Say goodbye to the precious summer nights spent drunkenly stumbling around the McKibbin lofts

Who says Bushwick Open Studios is an exclusive affair? Last weekend, Ridgewood artists showcased their studios with the best of ’em and pretty much turned it out

If there is one weekend of the summer season you need to be physically present in Bushwick, it’s the first weekend of June, which traditionally belongs to the glorious neighborhood-wide celebration of art and community, festival Bushwick Open Studios organized by Arts in Bushwick

Where to even begin

Spring has sprung and so have you my hard rockin’ amigo! So, celebrate the epic weather and leave the cat to her own devices this weekend

Turn up the lights in here, baby, extra bright y’all need to read this

The owners of 56 Bogart gallery and artist studio building aka The BogArt, Ted and Marianne Hovivian are developing another mixed-use artists’ work space at 13 Grattan St

“So you think you’re the center of the world?” a mildly annoyed resident of a formerly cool neighborhood, say, East Village asked every single one of us

I zigzag my way through the roaming Boar’s Head trucks and Morgantown residents wearing sunglasses and mismatched pajamas (it somehow works as a stylish outdoor outfit) who are smoking and loitering on the benches in front of Brooklyn Natural and Cafe Swallow

Instagram Takeover – Ariel Churnin – Fall foliage, tree, changing colors Rough winter winds and the lack of sunshine are conducive to start feeling blue. And even Bushwick, an old good friend who was highfiving us all summer is suddenly all grey and cold. But Bushwick, you can’t fool us, there’s so much to appreciate you! Just […]

It’s the time to bow to the Great Pumpkin, the magical goddess of the fall! Get ready for pumpkin carving, pumpkin ale, and pretty much everything else tasting, smelling or looking like pumpkins

I’m following the Red Guide in a group of 20

Edgy

As the lofts fill out, and the condos go up, it’s getting tougher to see Bushwick as the harbor of subculture and the avant-garde nightlife that has been part of its identity for the better part of a decade

Underneath the Eiffel Tower, you can buy a can of true Paris air, just in case you ever needed a quick fix of the most romantic city in the world

Just a little too often I’ve been hearing this August that nothing important happens before the Labor Day

In case you were unaware of this gem, David Bowie and Mick Jagger covered “Dancing in the Streets,” back in their hay day, and it seems pretty representative of what everyone should do this weekend

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Oh how we love new beginnings

We have a love-hate relationship with Craigslist, the home of the Missed Connection, the Second Hand Ikea Coffee Table, and the The Worst Room

We know you’re addicted to Instagram, and honestly we don’t blame you

Everyone’s heard at least one horror story about renting in New York City

The weather is warm! The weather is rainy! You wore too many layers! Your shoe has a hole! You want to drown your sorrows! You want to smoke on the back patio but it’s not open! WAH

Those who have read Betty Smith’s classic novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn know just where Johnny and Katie Nolan once lived

Bushwick is slowly but surely become a mecca for vintage clothes of all sorts

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By Katarina Hybenova, Maria Gotay, Jeremy Nguyen, Frances Gill, Emilie Ruscoe, Ashley Mathus and Loren DiBlasi

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

By Polly Brewster, Laure Nouraout, Essie Graham & Katarina Hybenova

Yes

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When someone tells you they live in East Williamsburg or Bushwick there’s a good chance you picture them livin’ it up in a loft

Who needs Central Park when you have Maria Hernandez Park? Shopping at dollar stores on Knickerbocker Ave, scenic walks on Johnson Ave and romantic counting of rats on the tracks of the L train

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As is the nature of New York (and something we will ALWAYS be discussing), the rising rents in the once affordable neighborhoods are pushing New York newbies further out on subway lines

For some reason, December is the month for shows