This comes at the end of a year that has seen a significant increase in violence toward transgender and gender non-conforming people throughout the United States.

With Covid cases rising across Bushwick and all of NYC, some are abandoning their holiday plans and spending Christmas by themselves.

Thirty-six out of 51 councilmembers have sponsored the bill, which would grant more than 800,000 permanent residents and work permit holders the right to vote in city elections.

The non-profit Mil Mundos en Común has launched “Getting Bushwick Connected,” its first fundraiser to subsidize the installation of free internet for households in need.

The deadline to apply for the program is now Jan. 4.

Some are also calling on the city and the community to help them further develop their own delivery platform, My Bodega Online.

Piles of trash and overflowing waste baskets have been permeating Bushwick for most of 2021.

After a year and a half, Bushwick’s DorDor art gallery closes its doors, as the co-owner of the space seeks new ways to accomplish her goals of democratizing access to the art market for up-and-coming artists.

After four years of growing, the beloved lounge, musical home and studio, Wilson Live, was severely damaged by Hurricane Ida.

Many community boards, including CB4, have pushed back against making New York’s restaurant sidewalk seating permanent. But the city will likely move forward with the program anyway.

An updated look at Bushwick’s vaccination rates, in the wake of NYC vaccine mandates.

In-school testing results show a shockingly low number of positive COVID cases in Bushwick schools, but there are questions about testing.

City data reveals that more than 10,000 additional people in the Bushwick area have become fully vaccinated over the past three weeks.

The Butterfly Project, a collage surrounding the narratives of immigration and migration, will cover an entire wall in Senator Julia Salazar’s office.

Over the past year, many Bushwick restaurants teamed up with an app called Too Good to Go to fight food waste, attract new customers and offer inexpensive food.

Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board, established by the PROMESA law in 2016, has “exacerbated the structural inequalities and austerity in Puerto Rico,” one local leader said.

The new studio hosts a wide array of yoga options, all of which are pay-what-you-can.

Nicole De Santis, co-founder of Clean Bushwick Initiative, has a solution.

“Part of the idea is to create opportunity, in some small measure, for artists.”

City data reveals vaccination rates in Bushwick and surrounding neighborhoods.

To those who want to get involved in their community, but aren’t sure where to start, Chloe says to ‘Just go for it!’

Families in Bushwick and around the city, unconvinced by school COVID-19 protocols, want the option to continue remote instruction.

Attendees at Evergreens Cemetery were able to view Jupiter’s moons, Saturn’s rings, and our moon’s craters among other astronomical objects, and you can too!

Based on factors like poverty levels, green space and air conditioner ownership, Bushwick and a number of other city neighborhoods are more vulnerable than others to the effects of extreme heat.

Bushwick photographers Meryl Meisler and Rafael Fuchs showcase neighborhood photos spanning 1981-2021 at the Thames Art Center.

Small business owners Andrew Owens and Benny Polanco started selling empanadas to support not only themselves but nonprofits like Hope for Haiti and the Sunrise Movement.

This Bushwick-based service provides expert dog training and a supportive community for pup parents.

Everyone can learn how to protect Mother Earth at this free, family-friendly event.

Compared to Tropical Storm Henri, water leak complaints approximately doubled both in Bushwick and citywide. There were nearly eight times as many calls as there were that same day the previous year.

Organizers Qween Jean and Gia Love call for Bushwick to support the Black Lives Matter movement and the LGBTQ+ community. If you say “BLM” and do not support the queer Black community, then you are not for liberation, Qween said.

Plans for the rally were prompted by a stabbing and robbery in a Bushwick bodega early Saturday morning, which NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is currently investigating.

Governors Ball 2021, running from September 24-26 at Citi Field, will feature some of the neighborhood’s top local musicians and food makers.

With live music coming back, here are some venues where you can catch a show.

Sarah Khoshaba, a Bushwick resident, started her own successful small soup business when she lost her job during the lockdown.

El Puente’s “Break for Justice” event returned for its fifth year at Maria Hernandez Park. And the dancers did not disappoint.

The studio, which is projected to open in September, will be big enough to film two TV shows or one blockbuster movie.