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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.

A Decade Of Bunna

A Decade Of Bunna

“When we started, we were the only vegan Ethiopian restaurant in New York”

Café Gentrificatión

Café Gentrificatión

The Rolo’s people take over the Acre. Of course, the chips and guac are $16.

Ash Wednesday, At Trinity Reformed

Ash Wednesday, At Trinity Reformed

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

If A Former Media Executive Opens A Karaoke Bar In Ocean Hill…

If A Former Media Executive Opens A Karaoke Bar In Ocean Hill…

Ex-CBS and Fuse producer says he now runs the only private-room karaoke bar in his corner of Brooklyn

The ‘Ridgewood Asylum’ is Back, But Now It’s in Bushwick. Spooky!

The ‘Ridgewood Asylum’ is Back, But Now It’s in Bushwick. Spooky!

With 10% of proceeds now going to a nonprofit LGBTQ+ healthcare clinic.

Experimental Movies Play In Ridgewood

Experimental Movies Play In Ridgewood

“How many other films like this have been left on the floor?”

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.

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.

Bushwick Gets Its First Historic District

Bushwick Gets Its First Historic District

“Really big deal,” says local pol

This Weekend, They’ll ‘Break for Justice’

This Weekend, They’ll ‘Break for Justice’

El Puente’s signature summer annual event hits Maria Hernandez on Saturday. It promises to be a public outlet for art and self expression, by way of break dancing

Don’t Beat Around The Bush

Don’t Beat Around The Bush

A self-proclaimed “dyke bar for the queers” opens in Bushwick

It’s Ice-T In Bushwick!

It’s Ice-T In Bushwick!

The west coast rapper headlined the Bushwick Collective’s annual block party and brought a few friends.

Ridgewood Does Not Exist

Ridgewood Does Not Exist

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

Hipsters Take Ridgewood

Hipsters Take Ridgewood

How a flurry of small businesses are changing a corner of Queens

Caught In Bushwick: A Taiwanese President

Caught In Bushwick: A Taiwanese President

Amid fears of military invasion, a politician stopped for a bite in the neighborhood.

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”

The Scene At Silo

The Scene At Silo

A new techno club opens in Bushwick

Savage at Sundown

Savage at Sundown

A Parquet Courts frontman fills up a DIY spot in Ridgewood.

She’s in Bushwick And She’s ‘Not Okay’

She’s in Bushwick And She’s ‘Not Okay’

Zoey Deutch stars in a dark comedy, purportedly set near the J train.

Conversations with Neighbors: Bushwick’s New Bone Collector

Conversations with Neighbors: Bushwick’s New Bone Collector

Popular on TikTok, this local bones salesman says: “I would love myself to be skeletonized”

A Few Misses Don’t Stop the Most Fun Party in Bushwick

A Few Misses Don’t Stop the Most Fun Party in Bushwick

At “Quince,” get immersed into the magic of a quinceañera.

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.”

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.

The State of Voter Suppression in New York

The State of Voter Suppression in New York

Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”

The Charrería Comes To Ridgewood

The Charrería Comes To Ridgewood

Carlos Jaramillo’s site-specific installation will be at a Ridgewood gallery until July.

All Cowboys Go To Bushwick

All Cowboys Go To Bushwick

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

This Earth Day, Try Cleaning Up Bushwick

This Earth Day, Try Cleaning Up Bushwick

Or try out ‘a food scrap demo’ to possibly reduce your waste.

Planting Seeds In Ridgewood

Planting Seeds In Ridgewood

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

Buskers Battle In Bushwick

Buskers Battle In Bushwick

Later this month, NYC BuskerBall hits Unit J on Moffat Street.

Events Happening This Week(end) (March 25 – March 30) in and Around Bushwick

Events Happening This Week(end) (March 25 – March 30) in and Around Bushwick

Watch a Lizzie Borden movie! Design your own collage! Try out boxing!

New Yorkers Are Accessorizing Their Teeth

New Yorkers Are Accessorizing Their Teeth

A look at the wild, unregulated world of putting gems on your teeth

Events Happening This Week(end) (February 17 – February 23) in and Around Bushwick

Events Happening This Week(end) (February 17 – February 23) in and Around Bushwick

The Bar Babes of Bushwick & Ridgewood return! There’s a hot concert at Bridge and Tunnel! A comedy show at the Windjammer!

Conversations With Neighbors: Your State Senator, Julia Salazar

Conversations With Neighbors: Your State Senator, Julia Salazar

State Senator Julia Salazar opens up about her youth, inspirations, early battles with public perception and more.

Lab Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Lead Falling From Bushwick Subway Stations

Lab Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Lead Falling From Bushwick Subway Stations

Streets in Bushwick may be subject to dangerous lead exposure. Because of the quiet stripping of 2018 legislation by former governor Andrew Cuomo, the extent of the problem remains largely unknown. A Bushwick Daily investigation.

Winter Woes: Space Heater Safety and Your Right to Heat in NYC

Winter Woes: Space Heater Safety and Your Right to Heat in NYC

In New York City, all tenants have a right to heat. Here’s what to do if your apartment doesn’t have it.