Gov. Hochul has ordered the MTA to begin the environmental review process for the project immediately.
A month of shortages and distribution issues has left COVID vaccination rates in surrounding neighborhoods to hover around 3 and 4%
“When we started, we were the only vegan Ethiopian restaurant in New York”
“It’s not about a ceasefire or not about not a ceasefire”
Have a film camera? An airstream trailer on Knickerbocker Avenue has 100 rolls to give out.
“This is an era of no more demonizing successful businesses, but promoting, lifting them up,” claims Eric Adams
A local biking group says bike lines and widened sidewalks are needed to increase accessibility to a local public park.
“Really big deal,” says local pol
A local community fridge faces the threat of eviction, among other troubles
How a flurry of small businesses are changing a corner of Queens
“They patronize us and we patronize them”
A new techno club opens in Bushwick
A local businessman makes the case for making Bushwick more of a pedestrian neighborhood.
“That’s the kind of thing that happens when a community gets split.”
“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win”
A local activist wants Congress to go beyond the climate change provisions of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act
The new Bushwick politician’s signature accomplishment has been landing a program to pay for doula services in marginalized neighborhoods.
New Yorkers saw 52% more hate crimes in 2021 than in 2020.
A grocery delivery service took the the place of Brooklyn Cider House on Flushing Avenue – they’re opening their doors this weekend.
“The fix was in from the beginning,” one congressman bemoaned before the lines were changed.
A mildly contentious lieutenant governor race gives a local career politician a possible comeback.
Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”
This analog photography store doubles as a community hub.
Getting ready for a Spring cleaning?
The Our City, Our Vote law grants an estimated 800,000 NYC legal permanent residents the ability to vote in municipal elections, becoming the largest expansion of voting rights in the nation’s recent history. A lawsuit filed in Staten Island by the RNC puts its legality to the test.
There’s a lot of history in these streets we call home. Take a second to look back at the 400-year history of Bushwick, Brooklyn.
In just a few weeks, Governor Hochul and the DEC will decide whether or not to allow National Grid to install fracked gas vaporizers at the apex of the North Brooklyn Pipeline.
The time it takes investigators to arrive is more costly than if the establishment were to reopen without reporting the crime, said one local business owner.
The Ridgewood compost drop-off site is open from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Saturday.
Bushwick’s new city council member is asking the community to submit ideas for physical infrastructure projects in the district.
A roundup of new food and drink spots in and around Bushwick and Ridgewood, including new slice shops, chicken joints and Calvin Eng’s new Cantonese concept.
What are those orange compost bins popping up in Astoria and Lower Manhattan? Will they expand to other neighborhoods?
An overview of Bushwick’s crime rates, along with details on how they compare to other neighborhoods’.
The bill banning gas hookups in new buildings is supposed to pass this week, all while local Bushwick residents continue to fight against the National Grid pipeline being built throughout North Brooklyn.
