Sometimes it seems like our whole live revolves around the L train – a harrowing fact considering most of us have either been cursed out by a sassy teenage girl or seen someone strip down to their skivvies during the long commute home

The neighborhood of Bushwick was shocked by the multiple attacks on women that occurred in December 2012

Several of our readers have reported that they have heard about multiple attacks on women in the past week in Bushwick

“I think Bushwick has definitely inspired me since I moved here. I find it is hard edged, gritty and yet still there are places where art can catch your eye. The best analogy I can think of is that sidewalk where it is all concrete then there is that one little flower growing through the […]

By Katarina Hybenova

By Chris Heuberger

By Katarina Hybenova

Text and Photos by Katarina Hybenova

Tyrome Tripoli parks my bike in his Troutman St. studio just seconds before the pouring rain starts. Thick fat raindrops here and there should have been a warning enough before this summer mayhem. “This won’t last more than 20 minutes.” Ty says. “It took me a while to figure out New York summer rain. But […]

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 […]

It’s a mid-July afternoon at Bushwick’s Myrtle Avenue. The above-the-ground J and M trains are racing each other in production of industrial noise and delivery and/or removal of the peoples of Bushwick. A pollo truck in the nearby shade has just reached this season’s top level of sale of Colombian chicken. People are walking, bumping […]