SEE: Comedy Club Replaces Beloved Videology Bar In Williamsburg

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN — The Bedford Avenue spot that once held beloved video rental store-turned movie bar Videology has officially turned into a comedy club.

Old Man Hustle Comedy Bar, a club started by comic Edward Farrell in the Lower East Side, has opened up its second, larger location in the vacant Bedford Avenue-South First Street corner spot. The space has been empty since Videology, which ran for 15 years at the location, closed its doors in October last year.

The comedy bar first hinted that it would be moving into the space over the summer and officially opened up two weeks ago, management told Patch.

The new location is much larger than the Lower East Side flagship, which will still run on Essex Street, and includes a front "neighborhood bar" and back room for comedy shows.

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So far, the Williamsburg location has brought in a weekly line-up of comedians with noteworthy resumes, including the Montreal Just For Laughs festival or the New York Comedy Festival. The bar has an early show and late-night show every night of the week, including three shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The comedy show section has its own entrance on South First Street and is also available to host private events, movie shoots, birthday parties or other events.

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The Williamsburg atmosphere brings "the true Old Man Hustle aesthetic of its Lower East Side sister," owners said, including electric blue lights and exposed brick walls, cheeky wall art, fish tanks and a life size Bob Ross painting.

It includes a cocktail program with unique ingredients like Yoo-hoo, along with draft beer and an extensive whiskey selection, owners said.

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Videology closed its doors on Bedford Avenue back in October.

The store originally launched as a video rental space but adapted in 2012 to be a top venue for pairing off-beat movies with drinks and parties.

Owners Wendy Chamberlain and James Leet did not clarify why they were closing Videology at the time, but Patch reported in 2017 that they filed suit against the landlord used "baseless" complaints in an attempt to evict them.

Since closing, the movie spot's famous trivia has been reborn at Nitehawk Cinema's Prospect Park location. The theater, which also has a location in Williamsburg, hosts bi-monthly movie trivia nights with Movie Trivia Nerds and the former Videology trivia hosts Wendy Mays and Kevin Cecil.