On Wednesday we reported that a new (fabulously looking) outdoor “urban oasis,” Nowadays, which includes a bar, restaurant and games such as bocce ball, Ping Pong, chess and backgammon, is slated to open in Ridgewood close to the Halsey L train stop

Soap bubbles, tiny tequilas, violently damaged Golem of Bushwick, poetry, industrial landscape, multi-person ping pong, Joy Ride

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.

Summer is here!

Mondays are about get a whole lot better.

No more schlepping to Williamsburg or Greenpoint for a night of bowling

A bar? A venue? A… backyard? The simplicity behind Nowadays, the new outdoor space off the Halsey L on Ridgewood-Bushwick border, means it can be all that and more. All winter this California girl dreamt about summer, and now, it’s finally arrived. As it turns out, my dreams of BBQs and beach days, short shorts and […]

The good days are not behind us

By Katarina Hybenova, Maria Gotay & Lauren Piper

Roots *Note: Translations may be partially inaccurate because I have limited language skills in French, Spanish, and Yiddish. If you have any translation qualms, drop a line.  BUSHWICK SAYS… is back. I document lives of Bushwick residents and strangers through random pictures, quotes, stories, and anecdotes. This week I met a lot of foreigners. “I should […]

By Alexander Robinson 

“If it’s gonna prevent me from getting my things stolen, I’ll do it.”

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.

Co-authored with Spanish translation by Will Giron

You’re welcome.

Oi, we’ve got the August blues

While deep in the depths of a seemingly never ending winter, it is hard to even imagine that a life without layers of clothing, windchill and snowfall may (potentially) exist in a few short weeks

A spectacular fan routine. Two hot days and nights of heavy drinking, nipples, genitals, a wedding, drugs, sweaty wigs, lip syncing, heavy beats, hardcore rifts and exuberant dancing. It was two nights of Bushwig this year and anything less would have taken the joy out of life. On Saturday the 6th, right in the middle of […]

If you’re like us and you loooooove music festivals, you may be quietly shedding tears over the (impending) arrival of fall and the end of festival season

Bunna Cafe has become a staple in Brooklyn’s pop-up food shop trend, bringing their mouth-watering Ethiopian food to bars and fairs in Bushwick and beyond

We’re not sure if anyone from Bushwick will ever make it to heaven, but one thing we can say for sure – praying is a lot easier with The Pains of Being Pure at Heart rocking at the church

For some reason, December is the month for shows