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We finally decided to find out how many of New York City’s favorite breakfast food will fit in a MakeSpace bin, and because our office is located so close to the Lower East Side institution that is Russ & Daughters, we decided to source these tasty rounds of doughy goodness from them.

For all you college students out there, we decided to find out just how many packets of Top Ramen fit in a MakeSpace bin.

What a pleasant surprise to open AM New York this morning only to find ourselves featured in the business section! 

You might think you don’t know who Ashley Albert is, but you’ve definitely heard her voice. Maybe you’ve listened to her Grammy-nominated children’s band, The Jimmies playing overhead while you strolled through a store. Or if you religiously watched MTV’s Daria as a teenager in the nineties, you might geek out upon learning that Albert was the voice of slow speaking, valley girl Tiffany Blum-Deckler.

Nothing’s better than grilling on a rooftop, drinking beers with friends, and enjoying the fireworks over the East River (Brooklyn and Queens represent). 

If you’re hosting 4th of July festivities this year, make sure to clear a dance floor with MakeSpace. 

A funny thing about the internet is that it’s not very easy to get a sense of how just how big things are in the real world. We want to make sure that our customers never have to wonder about the size of our green bins, so every week, we’ll be experimenting to learn just how much of a thing we can fit into a MakeSpace bin.

  We had an awesome morning over at Union Square introducing New York City to our newly launched street team....

All New Yorkers struggle with tight spaces, but more than anyone, musicians with home recording studios feel the city’s limitations everyday. Last week we had the opportunity to visit NYU senior Danny Rose’s home recording studio, and Danny was kind enough to speak with us about what it’s like to make records in New York City in 2014.

If you’ve ever visited a traditional storage unit, you know that there are are a lot of things about self-storage that make it a nightmare, but, in our opinion, the absolute worst thing about visiting a storage facility is the kind of people you meet there. You know these ‘storage people’ we’re talking about, the types you won’t find anywhere other than next door to your storage unit.

When we heard that the first ever ‘cat cafe’ in North America was opening just a ten minute walk from our office, we had to go. These coffee shops full of playful kitties have long been popular in Tokyo, where strict renter laws prevent most citizens from keeping pets in their apartments, but these havens for cat-lovers are seemingly perfect for New York City where lots of animal lovers can’t keep a pet in their apartment for a different reason, because they just don’t have the space.

Seth is one of the funniest people we’ve ever met. The beloved NYC jokester is now the resident comedian and sketch performer at the new Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, but he’s been on everything from Chappelle’s Show to 30 Rock. Last month, Seth joined MakeSpace. We got to spend some time with him and his stuff when we helped move the comedian out of a storage unit and into the cloud.

You name it, Jimmy can build it. He’s the handiest handyman. On his popular YouTube channel, Jimmy shows off his almost superhuman ability to make pretty much anything. He’s built everything from a guitar shaped like a machine gun to a replica of a Star Wars Stormtrooper Helmet.