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Ahhh-CHOO! Here’s Where You Can Get Flu Shots in Bushwick
It's flu season! Here are some local pharmacies where you can get this year's flu shot.
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This East Williamsburg 21-year-old Has Been Missing Since Thursday Afternoon
Flushing Avenue resident Decatur Gooden left home yesterday after a dispute with family and has been missing since.
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Share your Experience of Gentrification this Sunday at Bushwick’s Owl Juice Pub
The second installment of the open forum The Exchange is happening this Sunday from 5-7 p.m. at Owl Juice Pub.
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It’s National Voter Registration Day, Bushwick! Make Sure You’re All Set!
Last night's debate was a doozy.
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UPDATE: Be There: The Date is Set for a Bushwick Community Plan Summit
If you're a Bushwick resident, then please attend this meeting!
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Where to Watch the First Presidential Debates in Bushwick
On Monday morning, the candidates were neck and neck in polls.
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Help The City Help Bushwick: It’s Time to Propose Participatory Budgeting Projects
From now through September 30th, Bushwick residents can submit proposals for public projects—and If selected at neighborhood assemblies, the projects...
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Bushwick’s DeKalb Library Won Funding for Two Exemplary Programs This Fall
"Bushwick Crossroads" and "Tracing Your Roots" are the two winning programs which are free and open to the public at...
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Bushwick Studio Apartment Rents Just Jumped by Nearly 10 Percent, Report Indicates
An annual report by real estate firm MNS states that at the end of the summer, the average rent for...
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Ask the MTA Your Questions about the L and M Train Shutdowns at a Meeting in Ridgewood Tonight
MTA officials will be on hand to speak with authority to the public's questions, concerns and other thoughts about the...
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Bushwick Based Clothing Brand Wants You to Look Like a Million Bucks in Tailor-made Threads
In an age of customizable everything, Elsa and Me seeks to bring tailoring back to the dress.
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Primary Day is Upon Us! Get Out and Vote, Bushwick
Bushwick's primaries might boil down to Medina vs Dilan, but they are a true sign that the general election season...
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Knickerbocker Avenue’s Controversial Bike Lane Is Finally in Place!
The bike lane was strongly opposed by many Bushwick residents, including New York State Assembly member Maritza Davila.
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Gates Avenue J Train Commuters Are Petitioning to Open Up a Locked End of Their Station
"It's Time To Open The Gates At The Gates Station," declares the petition.
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Help Find the Dognapper who Stole a Puppy From a Bushwick Laundromat
Have you seen Pippen? This little Cockalier needs your help.
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Meet the Bushwick Astrologer Who Posts Weekly Horoscopes at Little Skips!
Alice Sparkly Kat focuses on social identity within her astrology practice.
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Bushwick Residents Designed a Neighborhood Map for Housing Advocacy—Learn to Use it This Thursday!
The Bushwick Community Map integrates data from city records into an easily navigable resource for tenants and homeowners trying to...
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An Expansive, Creative Workspace Will Open on Cook Street this Winter
The East Williamsburg building will include community gathering spaces for those collaborative moments we've all been hearing about.
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Photos: Our Favorite Instagram Pix of Yesterday Evening’s Breathtaking Double Rainbow Over Bushwick
Sometimes you endure unbearable humidity and get caught in a crazy storm—and then get treated to a spectacular sight in...
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City Reps Address Community Homeless Shelter Concerns at East Williamsburg Public Meeting
Officials met with community members at Varet Street's Green Fitness Studio to discuss plans for the 140 bed shelter slated...
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Start Planning Now: Bushwick’s Drunken Debate Watch Parties Are In the Works Already
Because no one is going to want to watch these debates alone or sober.
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The State and Local Primary Registration Deadline is Coming—Make Sure You Can Vote in Bushwick!
The registration deadline for the September 13th primaries is the Friday after this coming one, so now's the time to...
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Got Ideas on How to Fight Displacement? Bring Them to Mayday Space
The meeting on August 20th is set to bring together individuals and organizations fighting predatory housing practices across the city.
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This High Profile Activist Will Speak at Bushwick’s Base Next Weekend
Eric McDavid has had a turbulent past decade—and his experiences are both riveting and highly topical in the current political...
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Exclusive: New York Loft Hostel in East Williamsburg Is Turning Into a 140-Bed Homeless Shelter
European tourists from New York Loft Hostel will be replaced with homeless men.
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No K2! Bushwick Community and Business Owners Join the Doe Fund March Against the Drug
The Doe Fund marched against K2 on Tuesday afternoon, making it their second public demonstration against the highly addictive drug.
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The E Train in East Williamsburg Could Be Our Saving Grace When the L Shuts Down
Bushwickians could see an easier route from Manhattan into Brooklyn by way of an E train running along the existing...
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Join the Doe Fund Tuesday for a Community March Against K2
"There was no help for New York's poorest neighborhoods during the crack epidemic in the 1980s. That is no longer...
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For the Next Three Weeks, Bushwick is Without Weeknight L Service
Don't plan on getting around Bushwick on the L between 10:30 p.m. and 5 a.m. on any weeknights for the...
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Bushwick’s Beloved Neighborhood Vet Is Getting Tech-Savvy Upgrades—and a New Location!
The upgrades at The Neighborhood Vet will make for an overall more efficient and streamlined experience.
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Photos: Police Seek Thief Who Snatched a Phone Through a Window in Bushwick
The suspect was able to reach in through the window by standing on an upturned bucket.
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Help Identify an Elderly Man Found Wandering in Bushwick During Saturday’s Heat
The man in question was seen wandering the area surrounding the 83rd Precinct at around 11:30 p.m. last Saturday, July...
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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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Update: Sword-Wielding Man Arrested for Menacing Strangers in Bushwick’s Maria Hernandez Park
911 calls about the man characterized him as wielding multiple swords and threatening members of the public.
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Update: Police Seek Burglar Who Raped Bushwick Woman at Gunpoint Monday
The woman was woken by the sound of her door opening, then found herself at gunpoint.
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Do You Think the NYPD Should Wear Body Cameras? It’s Your Final Week to Say So
The NYPD and the Policing Project at New York University's School of Law want to know whether the public thinks...
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It’s Official: The L Is Shutting Down Between Manhattan & Brooklyn for A Year and a Half
Nearly eight months after news first broke that the L would be shut down extensively, the MTA is making the...
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Photos: Police Seek Five Men Who Mugged Two Pedestrians in Bushwick Last Month
A group of men who robbed two individuals in Bushwick in the early hours of Wednesday, June 22nd were caught...
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Bushwick Will Represent at the Brooklyn Museum’s Anti-Gentrification and Displacement Forum Sunday
The forum takes place on Sunday, July 24th, and will feature speakers, musical performances, and discussions followed by a march...
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A Local Hospital Has Millions to Spend on Improvements. Any Ideas?
Sit down next Monday with New York State's Commissioner of Public Health and tell him what changes you'd like to...
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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...
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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.
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Thirty-three K2 Users Were Hospitalized by a “Bad Batch” of the Street Drug At Myrtle Broadway
The affected individuals were hallucinating, vomiting and passed out along sidewalks beneath the JMZ.
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A guy walked into a narcotics arrest in Bed-Stuy while playing Pokemon Go
Underneath the augumented reality of Pokemon Go are real Brooklyn streets.
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This Bushwick Impresario’s Viral Statement About Racial Injustice Is Absolutely Essential Viewing
"Yeah, all lives matter and like, humans need to treat humans properly, but seriously, there's something systematically wrong, where people...
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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.
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NYPD Community Affairs Issues Heat Advisory for NYC
According to the National Weather Service, "The combination of heat and humidity is expected to make it feel like it...
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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...
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How Local Advocates Want to Address Bushwick’s Race, Class & Affordable Housing Issues
An expert panel on gentrification versus affordable housing in New York City filled audience members with frustration—and hope.
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MTA Promises to Rehouse Bushwick Residents During M Train Work “On Our Dime”
Pet care, security guards, Chinese takeouts every night -- MTA makes big promises to Bushwick residents who will be displaced...