As New York City gears up for the 2024 elections, Bushwick stands at a pivotal point due to its history as a bellwether for progressive voting patterns across the country.
“Really big deal,” says local pol
A local community fridge faces the threat of eviction, among other troubles
Scenes among “a discoherent group of young people making a discoherent collection of art”
A short documentary makes the case for a new pump track as a democratizing force
“That’s the kind of thing that happens when a community gets split.”
“The fix was in from the beginning,” one congressman bemoaned before the lines were changed.
A mildly contentious lieutenant governor race gives a local career politician a possible comeback.
Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”
Bushwick’s answer to Kacey Musgraves is a Texas transplant who generates feels from deep inside the major label machine
Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board, established by the PROMESA law in 2016, has “exacerbated the structural inequalities and austerity in Puerto Rico,” one local leader said.
The neighborhood is called Williamsburg, East Williamsburg or Bushwick, depending on who you ask.
Juan Ardila, the 27-year-old progressive, came up roughly 500 votes shy against incumbent Councilman Robert Holden, with roughly 46 percent of the vote according to early tallies. Ardila hasn’t yet conceded.
The roots are deep at a little known garden oasis in East Williamsburg
Amid a rental crisis in North Brooklyn, few candidates have presented a plan to deal with rental debt
A new arts platform called Paradice Palase wants to sell art for under $800 and ‘wearable art’ for even less
‘I have not formally endorsed yet, but…’ the former Bushwick councilman says, with a wink.
‘They can no longer keep up with the rent. You’ve seen Myrtle Avenue, it’s all empty, it’s all for rent.’
A month of shortages and distribution issues has left COVID vaccination rates in surrounding neighborhoods to hover around 3 and 4%
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.
A vegan bar, music venue, and communal hub takes space in what was once a coffin factory.
Experience an outdoor show, where the neighborhood becomes part of the story.
Making sustainability easy, cheap, and accessible to the Gen Z and millennial crowd.
The story of a webcam model, pigeon keeper, and a man haunted by ghosts, come together in at the backdrop of Bushwick.
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Maria Herron, founder and co-owner of Mil Mundos, is a Cuban-American New York City native, who wanted to create an accessible space for the locals.
How and what is impacting the rental market in Ridgewood?
New interactive map by CUNY helps organizations with the upcoming population census.
Brooklyn has a rich, hidden theater history!
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There have been four reported closures in Brooklyn in less than a year—three of them, Silent Barn, The Gateway and The Spectrum/Dreamhouse, were based in Bushwick.