Astoria Store
3-17 26th Ave. Astoria, NY
Mon-Fri 10-6 + Sat & Sun 10-5
                718-777-0132

astoria@bignyc.org
Gowanus Store
69 9th St. Brooklyn, NY
Wed-Fri 10-6 + Sat & Sun 10-5
718-725-8925

gowanus@bignyc.org

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Max Rubinstein - Deconstruction

Phone Extension: 
718-777-0132 x26
Background: 
Max spearheads the Deconstruction program at Build It Green, and is our most fashionable staff member. The recurring scene of perfectly good building materials crushed at the bottom of a dumpster led him here, and he’s never looked back. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Max attended Bard College in the late 90’s where he received a Bachelor of Arts in film in 2000. Since then he has really cultivated his skills as a precision craftsman, having worked as a fabricator, cabinetmaker and carpenter, all in NYC. He’s also worked in neon sign design and construction, as a behavioral health technician in Tucson, and dabbled in draping at the Fashion Institute of Techology. Max and Mira house a nuclear family of 5 cats, Georgie, Edgar, Alabamo, Winkie, and Bad Boy. You don’t see that every day. He is also perhaps our most well read staff member, having read every book ever written. Unfortunately that hasn’t translated into success in writing on his own novel, which he’s been working on since shortly after his premature arrival on earth.
Working Since: 
06/2008