By Solange Castellar and Maria Gotay

The well-known phrase “Knowledge is Power” hit a little too close to home this past week at Pine Box Rock Shop, as they were tipped off by a customer that a beer they had on tap came from a brewery that wasn’t exactly, erm, in a nutshell, chill

“I heard we are the best bakery opposite a White Castle!” jokes Gus Reckel, the owner of the newly opened L’imprimerie (1524 Myrtle Ave) on their Instagram account. The French café and bakery opened on June 1 and it shares the pleasant whines of the elevated M train with the fast food chain. “We want people to come here […]

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For those of you who have or haven’t had the pleasure of meeting Dottie Evans, owner of pet store Bushwick Bark, now’s your chance to join her, dogs and adoptable cats for a summer party filled with bbq foods, drinks, and prizes

Is coffee not your cup of tea?

I’ve lived in Ridgewood for nearly 20 years

As soon as you walk through the doors of Bushwick Public House, you’ll realize you haven’t entered just another Brooklyn coffee shop

beer book image Earlier this week we talked about how booze is eating up sizeable portions of our monthly budgets. One way to avoid that is to drink less (but who are we kidding)  or drink smartly (now I’m talking, I know). It turns out that during this very special time of the year (think V-Day […]

What’s new in Bushwick? Well, the streets of Bushwick (and Brooklyn) will be experiencing less gang violence

Cheryl (The Dance Party That Will Ruin Your Life) is too intense an event for me to attend every month, though I’ve been to probably two a year since their 2008 debut at erstwhile classy dive Royale in Park Slope. Cheryl is a handful of semi-anonymous dance cats who, above all else, prize glitter, shoulder pads, fake blood, […]

There’s a new vintage store in town and they mean business

Remember when the Girls took to Bushwick to rage out in a warehouse and (accidentally) smoke crack? Well, that’s not the route we recommend you go this weeken–maybe instead grab a 5-hour energy to get your fix as you hop around art shows by day and hit the rock and roll by night! Not all these shows are tied in with Bushwick Open Studios, but they will all be mega-fun and nothing like the gif above (hopefully?)

Before you snap a photo of that stranger, pause for a second.

So, it’s V-Day weekend

Our friends over at Brokelyn have just surprised us with a late-January Christmas gift: Brokelyn Beer Books 5 and 6- FINALLY! But, they’re selling fast, so if you’re planning on getting your hands on these treasured coupons, head over to their website ASAP

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If you didn’t make it to Pine Box Rock Shop’s last installation of Late Night Basement with Chris Rose, you missed out

I’m a little bit terrified of Belgian beers

It’s been a real week here in Bushwick already, friends

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Oh, New Yorkers, aren’t we all transplants? Many of us for sure! We frequently land in Bushwick in hopes of starting our après college lives on the cheap yet glamorously (after hiring moving companies like Mayflower). We’re not always welcome, sometimes it takes a hot second to hone our city manners, but bear with us, […]

Summer is peaking, and the week(end) doesn’t end this Thursday, dear friends

We hope you’re hungry, Bushwick!

We’re constantly astounded by the incredible live music scene here in Bushwick, and we’re having trouble finding creative ways to say so every single Thursday

Following the second inauguration of President Obama this week, now is probably as good a time as any to take up the questions of race, class and commerce posed by Kelly Anderson’s piercing documentary, My Brooklyn: Unmasking the Takeover of America’s Hippest City

Everyone likes to think they know how to party

Unless you’ve been asleep for a week, you know the major damage Hurricane Sandy has done

Although Bushwick may have survived (and even surged) through devastating Hurricane Sandy, the rest of New York City has not fared so well- Breezy Point, Rockaway in Queens and lower Manhattan suffered among the worst damage

By Katarina Hybenova

By Mariya Pylayev and Thomas Berkley

The last time I attended a 

Plans unveiled for a community garden at a vacant lot near Grover Cleveland Park

A guide to biking down and out in Bushwick and Ridgewood