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Lab Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Lead Falling From Bushwick Subway Stations

Lab Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Lead Falling From Bushwick Subway Stations

Streets in Bushwick may be subject to dangerous lead exposure. Because of the quiet stripping of 2018 legislation by former governor Andrew Cuomo, the extent of the problem remains largely unknown. A Bushwick Daily investigation.

Five Young Brooklynites Team up with Local Non-Profit for Holiday Drive to Benefit Homeless

Five Young Brooklynites Team up with Local Non-Profit for Holiday Drive to Benefit Homeless

Concrete Luxury group teams up with Providence House for Holiday Drive to benefit homeless families in transition to permanent housing.

UPDATED: NYC Protest & Event Schedule for Today, Tuesday, July 14, 2020

UPDATED: NYC Protest & Event Schedule for Today, Tuesday, July 14, 2020

A breakdown of today’s events.

UPDATED: NYC Protest & Event Schedule for Today, Friday July 10, 2020

UPDATED: NYC Protest & Event Schedule for Today, Friday July 10, 2020

A breakdown of today’s events.

Juneteenth Protest and Event Schedule for Friday June 19, 2020

Juneteenth Protest and Event Schedule for Friday June 19, 2020

After weeks of Black Lives Matter protests, the city celebrates Juneteenth today with an overwhelming number of events. We’ve got at least 90 of them for you.

UPDATED NYC Protest Schedule for Today, Sunday June 14, 2020

UPDATED NYC Protest Schedule for Today, Sunday June 14, 2020

A breakdown of today’s events.

PREMIERE: Talulah Paisley Shares Latest Single,”Penny”

PREMIERE: Talulah Paisley Shares Latest Single,”Penny”

The T-Rextasy front-person gives us the low down on her revitalized solo project, Talulah Paisley, and her latest single, “Penny.”

Friday Fast Fact: Families Are Being Driven Out of Bushwick

Friday Fast Fact: Families Are Being Driven Out of Bushwick

Data from the American Community Survey shows that the rate of families with children in Bushwick has been cut in half since 2000.

Community Members Are Protesting for 4-Year-Old Who Was Fatally Struck By Car on Sunday

Community Members Are Protesting for 4-Year-Old Who Was Fatally Struck By Car on Sunday

Community members want to know why the driver that hit Gonzalez and her mother last Sunday hasn’t faced charges.

CMJ Class of 2014 Superlatives + Playlist (Cutest Couple, Most Popular, Dorkiest, Best Hair + More!)

CMJ Class of 2014 Superlatives + Playlist (Cutest Couple, Most Popular, Dorkiest, Best Hair + More!)

At CMJ, camaraderie is contagious

CMJ’s 12 Hottest Bands & Where to Catch Them For Free or Cheap

CMJ’s 12 Hottest Bands & Where to Catch Them For Free or Cheap

We hope you are all as jazzed about CMJ as we are! The festival is the College Music Journal’s “Music Marathon”- a completely amazing (and exhausting) week (October 21-25, 2014) of live music, giving the music community a chance to catch the best new artists from around the world before they blow up

6 Hottest Electronic Music Parties of Right Now in Bushwick & Slightly Beyond

6 Hottest Electronic Music Parties of Right Now in Bushwick & Slightly Beyond

Are there any underground parties left in Bushwick? Sure there are! Crème de la crème of NYC electronic music may be hidden from the all seeing eyes of the Internets but it is thriving! Promoters, DJs and collectives are throwing parties, access to some of which may require patience on the side of a newbie but it is totally worth it

Is Foldable Electric Transport the Answer to Bushwick’s L Train Woes?

Is Foldable Electric Transport the Answer to Bushwick’s L Train Woes?

Spotted In Ridgewood, Steve Martin

Spotted In Ridgewood, Steve Martin

Selena, Steve and Martin Short are only the latest to shoot in Ridgewood

An Activist Walks Into A Bar.

An Activist Walks Into A Bar.

Why a former Democracy Now war correspondent opened the Starr Bar in Bushwick

Catching Up With Bushwick’s Beatles

Catching Up With Bushwick’s Beatles

A local ‘Beatles jam’ band plays Brooklyn Bowl on Aug. 6.

Events Happening This Week(end) (March 11 – March 13) in and Around Bushwick

Events Happening This Week(end) (March 11 – March 13) in and Around Bushwick

A Grand Soirée! Wet Cash! A Sunday skate sesh

Kindergarten Rules For Teaching ‘Black Lives Matter’ To A Disney Princess

Kindergarten Rules For Teaching ‘Black Lives Matter’ To A Disney Princess

Calvin Z. Heyward, a local writer and educator, writes more about some of the struggles Black fathers endure and overcome.

Amid Supply Cost Increases, Con Edison Bills Skyrocket In North Brooklyn

Amid Supply Cost Increases, Con Edison Bills Skyrocket In North Brooklyn

Residents in Bushwick say they’ve seen their bills double or triple over the past month. But more price hikes await.

Have a Primal Urge To See Things Fly Through the Air? Join Bushwick’s First Catapult Club at 101 Wilson Bar

Have a Primal Urge To See Things Fly Through the Air? Join Bushwick’s First Catapult Club at 101 Wilson Bar

All are welcome to join Bushwick’s first-ever trebuchet building and launch competition.

Conversations with Neighbors: Your Bushwick Bartenders

Conversations with Neighbors: Your Bushwick Bartenders

Laynie Bell of Birdy’s and Bruno Coviello of Happy Fun Hideaway open up about life as a bartender in Bushwick, working throughout the pandemic, tipping, customer interactions and more.

Three Days in January: Revisiting The Broadway Hostage Crisis of 1973

Three Days in January: Revisiting The Broadway Hostage Crisis of 1973

49 years ago today, four young men entered a sporting goods store for a robbery that would soon escalate into a fatal shootout and hostage situation. With a new documentary film on the subject scheduled to come out later this year, Bushwick Daily takes a look back at the event.

A Monthly Roundup of Restaurant & Bar Openings: New Slice Shops & a Sake Bar

A Monthly Roundup of Restaurant & Bar Openings: New Slice Shops & a Sake Bar

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.

Assembly Candidate Samy Nemir-Olivares Attacked With Anti-LGBTQ Slur During Online Fundraiser

Assembly Candidate Samy Nemir-Olivares Attacked With Anti-LGBTQ Slur During Online Fundraiser

This comes at the end of a year that has seen a significant increase in violence toward transgender and gender non-conforming people throughout the United States.

Long Winter Nights are Around the Corner. Here’s How to Get Home Safely at Night if Traveling Alone

Long Winter Nights are Around the Corner. Here’s How to Get Home Safely at Night if Traveling Alone

Request an escort home, hail a cab on your phone or call your local Bushwick cab service!

Local Leaders Push Congress to Abolish Puerto Rico’s ‘PROMESA’ Law

Local Leaders Push Congress to Abolish Puerto Rico’s ‘PROMESA’ Law

Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board, established by the PROMESA law in 2016, has “exacerbated the structural inequalities and austerity in Puerto Rico,” one local leader said.

Friday Fast Fact: Bushwick Ranks as Higher Risk on Heat Vulnerability Index

Friday Fast Fact: Bushwick Ranks as Higher Risk on Heat Vulnerability Index

Based on factors like poverty levels, green space and air conditioner ownership, Bushwick and a number of other city neighborhoods are more vulnerable than others to the effects of extreme heat.

Local Residents Occupy a Commercial Space on 1083 Broadway

Local Residents Occupy a Commercial Space on 1083 Broadway

Organizers “reclaimed” a vacant ground-floor commercial space in Bushwick on July 20.

80 Years on the Plantation: Who We Really Are in Films  (1940 – 2020)

80 Years on the Plantation: Who We Really Are in Films (1940 – 2020)

80 Films by and about Black and Brown people you should know.

Oh, To Choose A (Borough) President!

Oh, To Choose A (Borough) President!

In a crowded race, candidates promise to do more than Eric Adams.

The Digestivos Go Down Easy At Ammazzacaffé

The Digestivos Go Down Easy At Ammazzacaffé

A Michelin-approved highlight just off Graham Avenue stays under-the-radar, with a focus on digestivos.

Fakes Are Flourishing on Dining Apps

Fakes Are Flourishing on Dining Apps

“They just won’t stop. They’ll take it down for a little while and it’ll be back up like three weeks later,” one local restaurant owner says

Things Could Be Different In Bushwick

Things Could Be Different In Bushwick

Petitioning in Bushwick

Petitioning in Bushwick

A Smorgasburg Vet Quietly Makes A Brick And Mortar Work

A Smorgasburg Vet Quietly Makes A Brick And Mortar Work

Amid an ongoing pandemic, Dashi Brooklyn packs up contemporary Japanese, to-go.