Community
Fiesta de Salsa y Salsa Brings the Heat to Bushwick Campus Farm
Bushwick Campus Farm will host both a salsa dancing class and a salsa cooking demonstration/contest this Saturday.
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Arts & Culture
Apocalyptic Porn Comedy to Screen at Brooklyn Fire Proof This Friday
Bushwick's own artist workspace, movie studio, and gallery hosts a free weekly summer outdoor film fest at sunset. This week's...
Arts & Culture
Four Approaching Fests Will All Celebrate Bushwick’s Zinesters
The next three weekends are a zine enthusiast's paradise as North Brooklyn becomes the home of multiple festivals dedicated to...
Community
Bushwick’s Smallest Bookworms Get Their Very Own Celebration at Woodhull Hospital
City's First Readers is a new program designed to pool the efforts of major literacy organizations throughout New York to...
Music and Nightlife
Photos: This is How Bushwick Beat the Heat at Out in the Streets!
Out in the Streets returned to the beautiful grounds of Onderdonk House for yet another year of art, music, food,...
Music and Nightlife
Free Music at Riis Park Beach Bazaar This Weekend
Eli Paperboy Reed and Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra will turn your beach day into a beach party.
Music and Nightlife
Out in the Streets Music Fest Takes Over the Nabe This Weekend!
The annual festival near the Bushwick/Ridgewood border always pleases with up-and-coming acts, great food, and great fun.
Community
A Literary Powerhouse in Bushwick Needs Artist Volunteers to Support Its Programming!
Bushwick's Still Waters in a Storm is helping kids discover their inner William Blakes this summer.
Arts & Culture
A Free Concert at Maria Hernandez Will Showcase Music by Bushwick Teens
Thursday's free performances are a great way to show support for emerging local artists!
Community
The J and Z Trains Will Run Local for Ten Months While the M Train is Down
More changes to an already confusing slate of repairs and closures will make 2017 the year of the transit headache.
Community
New Law Means Bushwick Landlords Will Have a Tougher Time Harassing Commercial Tenants
Commercial closures in gentrifying neighborhoods are often caused by landlords harassing tenants into breaking leases so they can find a...
Arts & Culture
A Viral Bushwick Artist Is Performing For Preschoolers
Ventiko is a meme—and also an arts educator.
Community
See Rent Rate Fluctuations by L Train Subway Stops (Then Scream & Move to Canarsie)
The shutdown is coming—and rent increases are stagnating, but not dropping.
Arts & Culture
James Franco Is Filming HBO’s ’70s-Era Porn Drama in Bushwick Today, “Gotham” Films Locally Thursday!
Bushwick is a hotbed of activity for film production, in part because the neighborhood's streets offer a panoply of classic...
Arts & Culture
Funny/Sexy/Sad Reading Series Hopes to Titillate Literary Bushwick
On July 14th, Molasses Books, Bushwick's beloved bar, cafe, and bookstore, will once again become the site of of a...
Restaurants
Bushwick Food Coop and the Doe Fund Are Bringing You Brownies to Help Fund Vocational Programs
Bushwick Food Coop and the Doe Fund (of the Ready, Willing & Able program) have partnered to make sure you...
News
Get Fancy, Bushwick! There is a French Wine Tasting at Hell Phone
Bushwick has no shortage of alcohol and alcohol-related events, but the Swirl & Sip Soiree is poised to bring a classic oenophilic...
Restaurants
Bushwick On Its Grind: You’re Invited on a Local Coffee Roastery Tour
Brooklyn's coffee scene is crowded, and every corner coffeeshop wants to serve up local beans roasted in our borough
Bushwick
The Department of City Planning Wants Your Input on Its “North Brooklyn Industrial Business Zone” Draft!
A second meeting about the North Brooklyn Industry and Innovation Plan will be held by the NYC Department of City...
News
Variance Music and Arts Festival Is Coming to Bushwick in August
Mark your calendars and get your tickets now for Variance, a 16 hour music and arts festival set to take...
Arts & Culture
A Great Day in Bushwick: Participate in a Local Arts Scene Class Photo This Weekend
As part of an effort to document the Bushwick artist community, long time Bushwick photographer Meryl Meisler and James Panero of...
Bushwick
Key Arrest Made in Ongoing Bushwick Cockfighting Saga
Many Bushwick residents wondered what happened to the animals retrieved from the roof and basement of 71 Central Ave after...
News
Our Wicked Lady Joins the Stacked Bushwick Brunch Lineup Starting this Weekend
Our Wicked Lady, Bushwick’s first and only rooftop bar, is throwing its hat into the brunch ring—but the bar, eatery,...
Mind and Body
Check Out Yoga for All at New Ridgewood Studio
All Yoga NYC is a new studio nestled on quiet Woodward Avenue in Ridgewood, feet from the Forest Ave M...
Bushwick
Jeff Kurzon Hopes to Rep Bushwick and Bring Progressive Policies to the US Congress
Jeff Kurzon hopes that younger voters' enthusiasm for progressive policies ignited by a grassroots effort by Bernie Sanders and his...
Bushwick
New Study Identifies Greatest Threats to Bushwick’s Affordable Housing
In a new report released by the ANHD, researchers culled data from multiple sources in order to find how many...
Arts & Culture
Satisfy Your Late Night Bushwick Art Cravings at Hot Summer Nights
A new event organized by Bushwick gallerists will extend gallery hours on one Friday night each summer month to give residents and art enthusiasts a chance...
Arts & Culture
DeKalb Ave’s Displaced Families Still Need Help: Support Them At This Benefit Show!
This Friday, you will have another opportunity to donate cash and household items to those displaced by the DeKalb Ave fire...
Bushwick
Bushwick’s L Train Fate Still Hangs in the Balance After Manhattan L Train Meeting
The Manhattan installment of the meeting about the L train shut down took place in 14th st's opulent Salvation Army...
News
Flexing Those Memory Muscles: a Q&A With Bushwick’s Trivia Masters
Here's the definitive round-up of where to prove your brain is the biggest.
News
Check out This Mobile, Solar Coffee Rig Dreamed Up by a Bushwick Couple
A local couple have hatched a plan to transform the neighborhood's exceptional coffee shop experience into a moveable feast
News
The Riders Alliance Wants Bushwick Residents to Offer Solutions to L Train Closure
Organizations like the L Train Coalition and the Riders Alliance are making sure Bushwick voices are heard in the ongoing...
Bushwick
Bushwick is Named 4th Most Gentrifying Neighborhood by NYU’s Furman Center
In case you were wondering Bushwick is not the most gentrifying neighborhood in the city
Arts & Culture
Bushwick High School Seniors: Apply for this “New York Values” Scholarship!
As most of us know, the cost of college is getting way out of hand, and in a city where...
East Williamsburg
Johnson Ave Coworking Space to Feature Rent-Free Gallery Space & Ramen Restaurant Next Door
Johnson Avenue might be the biggest determining factor in how the formerly industrial area between Williamsburg and Bushwick proper changes in the...
Arts & Culture
“Juliette, Will you Marry Me?” A Wedding Proposal Via Bushwick Street Art
Artist OptimoNYC spent all weekend creating this charming proposal piece on the side of a Bushwick building at the corner of...
Bushwick
Finally! MTA Schedules Public L Train Meeting for Cinco de Mayo
It's doubtless been a rough week for MTA officials after news broke that residents of homes beneath the M train...
Arts & Culture
Residents Facing MTA “Relocation” Meet to Share Concerns
Bushwick community members who occupy twenty-six apartments on the triangular block adjacent to the Myrtle Ave-Broadway station on the J,...
Arts & Culture
Photos: Officials Hold Ecuador Earthquake Vigil at Maria Hernandez Park
Borough President Eric Adams and other elected officials led a candlelight vigil in Bushwick's Maria Hernandez Park Wednesday night in...
Bushwick
How to Find Your Bushwick Polling Station
Your chance to vote in one of the more contentious primaries in recent election cycles has arrived! If you're already registered...
Bushwick
Bushwick Council Member Rafael Espinal Talks Bernie Sanders with Bushwick Daily
New York City Council member Rafael Espinal's district stretches from Bushwick to Cypress Hills and encompasses a hotly debated part of...
News
The Shop Brooklyn in Bushwick Closes After Only 13 Months
The Shop Brooklyn, one of Bushwick's few BBQ joints, is calling it quits after barely a year in business at its Starr...
News
Local Latino Activists Meet to Support Bernie on the Eve of Big Wisconsin Win
Central Station opened its doors to host the first Bushwick event for the National Latino Outreach Team for Bernie
Bushwick
The Center for Independence of the Disabled Needs Help Surveying Bushwick Polling Sites!
Not all polling sites are created equal, which is why the Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY)...
News
Alleged Thief Struck By Train, Disrupting E,M,F and R Service
The day after a track fire briefly halted morning service on the L train, the M train encountered major morning...
News
This Week’s New Yorker Cover Captures a Classic L Train Visual
Add this New Yoker cover to the long list of illustrations, essays, comics, tweets, and articles pointing out the many...
News
Hundreds Marched to Protest Unfair Housing Practices in Bushwick
On Wednesday, hundreds of people marched through the streets of Bushwick demanding visibility and accountability when it comes to
Bushwick
Today: Speak Out Against Bushwick’s Corrupt Landlords With a Vast Community Coalition
Hundreds of Bushwick residents take to the streets today to protest deplorable living conditions faced by members of our own community
Arts & Culture
Represent Bushwick on Brooklyn’s Inaugural Bookstore Crawl
Bookstore sales are up across the country for the first time since 2007, and we can't think of a better way...
Restaurants
Tickets Are Now Available for Local Fave Out in the Streets Music Fest
Out in the Streets is back at the historic Vander Ende-Onderdonk House for its fourth year