The sound of the breaks against the rubber tires of my bike feels so good. Alas! It’s the first beautiful day in Bushwick in about million years. I just stopped in front of Allison Somers‘  house at Wilson Avenue. Allison is sitting on the stairs holding the leash of her long-haired dog Lucy. She’s pleasurably […]

Selena, Steve and Martin Short are only the latest to shoot in Ridgewood

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

Have a film camera? An airstream trailer on Knickerbocker Avenue has 100 rolls to give out.

A local concierge says she prefers “visitors” to “tourists” and takes us on a trip through Ridgewood.

Meeting every month on Melrose Street; no vintage.

A highlight from last month’s Bushwick Film Festival was a debut feature from a Brooklyn dance director.

A local biking group says bike lines and widened sidewalks are needed to increase accessibility to a local public park.

A postage-stamp sized deli on Knickerbocker calls itself Bushwick’s first all-vegan grocery.

A group of Jewish electronic musicians in Brooklyn are fundraising for humanitarian relief in Gaza.

Famous DJ spotted DJing, while waiting for the L

Going beyond traditional zombie narratives, ‘Herd’ spotlights Bushwick’s expanding influence in the arts.

A pair of notable street artists show up in Bushwick.

Riding a year of hype, a hip hop group rolls in Brooklyn

A Northern Thai-style restaurant transports customers from Bushwick straight to the heart of Thailand

After repeatedly meeting up over soup in a Bushwick playground, a TikTok influencer is now calling it quits on that idea

“Avant Gardner has made a lot of money from the gays,” a lawyer warns.

Some say it’s part of a run of recent club deaths. Others suspect a fatal peanut allergy.

How Ridgewood’s small but persistent Bridge and Tunnel won a craft beer contest

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

Is Bushwick turning “gentrifier gray”?

Years after hosting COVID-era ragers, the former ‘Illhouse’ now hosts poetry readings.

“Lenny Kravitz is my Jesus,” say this local singer on the rise.

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

New Yorkers saw 52% more hate crimes in 2021 than in 2020.

A new local cycling group hosts group rides to breweries on Tuesdays. Anyone’s invited.

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

“Central is really a bad corner,” one local says.

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

Participatory budgeting is back and the results are in for how locals want to dole out $1 million in city funds. Yes dog park, no workout equipment

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

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

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

Bushwick’s answer to Kacey Musgraves is a Texas transplant who generates feels from deep inside the major label machine

For over two decades, Taiwanese artists have had a home in Bushwick

Bob Holden gets Eric Adams’ new transportation department head to make an early appearance on a busy intersection in Queens