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Clean Bushwick Initiative is Working to Create a Trash-Free Neighborhood

Clean Bushwick Initiative is Working to Create a Trash-Free Neighborhood

Three local women gear up to create a green and sustainable community.

Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

Drag, Rezoning and Ridgewood Street Fair: Some Events To Check Out In The Area This Weekend

Drag, Rezoning and Ridgewood Street Fair: Some Events To Check Out In The Area This Weekend

There’s a lot going on in the area this week to celebrate the end of summer, protest displacement and trying drinks.

A Look At The Bushwick Protest Against Displacement This Past Friday

A Look At The Bushwick Protest Against Displacement This Past Friday

Mi Casa No Es Su Casa, an anti-gentrification art collective, projected residents’ concerns about housing and displacement in Bushwick.

Learn About Tenant Harassment at a Forum Tonight in Bushwick

Learn About Tenant Harassment at a Forum Tonight in Bushwick

Have you ever been harassed by your landlord?

Influential Bushwick Artists and Nightlife Advocates Met City Reps to Hash Out Night Mayor Role

Influential Bushwick Artists and Nightlife Advocates Met City Reps to Hash Out Night Mayor Role

Local artists and DIY spaces are joining forces to help protect the cultural and artistic fabric of New York City.

Share your Experience of Gentrification this Sunday at Bushwick’s Owl Juice Pub

Share your Experience of Gentrification this Sunday at Bushwick’s Owl Juice Pub

EXCLUSIVE: The Bushwick Collective 5th Anniversary Will Feature Art Fair, Open Studios & Block Party

EXCLUSIVE: The Bushwick Collective 5th Anniversary Will Feature Art Fair, Open Studios & Block Party

When The Bushwick Collective announced that their fifth annual block party will be held on June 5 this year, they alluded to the possibility of filling the void left behind by the Bushwick Open Studios

Bushwick Artists To Host Cross-Borough Double Bill of Anti-Gentrification Community Arts Events Saturday

Bushwick Artists To Host Cross-Borough Double Bill of Anti-Gentrification Community Arts Events Saturday

Two back to back arts events organized by long time Bushwick artists and residents are scheduled for this Saturday, and both events are intended to serve as forums for community engagement with rampant gentrification and its affects on Bushwick and greater Brooklyn

Anonymous Bushwick Arts Festival Plans to Hold an Open Studio Event in June, Garners Strong Reaction

Anonymous Bushwick Arts Festival Plans to Hold an Open Studio Event in June, Garners Strong Reaction

An anonymous organization called the Bushwick Arts Festival set up a website and Facebook page at the end of February—and immediately found itself at the center of a controversy

Bushwick Open Studios ’16 Will be Held in October Instead of the Usual June

Bushwick Open Studios ’16 Will be Held in October Instead of the Usual June

In a move that surprised many, local organization Arts in Bushwick announced Wednesday that its well attended flagship event, Bushwick Open Studios, will take place in October this year, four months later than its usual date in early June

United Bushwick Community Got Rheingold Developers to Pay Attention Last Night

United Bushwick Community Got Rheingold Developers to Pay Attention Last Night

It rained in several short but intense intervals yesterday

Bushwick Walkabout, a  Boutique Indie Festival in Photos

Bushwick Walkabout, a Boutique Indie Festival in Photos

By Therese Maher and Maria Gotay

Bushwick Walkabout Fest Already this Friday and Saturday!

Bushwick Walkabout Fest Already this Friday and Saturday!

By Katarina Hybenova

Redrawing Lines: How Redistricting Shapes Bushwick’s Future

Redrawing Lines: How Redistricting Shapes Bushwick’s Future

As New York City gears up for the 2024 elections, Bushwick stands at a pivotal point due to its history as a bellwether for progressive voting patterns across the country.

Ash Wednesday, At Trinity Reformed

Ash Wednesday, At Trinity Reformed

Built in 1925, the congregation actually traces its origins to Bushwick Avenue in 1853.

The Not-So Subtle Asian Polers

The Not-So Subtle Asian Polers

A group of Asian-American pole dancers lights up clubs like House of Yes and the Red Pavilion.

Drama In The Denizen

Drama In The Denizen

Safety concerns and money mixups now plague a luxury housing development In Bushwick

Ridgewood Does Not Exist

Ridgewood Does Not Exist

Scenes among “a discoherent group of young people making a discoherent collection of art”

Gentrifying Ridgewood: A Shaft Into Yesterday’s New York 

Gentrifying Ridgewood: A Shaft Into Yesterday’s New York 

“They patronize us and we patronize them”

Re-splintering.

Re-splintering.

“That’s the kind of thing that happens when a community gets split.”

The Brisket Goes In The Taco

The Brisket Goes In The Taco

After years putting brisket in pho, the people behind Lucy’s are now putting it in tacos.

This Rooftop Bar Says They’re On Vacation

This Rooftop Bar Says They’re On Vacation

“We know how sweet and precious a drink with a tiny umbrella can be,” promises a bartender at the newly-opened Vacations.

How Gerrymandering Almost Broke Apart Two Congressional Districts in Brooklyn

How Gerrymandering Almost Broke Apart Two Congressional Districts in Brooklyn

“The fix was in from the beginning,” one congressman bemoaned before the lines were changed.

Can A Bushwick Pol Make It To Albany?

Can A Bushwick Pol Make It To Albany?

A mildly contentious lieutenant governor race gives a local career politician a possible comeback.

All Cowboys Go To Bushwick

All Cowboys Go To Bushwick

Justin McHugh’s first New York show can’t commit to the bit

Planting Seeds In Ridgewood

Planting Seeds In Ridgewood

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

Some Springtime Openings In Bushwick (But also Ridgewood)

Some Springtime Openings In Bushwick (But also Ridgewood)

A new pet supply store! A two-floor club and pizzeria! A yoga studio!

Checking In With Zoë

Checking In With Zoë

Bushwick singer Zoë Fromer doesn’t have any music out yet, but has thoughts on where to find the best birria tacos in town.

Pressure Mounts on DEC, Gov. Hochul to Deny Permit for Fracked Gas Vaporizers in Greenpoint

Pressure Mounts on DEC, Gov. Hochul to Deny Permit for Fracked Gas Vaporizers in Greenpoint

The fight against the fracked gas vaporizers is the latest hurdle in an ongoing battle that local activists and residents have been waging against National Grid for years.

Q&A: Bushwick Native Alexandra Abril Makes her Mark at High Hopes Tattoo

Q&A: Bushwick Native Alexandra Abril Makes her Mark at High Hopes Tattoo

The queer woman-owned shop opened its doors in July 2020.

Checking in With Merrie Cherry, the Bushwig Icon and Dragula Star

Checking in With Merrie Cherry, the Bushwig Icon and Dragula Star

The founding member of Bushwig discusses the meaning of drag, starring in season four of Dragula and the recent loss of her grandmother.

Councilman Robert Holden Edges Progressive Newcomer Juan Ardila in 30th District, Bringing End to Tumultuous Race

Councilman Robert Holden Edges Progressive Newcomer Juan Ardila in 30th District, Bringing End to Tumultuous Race

Juan Ardila, the 27-year-old progressive, came up roughly 500 votes shy against incumbent Councilman Robert Holden, with roughly 46 percent of the vote according to early tallies. Ardila hasn’t yet conceded.

How Did The Brooklyn Democratic Party Get Here?

How Did The Brooklyn Democratic Party Get Here?

From party chairs to district leaders to canceled elections.

These Brooklyn Democrats Say They Go Where Socialists Won’t

These Brooklyn Democrats Say They Go Where Socialists Won’t

“The DSA needs to do a better job of organizing in those life-long Brooklynite communities,” say young Democratic Party organizers.

80 Years on the Plantation: Who We Really Are in Films  (1940 – 2020)

80 Years on the Plantation: Who We Really Are in Films (1940 – 2020)

80 Films by and about Black and Brown people you should know.