Pumps, one of New York’s “last old school strip clubs,” has survived the COVID pandemic.

Bushwick’s reputation as a artistic boob haven is about to get another boost this Sunday: Brooklyn’s favorite titty-bar is going to put on a variety show featuring the very best of New York’s burlesque and vocal talent, Pumps employees

“I have been really interested in drawing dancers,” says artist and curator Aubrey Roemer under the dim light at Pumps, a strip bar on Grand St

Okay, to be clear, when the book first opens, a man called Jim, looking earnestly into Jacqueline’s anus on her very first day as a stripper, is a client

Part subversive, sarcastic piss-take on modern commerce, part avante-garde art party and all ass-dropping dance orgy called Club Dallas is going down this coming Friday at the new-ish venue Aviv (located all the way down at 496 Morgan Ave in Greenpoint)

Bushwick has seen plenty of bizarre nudity over the years–whether it’s burlesque, shows ar Bizarre, smallest dick contest, or an old-fashion strip club Pumps

Tinashe, Shygirl, Vanessa Vanjie and a cannon of condoms explode in Bushwick

Gordo’s executive chef, Mexico City native Reyna Morales, is a 25-year veteran of the industry; her food is evidence both of abundant experience and intimate knowledge of her country’s cuisine.

North Brooklyn and Bushwick feature heavily in Joshua D. Fischer’s interview series.

Here’s the definitive round-up of where to prove your brain is the biggest.

Pumps isn’t working with a whole lot of space, but the mirrors on every wall give you the sense of hidden corners, side rooms and secret doors

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Sometimes “DIY” just sounds glorious but all it really just means is that you have to do everything yourself

Yes, finally, after two years of waiting impatiently for a show in Bushwick that features a “human chandelier,” the brand new (and not quite finished) House Of Yes is having an open house this Saturday, June 6, from 6 to 8 p

I first moved to the Bushwick/Bed-Stuy border in 2009 with two other ladies, recent college grads

You’ve felt it coming for a while

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By Dimitrios Manousakis & Katarina Hybenova

“My name is God Complex, but you can call me Daddy”

A group of Asian-American pole dancers lights up clubs like House of Yes and the Red Pavilion.

Scenes among “a discoherent group of young people making a discoherent collection of art”

From House Of Yes to Elsewhere and back again

Organizers Qween Jean and Gia Love call for Bushwick to support the Black Lives Matter movement and the LGBTQ+ community. If you say “BLM” and do not support the queer Black community, then you are not for liberation, Qween said.

Check out these LGBTQ+ businesses in and around Bushwick during Pride month and beyond.

A sneak preview of The Rose Room, a nighttime variety show at the queer bar and performance space the 3 Dollar Bill

A former head chef at Mission Chinese makes her solo debut at an all day cafe in Ridgewood

Local barkeeps make a brief ‘pivot’ to modeling to make ends meet.

An Interview with Teresa Braun, Drag/Genderf*ck curator at The Brick Theater

The most epic, inclusive and diverse dance parties in Bushwick.

The band dishes on the process behind making their latest record and much more!

The Seneca also has great fries.

Lou Tides is a project of passion.