Whether you love it or you hate it, Castle Braid, the controversial luxury rental development on Troutman Street that markets itself to the creative set, is a perennial topic of interest in conversations about Bushwick real estate: most recently, it was name-dropped in the New York Times’ profile of former meatpacking restauranteur Florent Morellet the week before last

2013 was an exciting year! Firstly, we survived the alleged Mayan Apocalypse with the inevitable end of the world attached to it in late December 2012

Damn, Bushwick

By Frances Gill, Allison Galgiani with illustration by Jeremy Nguyen