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 shooting last year at a charter school haunts an anti-gun violence rally in East Williamsburg
“If there’s anyone our students can see themselves in, it’s Jacqueline”
“It’s not about a ceasefire or not about not a ceasefire”
“It’s really a who’s who of these Bushwick bands.”
A group of Asian-American pole dancers lights up clubs like House of Yes and the Red Pavilion.
Bushwick’s city council rep says informed tenants are better tenants.
A local gallery show questions what it means to change and move, as well as who is allowed to do so.
How Ridgewood’s small but persistent Bridge and Tunnel won a craft beer contest
About 18% of Bushwick voted for someone else
In a surprise last minute endorsement, Paperboy’s latest campaign got a blurry nod from a labor activist and former rapper
Borough President invites residents to join in a vibrant celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month on Saturday, June 24th
The west coast rapper headlined the Bushwick Collective’s annual block party and brought a few friends.
A five-stop coffee crawl through Bushwick and Ridgewood
The recently-elected Bushwick city council representative faces a challenge from Paperboy Prince.
A short documentary makes the case for a new pump track as a democratizing force
Why a former Democracy Now war correspondent opened the Starr Bar in Bushwick
“They patronize us and we patronize them”
“We’re not from families of means – just two young entrepreneurs in New York trying to make it work,” say the people behind the new Saint Michel Cafe.
“They sell genuinely good earplugs”
“That’s the kind of thing that happens when a community gets split.”
“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win”
Amid this weekend’s Brooklyn Book Festival, a few local writers met in Bushwick: “I’m gay, that’s why I moved to Brooklyn!”
So far, it appeared the prophet’s message was: the aliens have come to the community garden
Zoey Deutch stars in a dark comedy, purportedly set near the J train.
At C’mon Everybody, local drag legends put their spin on the culture – from Shakira to Bad Bunny.
A local ‘Beatles jam’ band plays Brooklyn Bowl on Aug. 6.
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
Redistricting moves and scatters a heated political race, while Elizabeth Crowley has committed to moving within the borders of wherever it is she ends up representing.
A doggy daycare has opened near the Myrtle-Wyckoff station, with a goal of hiring adults with autism.
Volunteers find meaning by giving things away in Bushwick.
The Bushwick singer has a new single out and it’s called “Oh Honey”
Calvin Z. Heyward, a local writer and educator, writes more about some of the struggles Black fathers endure and overcome.
“I’m alarmed by the rate of turnover in trends,” says TikTok personality Clara Perlmutter
State Senator Julia Salazar opens up about her youth, inspirations, early battles with public perception and more.
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.