The Fund Excluded Workers Coalition calls on the community for volunteers now that applications are underway.
Start with a rally, learn how to apply and end with a dance party!
The neighborhood is called Williamsburg, East Williamsburg or Bushwick, depending on who you ask.
Though many have re-opened, local houses of worship in Bushwick are still feeling the effects of the pandemic more than a year after they were forced to shut their doors.
The relaunched organics waste collection program will continue to only serve limited neighborhoods in the city.
Organizers “reclaimed” a vacant ground-floor commercial space in Bushwick on July 20.
Bushwick Abbey and Mayday Space are teaming up to combat food insecurity in the neighborhood.
Fewer permits for the construction of new buildings were issued in 2020 than previous years.
Local high school students receive their diplomas after a year of pandemic-caused irregularities, including Zoom classes and missed proms.
Graduation rates for school district 32, which encompasses Bushwick, have improved significantly in recent decades.
Data from the Administration for Children’s Services reveals a sharp increase in the number of foster care placements in Brooklyn.
The roots are deep at a little known garden oasis in East Williamsburg
80 Films by and about Black and Brown people you should know.
On Sunday, the only Puerto Rican Day parade in New York will be happening along Knickerbocker Avenue
Check out these LGBTQ+ businesses in and around Bushwick during Pride month and beyond.
There is still a deep need for more restaurant relief says Congresswoman Velázquez
A local city council candidate makes the case for alternatives to big real estate
Locals tell us they’re making plans for the first time in over a year
Calvin Z. Heyward, a local writer and educator, echoes some of the struggles Black fathers endure and overcome.
A new organization is delivering free food and beverages to families in public housing developments in Bushwick, Bed-Stuy and Williamsburg
Locals tell us what it means to try to resume a sense of ‘normalcy’ in 2021: ‘There’s a relief to feel like you’re not potentially hurting someone’
A local city council candidate makes the argument for ending a long-time inconvenience for drivers
“If you’ve never seen what a hero looks like, look at the nurses in Bushwick: this is them, this is who they are.”
New York’s leading group of amateur astronomers are setting up shop for the first time next month at the DeKalb Library
Bushwick Abbey is asking community members and local businesses to help keep its free food pantry and refrigerator stocked.
The Albanian family behind Melinda’s are only the latest in the last century to sell meat on Greene Avenue
On the evening of December 8th Halsey Ale House caught fire.
Concrete Luxury group teams up with Providence House for Holiday Drive to benefit homeless families in transition to permanent housing.
Despite food shortages, Bushwick food pantries are gearing up to serve Thanksgiving meals to hungry Brooklynites.
