The Ridgewood compost drop-off site is open from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. every Saturday.
As we continue to welcome in the new year, let’s just take one more look back at 2021.
Mitchell Borden on societal expectations, jazz, cell phones, money, retirement, childhood and more.
With over 74 drop-off or chipping sites citywide, find a Mulchfest location near you.
Maria Hernandez Park, Mominette, Wonderville, L’Imprimerie, Irving Avenue and more. Here’s how 11 of Bushwick’s most notable places got their names.
With Covid cases rising across Bushwick and all of NYC, some are abandoning their holiday plans and spending Christmas by themselves.
The Department of Transportation is installing several pedestrian improvements at the intersection of Highland Boulevard and Vermont Place.
Ridgewood Rescue is a nonprofit pending organization addressing the neighborhood population of stray cats and kittens through its TNR (trap, neuter, return) program, socialization, adoptions and community education.
La organización sin fines de lucro Mil Mundos en Común ha lanzado “Conectando a Bushwick,” su primera recaudación de fondos para financiar la instalación de internet gratuito en hogares que lo necesiten.
The non-profit Mil Mundos en Común has launched “Getting Bushwick Connected,” its first fundraiser to subsidize the installation of free internet for households in need.
Piles of trash and overflowing waste baskets have been permeating Bushwick for most of 2021.
“This is a wonderful thing,” said Robert Camacho, the chair of Bushwick’s community board
This holiday season, here’s how you can volunteer your time to help others in our community.
El servicio de compostaje en la acera se reanudó en Octubre de este año, pero solo en algunos barrios elegibles.
The curbside composting service resumed in October this year, but only in some eligible neighborhoods.
Residents no longer have to take the 30-minute walk to Know Waste Lands to compost.
Resident-led groups can receive cash grants of $5,000 to support their projects.
The festival will feature student artwork and performances, a Thanksgiving dinner and a tour of Meryl Meisler’s “Paradise Lost & Found: Bushwick” installation.
The display seeks to bring a festive holiday spirit and, in turn, increased economic activity to the area.
“Come by any time. Take a plant, leave a plant.”
To attend the day-long event filled with music, presentations, a graduation ceremony and the mural reveal, be sure to RSVP.
Request an escort home, hail a cab on your phone or call your local Bushwick cab service!
“There’s a huge need for all kinds of things here,” said Rooney. “That’s something we learn every single day. Housing, food, clothing, ESL services, definitely mental health.”
The Butterfly Project, a collage surrounding the narratives of immigration and migration, will cover an entire wall in Senator Julia Salazar’s office.
How to bring curbside composting to Bushwick, according to the DSNY, and where you can drop off your compost in the meantime.
Nicole De Santis, co-founder of Clean Bushwick Initiative, has a solution.
To those who want to get involved in their community, but aren’t sure where to start, Chloe says to ‘Just go for it!’
Taking my 80-year-old parents on a tour of Bushwick, nearly 30 years after they moved away.
Families in Bushwick and around the city, unconvinced by school COVID-19 protocols, want the option to continue remote instruction.
Organizers Qween Jean and Gia Love call for Bushwick to support the Black Lives Matter movement and the LGBTQ+ community. If you say “BLM” and do not support the queer Black community, then you are not for liberation, Qween said.
Look up and support your local community garden in providing sustenance and critical green space.
Owner Caroline Gates Anderson says the nonprofit is really about creating community, especially for those “who are most at risk, most isolated.”
The free store, a concept dreamt up by Bushwick Mutual Aid, is stocked with free clothes, baby supplies, furniture, household appliances and other donated goods.
Ecuador’s national sport has made its way to Bushwick, where it thrives on the red-top courts at Maria Hernández Park.
About 10 percent of Brooklyn’s drop-off sites are in and around Bushwick.
An ever-evolving list of Bushwick organizations that are actively in need of volunteers.