5 Pointz was a sprawling graffiti and mural complex in Long Island City, Queens, created out of an old industrial building that had been converted into artist studios and legal aerosol walls. The exterior was covered in large‑scale, constantly changing pieces curated by graffiti artist Jonathan “Meres One” Cohen, and the site became known worldwide as a kind of open‑air graffiti museum and “mecca” for aerosol art. Inside, the building housed around 200 low‑rent studios, so it functioned both as a workspace for local artists and as a major visual landmark visible from the 7 train.