Arts & Culture
Bushwick’s Hard Swingin’ Holy Man Hits The Big Screen
A new documentary chronicles the "dirty gospel" of the Bushwick Abbey's Vince Anderson.
All Articles by Matt Fink
Food and Drink
The Seneca Is Back, With Several New Strings to Its Bow
Since the fateful month of March 2020, the Ridgewood bar and restaurant has added a general store and a farmer’s...
Food and Drink
Meet Grilled!, Bushwick’s New Dentist-Owned Vegan Joint
The highly affordable walk-up is attached to Bushwick Dental Group and offers a few meatless nods to Latin American cuisine.
Community
Orient Grove: East Williamsburg’s Best Kept Secret
The roots are deep at a little known garden oasis in East Williamsburg
Food and Drink
The Digestivos Go Down Easy At Ammazzacaffé
A Michelin-approved highlight just off Graham Avenue stays under-the-radar, with a focus on digestivos.
Food and Drink
The Rookery Returns
Picking up a new chef from the shuttered Spotted Pig, a decade-old Troutman street haunt reopens its doors
News
A Nightmare on Irving Avenue
At one building, a landlord accused of 'warehousing' and 'frankensteining' is emblematic of the ongoing rental crisis.
Food and Drink
Baked Goods, Booze & Banh Mi On Wyckoff Avenue
Two Stumptown vets serve Vietnamese fare and a bakery menu put together by Scratchbread's Matthew Tilden
News
Paperboy Love Prince Kicks Petition Month Off With Flair
'Bigger than getting on the ballot is taking care of what we need to take care of,' the local candidate...
Food and Drink
Paloma’s Has A New Spot On Knickerbocker
Taking over the space from the shuttered Guadalupe Inn, Paloma’s BK is focusing on traditional Oaxaca fare.
Community
Off The Avenue: A Family Butcher Shop Grinds On
The Albanian family behind Melinda's are only the latest in the last century to sell meat on Greene Avenue
News
What More Street Vendor Permits Means For Bushwick
But some local restaurateurs have safety concerns: "There are a lot of street vendors I won’t eat from"
Food and Drink
Bushwick Bartenders Dress Down For Pin Ups
Local barkeeps make a brief 'pivot' to modeling to make ends meet.
Food and Drink
Bars Turn To Hibernation As Industry Struggles With Cuomo’s Changing COVID Directives
Neighborhood stalwarts like Pearl’s, Old Stanley’s and 3 Diamond Door are calling it quits for now, while several others circulate...
Food and Drink
Peter’s Crunchy Red Tacos Brings Birria To Bushwick
A block from the Jefferson L Stop Is the latest hot spot for birria aficionados
News
Morgan Ave. L Station Plagued By Assaults in Last Two Months
The victims, all women between the ages of 24 and 36, have been attacked while walking alone between 8 -10...
Community
Halsey Ale House Owner Starts Gofundme For Employees Following Fire
On the evening of December 8th Halsey Ale House caught fire.
News
Paperboy Prince & Kathryn Garcia Exchange Pies & Ideas
The pair of mayoral candidates met in Bushwick for one of Prince's pie-flinging political conversations.
News
Bushwick Nurse Among Time Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People Of 2020
Amy O'Sullivan treated Wyckoff Medical Center's first Covid case, a woman who also became New York City's first Covid fatality....
Food and Drink
NYC Bagel Chain Black Seed Brings Montreal Flavor to Bushwick
Black Seed, which has seven stores scattered around the city, is known for combining - in a way some purists...
Food and Drink
New Bar Offers Beer, Art, Shuffleboard and Just a Touch of Dystopia
Mika is what opening a bar during a pandemic looks like, complete with a domed VIP lounge. But it offers...
Food and Drink
Money Is Power: Support Local Black-owned Businesses
Bushwick is home to several black-owned cafes and restaurants. Supporting them helps the community as surely as a protest or...
Food and Drink
Hospitality Under Siege: Pizzette & Gordo’s Cantina
This edition of "Under Siege" profiles two eateries whose focus - apart from staying afloat in trying times - is...
Food and Drink
A Broken Social Scene On Crutches: Bushwick Booze To Go
In order to survive the pandemic, several Bushwick bars have brought the party outdoors to meet drinkers in the warm...
Food and Drink
Sweet Chili, Acclaimed for Creative Southeast Asian Food, To Reopen For Pickup & Delivery
Lisa Fernandes opened Sweet Chili late last year, only to close in early March. A smaller menu of her creative...
Food and Drink
Bushwick’s Source For BBQ Brisket Pho Re-Opens for Delivery
While Lucy's reopening and expansion couldn't have come at a worse time, Huynh is confident his restaurants, which already rely...
Community
Restaurant 191 Knickerbocker Transforms Itself Into Source For Two Hot Squares a Day
191 Knickerbocker, which prior to the COVID pandemic provided Bushwick with skillfully executed comfort food, has partnered with local organization...
Community
Brooklyn Renters are Organizing, Sharing Resources and Lobbying Cuomo on Facebook
Grove resident Matt Clifford created a Facebook page in which the city and state governments' response to the COVID crisis...
Food and Drink
Hospitality Under Siege: An Inside Look at How Bushwick Distilleries are Innovating to Survive
This column's opening entry profiles two business owners - a distiller and a sake brewer - and their navigation through...
News
Council Candidate Rick Echevarria Confronts Alleged Bushwick Price Gougers
The District 37 candidate posted a video online in which he can be seen questioning the warehouse manager of a...
News
Floating hospital headed for New York Harbor
The 1,000 bed USNS Comfort, which is set to arrive mid-April, will be used to help relieve New York hospitals...
Food and Drink
Bushwick Restaurant Appeals Directly to Customers Amid Cronavirus Hysteria
Yummy 88, a small, take-out Chinese restaurant on the corner of Wilson and Willoughby streets, victim of New Yorkers's eschewing...
Food and Drink
Gordo’s Cantina Helps Make Bushwick A Destination for Authentic Mexican Food
Gordo's executive chef, Mexico City native Reyna Morales, is a 25-year veteran of the industry; her food is evidence both...
Food and Drink
Pizzette Serves Tradition, Quality and $1 Oysters in East Williamsburg
Pizzette opened last summer, and became known not only for its pitch perfect pies but for its Monday night $1...
Food and Drink
Shinobu Kato: Puncturing Sake’s Posh Image One Glass At a Time
You can take the boy out of Koenji, Tokyo, but you can’t take Koenji out of the boy.
Food and Drink
Uruguayan Restaurant Tabaré Brings Chivito Sando to Bushwick
The restaurant, open as of November 14, serves mouthwatering traditional Uruguayan classics, and daily Happy Hour specials.
News
Bushwick Nonprofit Offers Free Wellness Checks to New Yorkers
Riseboro is taking preventative health care to the next level.
Food and Drink
Cider Feast Comes to Williamsburg, this Weekend
Featuring foods and ciders from around the world.
Food and Drink
Bushwick Restaurant Hard Times Grows Up
Here’s what to expect from the new trio of owners revamping Hard Times Christmas Liquors At The Sunset Bar.
Arts & Culture
Local Activist to Create Music Label for Incarcerated Artists
Die Jim Crow is a non-profit shining the light on ex and currently incarcerated musicians.
Guides
Buen Provecho: A Bushwick Food Tour of Latinx Cuisines
From Peruvian ceviche to Honduran baleadas!
Business
Bushwick’s MÔTÔ Spirits Distills Rare Rice Whisky and Apple Liquor Inspired by Vietnam & Croatia
A business inspired by travel and motorcycles brings rare distillates to the neighborhood.
Food and Drink
Halsey Ale House: Bushwick Native Reimagines Pawn Shop as Bar
The bar stands out in its sense of pride, both in a bygone Bushwick and the zone’s present iteration.
Guides
Bushwick Distilleries: Your Guide to the Best Spirit Makers in the Area
Bushwick is home to creative, hand-crafted liquors.
Guides
Bushwick Breweries: Your Guide to the Best Beer Makers in the Area
Since the early 1800s, Bushwick has been one of the central locations for beer making in the New York area.
Guides
Your Bushwick Guide to $1 Oyster Happy Hours
Summer is almost at its end, here's how to spend the last dreamy afternoons!