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Harlem Hospital expands hours at its adult sickle cell clinic
NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem expanded its Adult Sickle Cell Clinic to full-day hours on Mondays and Fridays, 8am to 4pm,...
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New York City has one public toilet for every 8,500 people. Here’s where 17 new free toilets are going.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani announced the first physical rollout of a $4 million pilot program installing 17 free, ADA-accessible modular...
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Your guide to events in Bushwick, Ridgewood and beyond: September 16-22, 2026
A Bushwick painter is opening a gallery in her own apartment, a free cumbia festival takes over a community garden,...
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Union Square Partnership’s Harvest benefit returns November 10 with Gramercy Tavern and Union Square Cafe
Union Square Partnership's 28th annual Harvest benefit will be held November 10 at Civic Hall, featuring tastings from Gramercy Tavern,...
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nuclear cinema screens ‘We Live in Public’ at Signal on September 23, with Josh Harris on the panel
The independent screening series nuclear cinema will show Ondi Timoner's 2009 documentary "We Live in Public" at Signal, 175 Morgan...
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Army veteran Yanko Valentin-Perez leads Wilfred La Salle’s Bushwick-shot film on FOX Soul
Wilfred La Salle left an 18-year NYC career to make films with no budget. His seventh, The Veteran, shot at...
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Mamdani launches Memory Markers, a citywide 9/11 tribute on LinkNYC kiosks
Memory Markers puts the stories of the New Yorkers who carried the city through 9/11 on LinkNYC kiosks, a day...
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Mamdani signs executive order creating a first-in-the-nation Office of Worker Power
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order on September 3 creating the Mayor's Office of Worker Power, described as the...
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We went in search of the lowest grocery prices in Bushwick. 13 receipts later, here’s what we found.
Our summer investigation finds a few clear winners, a handful of budget-killers, and one surprise champion.
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Housing court will fast-track cases with vacate orders, broken elevators and hazardous violations
Mayor Mamdani announced that New York City housing courts will now require parties in the most severe emergency cases —...
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Mayor Mamdani, USTA Announce 1,000 Discounted Tickets to US Open for New Yorkers
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the United States Tennis Association are selling 1,000 discounted $100 US Open tickets to New York...
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KidSuper’s Colm Dillane is giving five Brooklyn designers $5,000 and a Fashion Week runway at Borough Hall
Borough President Antonio Reynoso and KidSuper founder Colm Dillane are bringing The People's Runway back to Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza...
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You can buy a Bushwick one-bedroom for $219,500 in the neighborhood’s first for-sale housing lottery since 2020
A housing lottery closing September 3 offers 16 affordable co-op apartments for first-time buyers at two new Bushwick buildings on...
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A new natural wine fair hits Honey’s on August 9, with rooftop pours, DJs and tattoos
FORMAT, a new natural wine fair, launches at Honey's in Bushwick on August 9, featuring Finger Lakes and Hudson Valley...
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City sends cease-and-desist letters to more than 40 online retailers over illegal e-bikes and scooters
New York City sent cease-and-desist letters to over 40 retailers, including Amazon and Walmart, demanding they stop selling illegal e-bikes...
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New York City fills first 2,000 seats in its new free universal childcare program for two-year-olds
New York City has filled its first 2,000 free 2-K seats for two-year-olds, launching its universal childcare program with $1.2...
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SummerStage is selling naming rights to Central Park VIP seats for $5,000 to mark 40 years
SummerStage is offering naming rights to VIP seats in Central Park for $5,000 to celebrate its 40th anniversary and sustain...
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Permits filed for a 15-story mixed-use building at 23 Spencer Street in Bed-Stuy
Permits have been filed for a 15-story mixed-use building at 23 Spencer Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, near the Flushing Avenue G...
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Print Center New York hosts a block carving and Turkish coffee workshop August 22
Print Center New York hosts a Turkish coffee and linoleum block carving workshop led by artist Melih Meriç on August...
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MoMA members get the final day with the Marcel Duchamp retrospective on August 23
MoMA reserves the final day of its Marcel Duchamp retrospective for members only, closing to the public on August 23....
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NYC delivery workers have earned $104 million in tips since city banned hidden tipping prompts on apps
New York City delivery workers have earned over $104 million in tips since a January law forced apps to display...
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The region’s blood supply just hit its lowest level since COVID. A Bushwick drive on July 28 wants your arm
The New York Blood Center is holding a blood drive at NYPD Patrol Borough Brooklyn North in Bushwick on July...
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The Knicks won their first title in 53 years. A Bushwick man is now facing federal arson charges for the burning bus in Times Square that night
Jonathan Strahs, 30, of Bushwick, faces federal arson charges for setting fire to a charter bus in Times Square during...
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A Ridgewood fire jumped from one building to the next. Eight households are now starting over with Red Cross checks
A two-alarm fire at 590 Grandview Ave. in Ridgewood displaced 14 adults from eight households; Council Member Phil Wong and...
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Broadway’s biggest characters are getting interrogated in East Williamsburg, and nothing is off-limits
Comedians in full Broadway character face audience Q&A at Eris in East Williamsburg for Musical Theatre Foolishness, a talkback-turned-improv spectacle...
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Williamsburg restaurant Mesiba closes permanently
Mesiba, the Levantine restaurant inside Williamsburg's Moxy Hotel, has closed permanently. The Eastern Mediterranean spot served its final tables on...
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A Crown Heights condo deal just closed for $109 million, and nobody’s saying which building sold
A major Crown Heights condo transaction closed for $109 million, according to Crain's New York Business, though details including the...
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The G is losing nearly 40 percent of its 2026 weekends to the signal fix the MTA swears is worth it
The MTA says shutting down the G train is necessary to modernize its signals, promising improved reliability for Bushwick, East...
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A crane is taking over Heyward Street in Williamsburg: weekday 9-to-4 closures start July 27 and run through late October
Heyward Street between Wythe and Bedford Avenues in Williamsburg will close weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting July...
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Gen Z turns to urban gardening for mental health and sustainability
Young New Yorkers, including a Williamsburg resident, are turning apartments and rooftops into gardens for mental health and sustainability since...
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City Council approves Monitor Point rezoning on the Greenpoint waterfront
The NYC City Council approved the Monitor Point rezoning July 17, clearing the way for 1,324 Greenpoint waterfront apartments, with...
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Monitor Point just cleared the City Council: 662 of its 1,324 new Greenpoint waterfront apartments will be permanently affordable
The NYC Council approved Monitor Point, a 1,324-unit mixed-income complex on Greenpoint’s waterfront, with 662 permanently affordable homes after Lincoln...
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Frost Street is getting pedestrian ramps torn up and rebuilt at eight intersections starting Monday, with Cornelia and Bushwick Avenue on the list too
Eight intersections along Frost Street in East Williamsburg will see pedestrian ramps torn out and rebuilt from July 20–25, with...
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NYC froze rent on roughly a million stabilized apartments. If yours isn’t one, your landlord can still charge whatever they want.
The NYC Rent Guidelines Board froze rent on roughly a million stabilized apartments, but Bushwick tenants in unregulated units still...
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Brooklyn Public Library launches free summer lecture series across seven neighborhood spaces
Brooklyn Public Library's free Sips & Scholars series hosts seven talks at Brooklyn cafes, gardens, and park houses, including The...
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Waacking was born in Black queer LA clubs in the ’70s. Now South Korea’s top dancers are bringing it to Brooklyn on July 26.
Waacking, born in Black queer LA clubs in the '70s, arrives in Brooklyn on July 26 with South Korea’s top...
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Nydia Velázquez held NY-7 for 30 years. Here’s what the four candidates running to replace her were fighting over.
After 30 years, Rep. Nydia Velázquez is stepping down, opening NY-7 to four major candidates debating commercial rent, G train...
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The hospital where much of Bushwick gives birth just added chaplains for pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and the staff who take it home
Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn has launched a trauma-informed chaplaincy program to support pregnant and postpartum patients facing pregnancy loss, domestic...
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The air over New York City is officially ‘unhealthy’: Canadian wildfire smoke and heat pushed the whole state into advisory territory
Bushwick and all of NYC faced 'Unhealthy' air quality on July 16 due to Canadian wildfire smoke and high heat,...
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MTA is holding pop-up workshops in stations along the IBX route to gather rider feedback
The MTA is setting up pop-up workshops this summer in subway stations along the proposed Interborough Express route to collect...
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Bushwick’s council member wants extra trash pickup for the city’s party blocks. The bill doesn’t say who pays.
Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez introduced a bill to create official nightlife districts in NYC, allowing neighborhoods like Bushwick to request...
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H0L0 ran four events in five days last week. Binary Shift is up next at the Ridgewood venue this Thursday at 10 p.m.
H0L0 in Ridgewood hosted four electronic music events last week and returns this Thursday, July 23, with Binary Shift at...
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Williamsburg’s Giglio is up: a 70-foot tower of saints and angels, carried through the streets by 100 men for the 139th year
The 70-foot Giglio tower, adorned with saints and flowers, has been lifted in Williamsburg for the 139th annual Our Lady...
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Bark Barbecue opened dry. Its SLA license just cleared, and you can now order a Tamarindo Fizz with your brisket.
Bark Barbecue in Bushwick has received its SLA license and now serves wine-based cocktails like the Tamarindo Fizz alongside smoked...
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fabric has never thrown a party in New York. In September it takes over the K Bridge with Jeff Mills and Helena Hauff
London club fabric hosts its first-ever New York party at Brooklyn’s Under the K Bridge on September 5 with Jeff...
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NYC Parks is running free overnight camping in all five boroughs, tents included
NYC Parks is offering free overnight camping trips across all five boroughs this fall, tents provided. Brooklyn's next session is...
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NYC’s landlord enforcement system has been running on paper for years. The Mamdani administration is digitizing it and launching a campaign to go after the city’s worst violators.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a major overhaul of NYC's housing code enforcement, digitizing paper-based systems and launching a 'Fix the...
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Judah Friedlander of 30 Rock is doing a 10 p.m. set in Bushwick for $15, BYOB
Comedian Judah Friedlander, known for his role on 30 Rock, headlines a 10 p.m. Saturday set at Bushwick Comedy Club...
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A Greenpoint building is becoming six-story apartments. First, 355 tons of contaminated soil have to go
A three-story building at 1098 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint will be redeveloped into a six-story residential building after 355 tons...
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Mamdani promised fast and free buses. His new $882 million plan is all fast, no free.
Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul unveiled an $882 million plan to speed up NYC buses 20 percent, but the free...