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Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

Council Member Espinal Launches Largest NYC Site for Urban Agriculture

Council Member Espinal Launches Largest NYC Site for Urban Agriculture

The website was launched with the help of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

Bikes Upheld as the Answer to L Train Shutdown Woes at Bicycle Film Festival

Bikes Upheld as the Answer to L Train Shutdown Woes at Bicycle Film Festival

A potential option for navigating the L train shutdown that doesn’t include having to move away.

A Bushwick Rezoning Battle Heats Up at 1601 Dekalb

A Bushwick Rezoning Battle Heats Up at 1601 Dekalb

Bushwick Councilman Espinal Takes Steps to Support Environmental Legislation

Bushwick Councilman Espinal Takes Steps to Support Environmental Legislation

Rafael Espinal has vowed to act against a national move away from environmental progress. Take a look at his proposed legislation.

Bushwick’s Community Plan Summit Is Back On the Calendar on February 11

Bushwick’s Community Plan Summit Is Back On the Calendar on February 11

For years, Bushwick residents have worked with the city on a plan for the neighborhood’s future. Now is the time for action.

This Giant Ridgewood Warehouse May Soon Become Apartments

This Giant Ridgewood Warehouse May Soon Become Apartments

The 216,400-square-foot building will be converted into residential units.

Beyond Tech Hub Speculation: Historic Patents Showcase Longtime Bushwick Innovators

Beyond Tech Hub Speculation: Historic Patents Showcase Longtime Bushwick Innovators

A brief history of some of the many inventors and innovators who have called Bushwick home.

UPDATE: Be There: The Date is Set for a Bushwick Community Plan Summit

UPDATE: Be There: The Date is Set for a Bushwick Community Plan Summit

If you’re a Bushwick resident, then please attend this meeting!

Exclusive: New York Loft Hostel in East Williamsburg Is Turning Into a 140-Bed Homeless Shelter

Exclusive: New York Loft Hostel in East Williamsburg Is Turning Into a 140-Bed Homeless Shelter

Biking North: Ridgewood to Receive New Bike Lanes

Biking North: Ridgewood to Receive New Bike Lanes

As early as fall of 2016 there might be 6-10 new bike lanes in Ridgewood. The bike lane plans are announced on the heels of similar projects in Sunnyside and Long Island City.

Are “White Bodies” Gentrifying Bushwick? A Look at Census Data [Updated]

Are “White Bodies” Gentrifying Bushwick? A Look at Census Data [Updated]

[UPDATE: Please read editor’s note regarding the use of 2000 Census Data in this article and an attached apology

Bike Lanes Appeared Overnight in Ridgewood!

Bike Lanes Appeared Overnight in Ridgewood!

Bike lane on Onderdonk Ave (photo by Katarina Hybenova for Bushwick Daily)

Rheingold Rezoning Saga Continues at Heated CB4 Meeting & Public Meetings

Rheingold Rezoning Saga Continues at Heated CB4 Meeting & Public Meetings

Community Board members and Bushwick Citizens gathered Wednesday night at Bushwick’s monthly Community Board 4 meeting at Hope Gardens Multi-Service center, the first one since August’s recess and the primary elections

Public Hearing Regarding Rheingold Brewery Rezoning Is Today

Public Hearing Regarding Rheingold Brewery Rezoning Is Today

The part of Bushwick that once housed the Rheingold Brewery, a major beer producer for New York State in the 1950’s and 60’s, is a pretty sizable parcel of land

Biking North: Ridgewood to Receive New Bike Lanes

Biking North: Ridgewood to Receive New Bike Lanes

Pull up a map of bike routes along the Brooklyn-Queens border and you will find that there’s an absence of city-designated paths for cyclists north of the one down Central Avenue in our neighborhood

Community Board 4 Illegally Approved Rezoning of Rheingold Brewery

Community Board 4 Illegally Approved Rezoning of Rheingold Brewery

It seems that development plans at the Rheingold Brewery site in Bushwick are one step closer to the completion.

Mobilization of Bushwick Against Gentrification Began. Will We Be Able to Stay?

Mobilization of Bushwick Against Gentrification Began. Will We Be Able to Stay?

Two important meetings that dealt with a question as old as New York were held last night in Bushwick

Inviting Realtors To Talk “Bushwick’s Future”

Inviting Realtors To Talk “Bushwick’s Future”

Try to talk about Bushwick and its future to ten people, and you will get ten different opinions

The Ever Elusive Borders of Bushwick

The Ever Elusive Borders of Bushwick

By Mariya Pylayev and Thomas Berkley

Scenes From A Local Market

Scenes From A Local Market

A local nonprofit runs a weekly farmers market at Maria Hernandez Park.

Art Therapy, Bushwick-Style.

Art Therapy, Bushwick-Style.

“Where we are located has brought a lot of creatives to the space,” says a psychotherapist who specializes in dance and movement therapy.

The Ties That Bind In Bushwick

The Ties That Bind In Bushwick

A local community fridge faces the threat of eviction, among other troubles

Ridgewood Does Not Exist

Ridgewood Does Not Exist

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

An Activist Walks Into A Bar.

An Activist Walks Into A Bar.

Why a former Democracy Now war correspondent opened the Starr Bar in Bushwick

It’s A Vans Block Party, In Bushwick

It’s A Vans Block Party, In Bushwick

A global apparel giant sponsors a skate party. Locals show up.

Notes On LadyLand

Notes On LadyLand

Tinashe, Shygirl, Vanessa Vanjie and a cannon of condoms explode in Bushwick

Playing in Bushwick: Dreams Of A Queer Dance Festival Land At The Mirage

Playing in Bushwick: Dreams Of A Queer Dance Festival Land At The Mirage

An elaborately curated dance festival hits the warehouses of Bushwick this Pride weekend

This Sunday, A Puerto Rican Day Parade Hits Bushwick

This Sunday, A Puerto Rican Day Parade Hits Bushwick

Bushwick’s take on the parade hits Knickerbocker Avenue on Sunday. This year’s theme is “La Historia de Nuestra Bandera.”

No Aloha Says Yes To Abortion Access Fundraiser

No Aloha Says Yes To Abortion Access Fundraiser

A leak from the Supreme Court inspires two fundraisers at the new Bushwick club.

Planting Seeds In Ridgewood

Planting Seeds In Ridgewood

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

“We Needed This!” Hand-Made Clothes Are the Move at Vers

“We Needed This!” Hand-Made Clothes Are the Move at Vers

New boutique pushes locally-designed clothes

Kindergarten Rules For Teaching ‘Black Lives Matter’ To A Disney Princess

Kindergarten Rules For Teaching ‘Black Lives Matter’ To A Disney Princess

Calvin Z. Heyward, a local writer and educator, writes more about some of the struggles Black fathers endure and overcome.

How Bushwick-Area Nightlife Venues Have Reacted to The Omicron Surge

How Bushwick-Area Nightlife Venues Have Reacted to The Omicron Surge

An update on how local music and nightlife venues are reacting to the Omicron surge, including details on New Year’s Eve events.

Un Vecino Necesita Tu Ayuda Para Traer El Compostaje a Las Aceras De Bushwick

Un Vecino Necesita Tu Ayuda Para Traer El Compostaje a Las Aceras De Bushwick

El servicio de compostaje en la acera se reanudó en Octubre de este año, pero solo en algunos barrios elegibles.

Construction Has Started on Bushwick’s Rheingold Senior Residences, an Affordable Housing Complex

Construction Has Started on Bushwick’s Rheingold Senior Residences, an Affordable Housing Complex

The new building will feature 94 units, communal lounges on each floor and plenty of green outdoor space.