They are definitely gentlemen clubs. Numerous barbershops are scattered around Bushwick, and together with bodegas they comprise the most typical Bushwick businesses. Bushwick barbershops are happy places indeed; you pass by, politely nod to greet the owner who just stepped out to smoke a cigarette, you walk in to be welcomed by the familiar buzzing sound of the grooming machines. The barbers are working, shaving, grooming, cutting, it all feels like a beehive or a factory. The customers are taken care of quickly and efficiently but everyone gets a dose of personal attention at the same time. “Next!” says young barber as a school kid gets up from a chair, his hair chopped short, and grabs his school backpack.