Tiny Brooklyn magic show is one of the hottest tickets in NYC

Abracadabra, make some magic in brownstone Brooklyn!A new performing arts venue on the border of Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights is bringing top tier magicians to the borough — and it’s one hot ticket.Since it opened in mid-October, every show at 69 Atlantic has sold out.

The intimate 18-seat venue offers the chance to see amazing sleight of hand up close.Front row tickets go for as much as $175 but offer a vantage point just a few feet from the action.

(Standing room tickets start at $75.)Thus far, the theater has hosted German conjurer Denis Behr; LA-based mentalist Rob Zabrecky, who has won six awards from the Academy of Magical Arts; and Aspen-based illusionist Eric Mead, who performed what Penn Jillette called “the finest sleight of hand” he had ever seen.“People fly in from all over the world to perform here,” said Adam Rubin, the 41-year-old co-owner of the space.“Even if you don’t know who’s coming next week, you know it’s going to be somebody incredible.”He and his business partners, twins Dan and Dave Buck, 40, opened the venue with the aim of bringing in a rotating cast of world-class performers, the way downtown clubs bring in various esteemed magicians.“We wanted to create a place like the Village Vanguard [but for magic],” said Rubin.

Fans, not just performers, travel from afar for shows.Kevin Kapinos, 28, came from Chicago to see Mead at 69 Atlantic’s opening weekend.“There are very few venues built for doing an actual close-up show where everyone’s close enough that they can actually see a card face-up on the table without squinting,” he enthused, adding, “Traditionally, if you wanted to see someone like Eric Mead, the only way to do it was to have your company hire him for a corporate party, or be lucky enough to be invited to a private show somewhere.”In a neat trick, the venue is a curiosity shop called Art of Play by day.

It sells everything from unique puzzles and card decks to games and tricks.The ...