Mitchell Borden on societal expectations, jazz, cell phones, money, retirement, childhood and more.

To learn more about how this year’s winter solstice affects us, Bushwick Daily interviewed Hennesy Sanchez, a native New Yorker, artist and tarot reader for Catland Books, a witch shop located off the Morgan Avenue L train stop. 

The pandemic has obscured the signs to the public, but artist André Feliciano, who coined the term “Floraissance” is optimistic about its future.

The bill banning gas hookups in new buildings is supposed to pass this week, all while local Bushwick residents continue to fight against the National Grid pipeline being built throughout North Brooklyn.

Sandiford will say he’s a stylist who’s been kicked out and needs a ride to his studio, or something along those lines.

Many community boards, including CB4, have pushed back against making New York’s restaurant sidewalk seating permanent. But the city will likely move forward with the program anyway.

The air on Harrison Place, between Morgan and Knickerbocker Avenues, is filling with the smell of freshly made tortillas.

NYC’s active Open Streets are mostly in “predominantly white” and “wealthy” neighborhoods, according to the study.

Searching for a local poutine fix? Try Ridgewood’s The Acre.

Attendees at Evergreens Cemetery were able to view Jupiter’s moons, Saturn’s rings, and our moon’s craters among other astronomical objects, and you can too!

The Bushwick Collective Block Party, a dance competition at 3 Dollar Bill, a neighborhood career fair and more! These are the events happening this week (August 26-September 1) in and around Bushwick.

45 restaurants in the neighborhood have been cited with critical violations, including evidence of live mice and roaches, this year

While pop-ups Ha’s Đặc Biệt and Kreung Cambodia ended their residencies at Outerspace last week, they will be bringing their menus to Grimm Ales today and tomorrow.

A 40-year-old man, who sustained eight gunshots, and the other two victims, are expected to survive. The motive for the shooting is unclear.

For those tired of streaming from the couch, here are some venues screening your favorite flicks in the coming weeks.

The roots are deep at a little known garden oasis in East Williamsburg

Police are ramping up audio speaker busts but some locals say: ‘it’s a form of celebration”

A roundup of new food and drink spots in and around Bushwick, including a cajun seafood joint, a vegan cafe, a burger and fries spot and more

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.

‘RCV gives us an opportunity to transform the way politics works in our city,’ one candidate says

While the museum’s show on the African food diaspora remains delayed, it still wants to put culinary history on a map

Learn more about the reopening of NYC and how you might be affected.