious darkroom in Brooklyn. I wanted to secure a private lesson, which I did, and subsequently went in to process my black and white film. Visits were always greeted with warmth and whoever was there offering to help as I found my rhythm with the workflow. A wonderful and welcoming place.

After receiving the email with my rolls of film about half of the photos had lines through the middle. It was an obvious scanner issue but Rachel made sure to rescan the images and showed incredible customer service. Gowanus Darkroom is very lucky to have her.

Had a great private lesson on photography and film processing with Sandra, cool space, everyone is chill, highly recommend!

Great place for scanning and development when you have shot a good roll. They also have development and darkroom classes and they hire out their studio. Great staff.