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Sobre Masa Brings a Tortilleria, Taqueria and Mexican Cocktails to Bushwick

The air on Harrison Place, between Morgan and Knickerbocker Avenues, is filling with the smell of freshly made tortillas.

Bushwick Film Workers Hopeful the Looming IATSE Strike Will Change Industry Culture

For Bushwick film workers, the IATSE strike indicates a potential shift in how the film industry operates.

Netflix Studio Coming to Bushwick, With State Tax Credits

The studio, which is projected to open in September, will be big enough to film two TV shows or one blockbuster movie.

Pleasure Pavilions Exhibit Set to Close July 16: Catch It While You Can

The last exhibit of “Pleasure Pavilions: a series of installations” will close on Friday at the Luhring Augustine Gallery's Bushwick location.

How Did The Brooklyn Democratic Party Get Here?

From party chairs to district leaders to canceled elections.

These Brooklyn Democrats Say They Go Where Socialists Won’t

"The DSA needs to do a better job of organizing in those life-long Brooklynite communities," say young Democratic Party organizers.

Local Mutual Aid Groups Say They’ll Sit City Elections Out

'The work is political, but we don’t want so much to get caught in a lot of the Brooklyn party politics'

City Council Candidates Rail Against Conversions

'I am fundamentally opposed to the privatization of public housing as an institution,' says Rick Echevarria

All About That Paper Boy Love Prince

The race's youngest candidate is from Bushwick and is a rapper