A brief history of some of the many inventors and innovators who have called Bushwick home.
Following a Supreme Court failure to make a decision on keystone Obama administration immigration legislature Thursday, local organizations and community members announced that they would be rallying today at noon outside City Hall to express indignation with the country’s lawmakers
Real estate in New York City is some of the most coveted in the world, making for a pretty consistently hot sellers market that can seem impervious to national real estate trends
The Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement raided an East Williamsburg loft building and busted some of its residents for running an 8-unit illegal hotel out of a loft, according to the Daily News and the Department of Buildings
It rained in several short but intense intervals yesterday
A few weeks ago, we told you about the crisis facing Bushwick’s El Garden, one of the 17 community gardens on public land across the city at risk of being leveled to create new housing developments
Don’t black out! These shows will require electricity, sound and popcorn-loving spectators. This week it seems Bushwick galleries got together and decided to put on an all-immersive ambience for their audiences. Microscope Gallery, Fresh Window, NUTUREart and Studio 10 are opening with new video installations that project the narrative magic of their artists into the […]
Earlier this month, New York City Council Member Erik Dilan, whose council district includes parts of Bushwick, held a press conference to announce his strong commitment to the Community Safety Act
Oh, New Yorkers, aren’t we all transplants? Many of us for sure! We frequently land in Bushwick in hopes of starting our après college lives on the cheap yet glamorously (after hiring moving companies like Mayflower). We’re not always welcome, sometimes it takes a hot second to hone our city manners, but bear with us, […]
The art world YES man
Soap bubbles, tiny tequilas, violently damaged Golem of Bushwick, poetry, industrial landscape, multi-person ping pong, Joy Ride
By Peter Hopkins
By Zuzana Kepplova
A local mutual aid group celebrates its third anniversary
“It starts in Bushwick, and then it rolls out to the rest of the world”
Bushwick’s local community board has some new members, and the 83rd precinct has a somewhat new captain.
A Brooklyn group plots a mural on Wyckoff Avenue
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.
Selena, Steve and Martin Short are only the latest to shoot in Ridgewood
A shooting last year at a charter school haunts an anti-gun violence rally in East Williamsburg
“When we started, we were the only vegan Ethiopian restaurant in New York”
Catch March Madness & make sure to order the wings.
The Rolo’s people take over the Acre. Of course, the chips and guac are $16.
“If there’s anyone our students can see themselves in, it’s Jacqueline”
A self-described “naughty marketplace” sets up shop with an “intersectional feminist perspective.”
“It’s not about a ceasefire or not about not a ceasefire”
Seven local, inventive martinis worth your $20.
Built in 1925, the congregation actually traces its origins to Bushwick Avenue in 1853.
Construction is expected to start late 2025.
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.
There’s a basement in Bushwick where they’re singing Fleetwood Mac
Ex-Birdy’s bartenders open a cash-only joint on Knickerbocker, taking the place of a “$5 Shoe Warehouse”
“This is an era of no more demonizing successful businesses, but promoting, lifting them up,” claims Eric Adams
Scenes of rock and roll at Ridgewood Presbyterian
“My name is God Complex, but you can call me Daddy”
