Catland on Flushing Ave (All photos by Kathryn Lees for Bushwick Daily)

For most of us noobs who don’t know much of our city’s history, there was a large Occult movement that burst onto the scene during the late ’70s and ’80s. Stories of that movement led Phillip English to our lovely Bushwick and where he is today.

English and Joe Petersen opened Catland bookstore last February to accommodate the revival of the Occult scene that’s happening in Bushwick. “There’s a very young scene burgeoning in this neighborhood, which is one of the reasons we’re here,” English said.

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All photos by Margaret Thurmond for Bushwick Daily

Spring is around the corner, and if that isn’t enough to make you excited to get outside again then learning about a new custom bicycle studio in Bushwick should. AJ Nichols opened Harvest Cyclery & Salvage last September and has been providing the neighborhood with awesome custom-made bikes ever since.

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Antiques, yay! (All photos by Margaret Thurmond)

Let’s face it, taking the hike to Ikea to purchase home décor made out of plastic can be a drag. If you have always been more inclined towards the wacky or unusual aesthetic, then our discovery of Pop Up, a new antique store on Wilson Avenue in Bushwick, will make you happy! This gem is located inside the home of its owner, Craig Cady, and the store’s contents makes it really worth stopping by!

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We all new it was coming, Bushwick: December 21, 2012 – Doomsday. Luckily we all survived but that didn’t stop some of us from partying our faces off until the sun rose on December 22. Check out the event Broke City had at Apostrophe to celebrate the end of the world. Photos by Kaitlin Parry aka Shoot People.

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It looks like the end of days is near and the Mayans have us all freaked. Naturally, that won’t stop some of us from partying our faces off for as long as we have them. Grab your closest friends and face whatever comes our way over the next few days and December 21st with dancing, drinks and art. Here is what’s happening in Bushwick and beyond as we finish the current b’ak’tun, at Long Count 13.0.0.0.0.

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All photos by Kaitlin Parry  (35bodies.tumblr.com) for Bushwick Daily.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned while living in Bushwick it’s that the best parties and venues are often found by word of mouth. Saturday night was looking dull until a friend told me about Apostrophe, a newly opened, art/party space on Irving Ave completely hidden by pulling a drop-down wall in front of it.

Once we arrived we were given two playing cards and a few instructions. Find three other people at the party to make a full house and we’ll give you a dollar shot, the door guy said. A meet up game combined with a celebratory ending. It was going to be a good night.

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Photo by Christopher Bride for PropertyShark

Plans are in the works to turn a Bushwick convent located on De Sales Place into affordable housing through a nonprofit set up by Vito Lopez.

If the proposal is approved by the state, they say the building should be ready by the end of next year. And 50 percent of the units will be reserved for Bushwick residents!

The building would have three-bedroom apartments for families and studios for residents with special needs. It would employ around 40 people and provide security, counselors and nurses.

Read more at [Brownstoner].

How awful, another fire in Bushwick! The blaze on Irving Ave unfortunately left dozens of Bushwick residents’ homeless Sunday morning. Fire officials think it was an electrical fire that started on the second floor of the building.

Thankfully all of the residents in the six-unit building made it out ok (pets included) but there is still a feeling of hopelessness left with the displaced tenants.

“We’re all homeless. We lost everything, we’re all students and low-income [residents]. This was our livelihood,” one tenant said.

The Red Cross is working with the residents to help them get into a shelter in the mean time. Watch [News 12] for all the details.

Getting a tattoo at Gnostic Tattoo at The Loom (all photos by Katarina Hybenova)

The people of Bushwick don’t have to travel far to get their next milestone or symbolic figure permanently etched into their skin. Gnostic Tattoo at The Loom opened its doors in October and is currently accepting tattoo addicts and other Bushwickians’ itching for ink.

I happened to be one of those ready to mark up their bodies, and Gnostic was the most fitting place as I wanted to stay in the lovely neighborhood of Bushwick. I recently left the great state of Texas and my first tattoo was meant to represent my journey from Texas to Bushwick. The state flower of Texas (a bluebonnet) is a classic Texan reminder to living and breathing in Bushwick today.

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