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New Report Shows Disproportionate Risk to Latinx Communities from Climate Change

New Report Shows Disproportionate Risk to Latinx Communities from Climate Change

The Ultimate Guide to Bushwick’s Public Libraries: Free Museum Admissions, Film Screenings, and More

The Ultimate Guide to Bushwick’s Public Libraries: Free Museum Admissions, Film Screenings, and More

Six Inclusive Open Mics Aspiring Comics Should Check Out in 2019

Six Inclusive Open Mics Aspiring Comics Should Check Out in 2019

Where to crack jokes if you’re tired of cis-het white comedy!

Bushwick Artist Releases Anti-Prison Art Book and Plans for Full-Length Music Album

Bushwick Artist Releases Anti-Prison Art Book and Plans for Full-Length Music Album

Espinal’s Historic Campaign & Why the Special Election for NYC Public Advocate Matters for Bushwick

Espinal’s Historic Campaign & Why the Special Election for NYC Public Advocate Matters for Bushwick

So far, a dozen candidates have officially announced their campaigns for the position including Bushwick’s District 37 City Councilmember , Rafael Espinal.

Shop Local This Year at the 11 Winter Markets in and Around Bushwick

Shop Local This Year at the 11 Winter Markets in and Around Bushwick

Hispanic Heritage, CalabazaFest And More Events To Enjoy This Week

Hispanic Heritage, CalabazaFest And More Events To Enjoy This Week

Celebrate the fall, Latinidad and Halloween in all their glory.

These Bushwick Nut Butters Are Sure to Become Your New Favorite Treat

These Bushwick Nut Butters Are Sure to Become Your New Favorite Treat

June Bar Will Host an All Day Fundraising Event to Oppose the Prison-Industrial Complex

June Bar Will Host an All Day Fundraising Event to Oppose the Prison-Industrial Complex

The day-long series of workshops on June 6 will honor Kalief Browder, whose story is a harrowing reminder of the kinds of terror people face at Riker’s Island every day.

Filmmakers Hope to Expand Discussion About Gentrification with a Horror Short

Filmmakers Hope to Expand Discussion About Gentrification with a Horror Short

The film has a crew comprised of women and minorities and an impressive list of producers.

Got Ideas on How to Fight Displacement? Bring Them to Mayday Space

Got Ideas on How to Fight Displacement? Bring Them to Mayday Space

The meeting on August 20th is set to bring together individuals and organizations fighting predatory housing practices across the city.

Exclusive: New York Loft Hostel in East Williamsburg Is Turning Into a 140-Bed Homeless Shelter

Exclusive: New York Loft Hostel in East Williamsburg Is Turning Into a 140-Bed Homeless Shelter

Bushwick Will Have a Say in the Design of Wyckoff Ave’s Pedestrian Plaza at Two Upcoming DOT Events

Bushwick Will Have a Say in the Design of Wyckoff Ave’s Pedestrian Plaza at Two Upcoming DOT Events

A historically gnarly stretch of Wyckoff Avenue that lies along the border of Brooklyn and Queens next to the Myrtle-Wyckoff station on the L and M subway lines is slated to become a pedestrian plaza, and the Department of Transportation will be seeking Bushwick’s help planning it at two upcoming public events

For $60, You Can Buy “Gentrification In Progress” Barrier Tape From Street Artist gilf!

For $60, You Can Buy “Gentrification In Progress” Barrier Tape From Street Artist gilf!

A thousand feet of glorious anti-gentrification tape is now available for your consuming pleasure.

Community Wellness Fair is Coming to Maria Hernandez Park this Saturday

Community Wellness Fair is Coming to Maria Hernandez Park this Saturday

Aside from living in Bushwick, many of us commute to work in the city and to other parts of Brooklyn, spending large chunks of our day standing smashed up against a subway window, working for companies with strict deadlines that have us grinning with clenched teeth.  Now that I have you all riled up, allow me […]

This Bushwick Program Could Turn You Into An Urban Farmer. Apply Now!

This Bushwick Program Could Turn You Into An Urban Farmer. Apply Now!

It’s no secret that Brooklynites take their food seriously, and Bushwick is no different

Revelers At Winter Solstice Feast Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, Celebrating Food and Community

Revelers At Winter Solstice Feast Eat, Drink, and Be Merry, Celebrating Food and Community

Supporters of Bushwick non-profit

Farm-In-The-Sky Kickstarter Seeks to Bring a Rooftop Farm to Bushwick

Farm-In-The-Sky Kickstarter Seeks to Bring a Rooftop Farm to Bushwick

Bushwick non-profit Ecostation:NY has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a community-oriented rooftop farm

Excellent Bushwick Hip-Hop Concert Helps Philippines Recovery Effort

Excellent Bushwick Hip-Hop Concert Helps Philippines Recovery Effort

While it’s been less than a week since our collective freakout over winter storms named Hercules and vortexes that are polar in nature, many people in the island nation of the Philippines are struggling to put their lives together in the two months since Typhoon Haiyan (otherwise known as Yolanda)

Repurposed Hospital Serves as Unique Art Residency and Free Studio Space

Repurposed Hospital Serves as Unique Art Residency and Free Studio Space

Art@Renaissance residency takes place in a labyrinth of rooms and corridors, which conjure their former function as a place of life and death

Rheingold Rezoning Saga Continues at Heated CB4 Meeting & Public Meetings

Rheingold Rezoning Saga Continues at Heated CB4 Meeting & Public Meetings

Community Board members and Bushwick Citizens gathered Wednesday night at Bushwick’s monthly Community Board 4 meeting at Hope Gardens Multi-Service center, the first one since August’s recess and the primary elections

Project for Empty Space Is Coming to Bushwick!

Project for Empty Space Is Coming to Bushwick!

This weekend the New Museum celebrated its third year of IDEAS CITY, a collaborative initiative that seeks to use the arts to revitalize urban space as a forum for discussion and culture enrichment

<strong>Carta abierta: ¿Dónde está Dilan? </strong>

Carta abierta: ¿Dónde está Dilan? 

La inacción de Dilan también está perjudicando a los inmigrantes neoyorquinos

Opinion: Where is Dilan?

Opinion: Where is Dilan?

Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan’s former primary opponent says the assemblyman can’t be found.

Scenes From an ‘Activist Opera’ at the House of Yes

Scenes From an ‘Activist Opera’ at the House of Yes

Guided by queer goddesses, she becomes a mermaid who dives into the depths of the ocean to found the “Mermaid Femme Empire.”

Progressives Fight The Machine.

Progressives Fight The Machine.

“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win”

All Cowboys Go To Bushwick

All Cowboys Go To Bushwick

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

Events Happening This Week(end) (April 7 – April 13) in and Around Bushwick

Events Happening This Week(end) (April 7 – April 13) in and Around Bushwick

A pop-up paint class! A UFC Fight! A Garbage Prom!

Calling All Parents! Here’s a List of (Mostly Free) After School Activities For Bushwick Kids

Calling All Parents! Here’s a List of (Mostly Free) After School Activities For Bushwick Kids

Looking to get your children involved in extracurricular activities? Need somewhere for them to be while you’re at work?

Three Days in January: Revisiting The Broadway Hostage Crisis of 1973

Three Days in January: Revisiting The Broadway Hostage Crisis of 1973

49 years ago today, four young men entered a sporting goods store for a robbery that would soon escalate into a fatal shootout and hostage situation. With a new documentary film on the subject scheduled to come out later this year, Bushwick Daily takes a look back at the event.

Start Your Day Like the New Mayor – With a Vegan Bodega Sandwich in Bushwick

Start Your Day Like the New Mayor – With a Vegan Bodega Sandwich in Bushwick

Eric Adams’ celebratory breakfast wrap sold at Bushwick’s Marinello’s Gourmet Deli until Nov. 14, but you can still enjoy great-tasting plant-based food options at many bodegas in Bushwick and across NYC.

Resources for Domestic Violence Survivors Living in Bushwick and Beyond

Resources for Domestic Violence Survivors Living in Bushwick and Beyond

A directory for finding support, counseling and alternatives to police for survivors of domestic violence.

Families Demand Remote Learning Option for Kids

Families Demand Remote Learning Option for Kids

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

Organizers Hold Wednesday Protest Against Anti-Black and LGBTQ+ Hate in Response to Saturday’s ‘Anti-Gay’ Attack

Organizers Hold Wednesday Protest Against Anti-Black and LGBTQ+ Hate in Response to Saturday’s ‘Anti-Gay’ Attack

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.

So You Want to Volunteer? Here Is a List of Bushwick Organizations That Need Your Help

So You Want to Volunteer? Here Is a List of Bushwick Organizations That Need Your Help

An ever-evolving list of Bushwick organizations that are actively in need of volunteers.

Curbside Compost Returns, but Not to Bushwick

Curbside Compost Returns, but Not to Bushwick

The relaunched organics waste collection program will continue to only serve limited neighborhoods in the city.