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This Thursday:Bushwick Halloween Party Features Combat in 80-Pound Armor
Watch Knights Battle Then Dance in Bushwick on October 16th Get your Halloween started early this Thursday when 3 Dollar...
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Xroads Cafe Marks First Year with All-Day Community Celebration on June 29
Bushwick's "secret door" coffee shop celebrates with local vendors, DJ sets, and community festivities from noon to 8PM
Community
Bushwick Celebrates Puerto Rican Heritage with Knickerbocker Avenue Parade Led by Congresswoman Velázquez
The 7th annual Knickerbocker Avenue Puerto Rican Day Parade, with Nydia Velázquez as Grand Marshal, this sunday 3pm kickoff
Arts & Culture
Miss Your Burning Man Ticket? Brooklyn’s Got a Bus (Sort Of) Just For You
The average New Yorker hardly pays attention to what vehicles pass on the road. Traffic is considered just another hazard...
Community
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso Opens Applications for 2025 Community Board Members
Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso is calling on New York City residents to apply for positions on Brooklyn’s 18 community...
Community
Bushwick Lights Up for the Holidays and Honors Legacy of Community Titan Barbara Smith
The Bushwick community came together on December 7, 2024, for a heartwarming Christmas tree lighting in Irving Square Park, marking...
Community
Bushwick Artist Gazoo and Partners to Host ‘To The Moon’ Toy Drive This Saturday at Maria Hernandez Park
Bushwick artist Gazoo and partners are hosting the annual 'To The Moon' Toy Drive this Saturday at Maria Hernandez Park,...
Community
When Bushwick Almost Swallowed Ridgewood: A Tale of Shifting Borders
John Dereszewski served as the District Manager of Bushwick’s Community Board 4 during the time of the 1977 blackout and...
Community
Join Chabad of Bushwick Tomorrow for Simchas Torah: A Celebration of Faith and Resilience
Amid a difficult year marked by global turmoil and tragedy, Chabad of Bushwick invites the community to gather tomorrow for...
Community
From Ollies to Beats: Vans’ Bushwick Block Party Merges Skate and Rave Culture
"We’re really trying to push skateboarding to the forefront of culture"
Community
‘New Space, Same Spirit’
Four years and $2.2 million later, the Bushwick Starr has a new home.
Community
Letter from a (NYCHA) Occupant
Or how a group at Bushwick Houses embraced seasonal clean-ups
Community
Jennifer Gutiérrez: New York City Could Make Being A Parent Easier
Out of all the milestones in which a person could use support navigating throughout life, becoming a parent is objectively...
Community
Opinion: Albany Can Solve The Housing Crisis, Says Ridgewood’s Claire Valdez
A local primary candidate pitches her campaign on housing
Community
Selling Stickers, T-Shirts, And Friendship Bracelets, For Palestine
A Palestine benefit market in Ridgewood says they raised $34,000.
Community
Checking In With The BAM
A local mutual aid group is putting on a $5 show at an underground Bushwick comedy club.
Community
The ‘Collective Focus’ Continues
A local mutual aid group celebrates its third anniversary
Community
It’s Fight Club, But ‘Gay’
A local MMA gym in Bushwick is offering free training clincs for aspiring LGBTQ fighters. They're calling it 'Gay Fight...
Community
Opinion: Make Accessing the Ridgewood Reservoir Safer
A local biking group says bike lines and widened sidewalks are needed to increase accessibility to a local public park.
Community
Jennifer Gutiérrez: Tenants Need To Be Informed
Bushwick's city council rep says informed tenants are better tenants.
Community
Art Therapy, Bushwick-Style.
"Where we are located has brought a lot of creatives to the space," says a psychotherapist who specializes in dance...
Community
This Weekend, They’ll ‘Break for Justice’
El Puente’s signature summer annual event hits Maria Hernandez on Saturday. It promises to be a public outlet for art...
Community
Now At Ornithology: A Campaign to End Domestic Violence
The club’s non-profit arm wants to create a “grassroots community of advocates” around Bushwick.
Community
Carta abierta: ¿Dónde está Dilan?
La inacción de Dilan también está perjudicando a los inmigrantes neoyorquinos
Community
Opinion: Where is Dilan?
Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan's former primary opponent says the assemblyman can't be found.
Community
Opinion: Vote To Plant Some Trees In Bushwick
If this passes, we have a lot of plans. We're going to name thirty trees.
Community
Opinion: Make Knickerbocker Car-Free
A local businessman makes the case for making Bushwick more of a pedestrian neighborhood.
Community
Progressives Fight The Machine.
“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win"
Community
It’s A Vans Block Party, In Bushwick
A global apparel giant sponsors a skate party. Locals show up.
Community
As Reports Of Hate Crime Rise in Bushwick, Activists Push For More Protections At Nightclubs
New Yorkers saw 52% more hate crimes in 2021 than in 2020.
Community
Bikes, Breweries & Beers.
A new local cycling group hosts group rides to breweries on Tuesdays. Anyone's invited.
Community
This Sunday, A Puerto Rican Day Parade Hits Bushwick
Bushwick's take on the parade hits Knickerbocker Avenue on Sunday. This year's theme is "La Historia de Nuestra Bandera."
Community
For Pride, This Director Wants To Know What Brings You Joy
“I feel like Bushwick is very gay, but in so many different ways," says one local filmmaker.
Community
The State of Voter Suppression in New York
Voter suppression still happens in New York "in insidious ways"
Community
Got Film? A Black-Owned Camera Store In Bushwick Has You Covered
This analog photography store doubles as a community hub.
Community
This Earth Day, Try Cleaning Up Bushwick
Or try out 'a food scrap demo' to possibly reduce your waste.
Community
New Pawsibilities in Bushwick.
A doggy daycare has opened near the Myrtle-Wyckoff station, with a goal of hiring adults with autism.
Community
A Peek Inside the Hidden Story on Wyckoff Avenue
For over two decades, Taiwanese artists have had a home in Bushwick
Community
Kindergarten Rules For Teaching ‘Black Lives Matter’ To A Disney Princess
Calvin Z. Heyward, a local writer and educator, writes more about some of the struggles Black fathers endure and overcome.
Community
Conversations with Neighbors: Meet Your Local Gardener, Macques Thomas
A personal trainer in Bushwick boasts a green thumb
Community
Conversations With Neighbors: Your State Senator, Julia Salazar
State Senator Julia Salazar opens up about her youth, inspirations, early battles with public perception and more.
Community
Have a Primal Urge To See Things Fly Through the Air? Join Bushwick’s First Catapult Club at 101 Wilson Bar
All are welcome to join Bushwick’s first-ever trebuchet building and launch competition.
Community
Conversations with Neighbors: Your Bushwick Bartenders
Laynie Bell of Birdy's and Bruno Coviello of Happy Fun Hideaway open up about life as a bartender in Bushwick,...