When Bushwick Daily attended the New York Maker Faire a few weeks ago, we were delighted to come across the display of Bushwick’s very own Makeably, a design and e-commerce site that facilitates a relationship between makers and the people who need things made

A bit of jazz meets a bit of Bushwick-grunge charm, at the former home of the vegan cafe Brooklyn Whiskers.

Here’s where to find designer bags, buried under eccentric lamps.

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.

Neighborhood stalwarts like Pearl’s, Old Stanley’s and 3 Diamond Door are calling it quits for now, while several others circulate an open letter to Cuomo.

Speed dating, music listening parties, art showcases, and more.

Post-punk fest hits The Paper Box with an eclectic, international mix of performances.

A local couple have hatched a plan to transform the neighborhood’s exceptional coffee shop experience into a moveable feast

Summer’s coming, and the music world is toying with our emotions

Just in time for beach reading season, we’ve discovered a gem of a used bookstore tucked away in Ridgewood: Topos Bookstore Café

The Princess of Atlantis is possessed! The possessor, a greedy sea witch, schemes to manipulate the King into building a lucrative (and environmentally unsustainable) car factory in the lost city

Consider a typical day in our neighborhood: there is always something happening, something new, something changing

Winter’s bearing down on us, and everyone’s already battening down the hatches and getting ready to cuddle up against the cold

By Loren Diblasi, Samantha Smerconish, and Maria Gotay

So, the Olympics are over, with the USA ranking 4th in over all medals, but first in Gold medal pranks with another gem from Jimmy Kimmel

This week’s Listening Party features Philadelphia-based Swearin’ & their upcoming show on Thursday, March 6th at Cake Shop. Listening Party is a curated weekly column promoting music discovery and encouraging concert-going. Featuring someone we’ve been jamming out to and we recommend to the masses, each Listening Party artist has an upcoming show at a local NYC venue. […]

Welcome to 2014!  We hope  you’re sticking to your resolutions this year! 2014 will not be like last year, the year before, or the year before that one

Best of 2013 Music lists couldn’t be more pretentious, and yet we still scour them looking for top releases we may have somehow missed

Brooklyn Fire Proof East has a $5 brunch(!)

Prior to visiting the Brooklyn Winery, my understanding of the winemaking process was that all of the Trader Joe’s employees spent their lunch breaks terrifying one another and smashing up expired grapes

It may seem like quite a while ago at this point but the world’s best indie festival, South By Southwest, was just a few weeks past, March 12-16, and everyone in the music industry will continue to feel its repercussions all year, especially those from Brooklyn! From the bands that made it big to those that seemed to crash and burn, everyone who attended took away some great musical memories, including Bushwick Daily! We had three writers (Danielle Thompson, Ileana Little, and yours truly) hanging out in Austin, snapping instagrams, taking notes, and absorbing everything we heard

Parquet Courts. All Photos by Maria Gotay for Bushwick Daily. Listen, up Bushwick, we’ve got a music recommendation for you. Brooklyn-via Texas alt & punk band Parquet Courts is here to buzz around in your lobes. I caught the 4-piece last week at Williamsburg DIY Venue Death By Audio where their sound inspired heavy boozing, […]

Rafael Fuchs in a dress and Meryl Meisler setting up a photo shoot with the Rabbi from the Chabad

We are entering February this week, folks

By Katarina Hybenova