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Bushwick Official Is Calling Out President Trump For Poor-Shaming Immigrants

Bushwick Official Is Calling Out President Trump For Poor-Shaming Immigrants

Council Member Rafael Espinal has spoken out about immigrant rights several times this year.

Friday Fast Fact: A Staggering Number of Bushwick Residents Lack Health Insurance

Friday Fast Fact: A Staggering Number of Bushwick Residents Lack Health Insurance

The neighborhood has one of the highest rates of uninsured residents in the entire city.

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.

Plastic Straws, Bushwick Zoning and a Path into Politics: A Conversation with City Councilman Rafael

Plastic Straws, Bushwick Zoning and a Path into Politics: A Conversation with City Councilman Rafael

Trans Monogamist Dating: Hello, New York

Trans Monogamist Dating: Hello, New York

An excerpt taken from Joshua Byron’s new book of essays.

An Office Building Named ‘The Breeze’ Comes to East Williamsburg

An Office Building Named ‘The Breeze’ Comes to East Williamsburg

Hoarders Take Note, a New Storage Facility Springs up on an Empty Bushwick Lot

Hoarders Take Note, a New Storage Facility Springs up on an Empty Bushwick Lot

The building reflects a trend of storage facilities popping up in locations that are not getting rezoned for residential use.

Bushwick’s Sunrise/Sunset Features Brooklyn Artists at its New Montreal Location

Bushwick’s Sunrise/Sunset Features Brooklyn Artists at its New Montreal Location

The neighborhood’s beloved coffee, brunch, and wine destination makes a splash at its new Canadian location.

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.

Help These Bushwick Middle Schoolers Get Some Much Needed Classroom Technology!

Help These Bushwick Middle Schoolers Get Some Much Needed Classroom Technology!

The students in an eighth grade ESL class at Bushwick’s Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration could do great work if they had some computers!

A New Burger Shop With a Sichuan Twist Comes To The Johnsons in Bushwick

A New Burger Shop With a Sichuan Twist Comes To The Johnsons in Bushwick

The Back Yard Awaits at Beautiful Bushwick Ave Cocktail Bar The Topaz

The Back Yard Awaits at Beautiful Bushwick Ave Cocktail Bar The Topaz

Flexing Those Memory Muscles: a Q&A With Bushwick’s Trivia Masters

Flexing Those Memory Muscles: a Q&A With Bushwick’s Trivia Masters

Here’s the definitive round-up of where to prove your brain is the biggest.

The Bodega and Heavy Woods Owners Are Opening Their Third Bar, Bonus Room

The Bodega and Heavy Woods Owners Are Opening Their Third Bar, Bonus Room

The husband-and-wife duo, Ben Warren and Gina Leone have announced that this coming Saturday, January 16, they are opening their third bar, Bonus Room at 991 Wyckoff Ave, Ridgewood

Don’t Expect Hotels in Bushwick Anytime Soon As Mayor De Blasio Issues Stricter Permits

Don’t Expect Hotels in Bushwick Anytime Soon As Mayor De Blasio Issues Stricter Permits

Bushwick’s industrial past may have a second lease on life

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

Venezuelan Food and Art: Book Geraldine’s Home-Cooked Brunch on Cookapp

Venezuelan Food and Art: Book Geraldine’s Home-Cooked Brunch on Cookapp

All photos by Briana Seftel and Geraldine Maldonado for Bushwick Daily. Beet. Chia. Cilantro. These are just a few ingredients Geraldine Maldonado uses to make her arepas. Lately, she has been fervently mixing and mashing, trying to come up with new recipes for Homemade Food Gallery, her food-art gallery startup. Born and raised in Caracas, […]

RE: Bushwick Resident’s Letter to Obama: “Way Out of Poverty? A Job with Livable Wage”

RE: Bushwick Resident’s Letter to Obama: “Way Out of Poverty? A Job with Livable Wage”

In a response of Elaheh Farmand’s letter to Obama we published on Monday, another Bushwick resident of Iranian descent took an ink and paper to voice his opinion on the neighborhood we all call home

NYC Community Gardens are in Danger: Bushwick’s El Garden to Rally for Survival at City Hall Tomorrow

NYC Community Gardens are in Danger: Bushwick’s El Garden to Rally for Survival at City Hall Tomorrow

A few weeks ago, we told you about the crisis facing Bushwick’s El Garden, one of the 17 community gardens on public land across the city at risk of being leveled to create new housing developments

Dual Hood Duel: Maspeth Vs. Bushwick

Dual Hood Duel: Maspeth Vs. Bushwick

 

Read Property Presents Rheingold Plan to Skeptical Audience at City Council

Read Property Presents Rheingold Plan to Skeptical Audience at City Council

Representatives of Read Property made their pitch for the 10-building Rheingold project during a City Council hearing at City Hall Tuesday morning

How Will the Government Shutdown Affect Bushwick

How Will the Government Shutdown Affect Bushwick

The government’s budget deadline has passed, the Senate and the House were not able to agree on a spending bill because of last-ditch attempts by critics of the Affordable Care Act in the House who voted to defund the program, and the United States is going into federal government shutdown starting this morning

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

Antonio Reynoso on Bushwick’s Creative Community and Arts Scene

Antonio Reynoso on Bushwick’s Creative Community and Arts Scene

Antonio Reynoso, 30, is a Williamsburg native who’s running in this fall’s election for the 34th district seat on the New York City Council, a zone that includes Williamsburg, Bushwick and Ridgewood

Bushwick Candidates Focused on Housing: Who is Who

Bushwick Candidates Focused on Housing: Who is Who

Bushwick is divided between the 34th and the 37th Council districts

BKROT Makes Composting Easy, Supports Bushwick’s Urban Farms

BKROT Makes Composting Easy, Supports Bushwick’s Urban Farms

As good Brooklynites, we here at Bushwick Daily are familiar with the virtues of composting our food scraps

Believe-Zers: Street Style from the Secret Jay Z Concert that Never Was

Believe-Zers: Street Style from the Secret Jay Z Concert that Never Was

By Scarlett North-Cavanaugh and Emilie Ruscoe

Skewville’s Bushwick Art Park Ready to Launch

Skewville’s Bushwick Art Park Ready to Launch

“It ain’t greener”, says

Sunday Read: Expendable.

Sunday Read: Expendable.

By Natalie Keller Reinert I’m beating her as we round the corner into the homestretch, laying my whip into her flank from high above my head, slap-slap-slap on her glossless hide. The rail is whizzing by close to my left foot, just at the height of my toe in the stirrup, and I’m dizzy with […]