The New Yorker recently delighted its North Brooklyn readers with its April 11th cover “Take the L Train,” which portrayed an immediately recognizable pair of bearded straphangers aboard the train we all love to hate, rendered by the adored Tomer Hanuka

Do you like music? Do you like supporting local, independent small businesses that function as IRL hubs for appreciation of the arts? Then we know what you’ll be doing this Saturday when Record Store Day takes over the city’s music shops—and Bushwick based celebrants don’t even need to leave the neighborhood to check out a plethora of […]

Pumps isn’t working with a whole lot of space, but the mirrors on every wall give you the sense of hidden corners, side rooms and secret doors

When the immersive play “Then She Fell” premiered in 2012 at Arts@Renaissance, a former Greenpoint hospital, critics were outdoing themselves in their praises

The filming of an upcoming pilot of HBO mini-series titled “The Deuce” has been underway at several NYC locations including our home sweet Bushwick

CMJ festival is the music lover’s mid-fall holiday

If you work in fashion (and since you’re a Bushwick resident chances are you do), September was a crazy, hectic, and exciting month for you thanks to New York Fashion Week

A blue moon isn’t typically blue, but it is unusual and we’ll get to see one tonight

DW Gibson discusses his new book on gentrification with author Mark Binelli “It’s funny because I remember growing up in Bushwick, six blocks from here. I was a nerd, and people would say, ‘Where you from?’ I had to drop it in a certain way: ‘Yo, I grew up in Bushwick.” People would be all, […]

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Don’t let anyone tell you it’s creepy; people-watching is every New Yorker’s birthright

It’s no surprise the famous groundhog that is Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow again this year

As mentioned in earlier articles, I have a bit of a thing for Craigslist and it has become my “go-to” for when I am bored (or procrastinating). Well, Craigslist just seems to be the gift that keeps giving because I discovered another gem while looking through the “creative gigs” section! This coming Saturday, November 1 from 9PM […]

CMJ only seems like a drag if a) you’re in a band that’s playing 3+ shows; b) you don’t know how to navigate the madness

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Starting tonight, Bushwick and its environs will be filled with a palpable art zeitgeist that will get you feeling feline-frisky! There’s a crisp feel to the air, the leaves are starting to changes, yet it is still warm enough to warrant a great gallery hop

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Have you seen a distinctive red splotched window peeking out from the corner of Noll St and Flushing Ave and wondered, in a King Noodle-induced frenzy, what the heck was that place?  The mysterious storefront holds the home of Bushwick’s newest, and possibly most stylish, tattoo shop

On one of the quieter corners in Bushwick, Central Station opened their doors a little over a month ago

(All photos courtesy of Rafael Fuchs) What made the show all the more effective was the loving way in which Ruben curated it. He himself being intimately familiar with many of the artists, he tells each story with such care and enthusiasm, this excitement extends into the exhibition in the way it is displayed. Sandwiching moments […]

From celebrating Passover to remembering that’s it’s Easter to rejoicing that spring has finally arrived and then having snow /hail/sleet in the middle of the week, we all need a little break this weekend. Luck for us, it’s the most important holiday of all: 4/20. And let’s not forget Record Store Day precedes it groovily […]

As you may know, Bushwick Daily is heading down to SXSW! We’ve already filled you in on our 10 Bands That Will Break Big at the festival this year, provided a how-to guide for fans flocking to Austin, and even put together some  festival fashion recommendations! We won’t feel too far from home in the Lone Star State since we’ll be in the good company; tons of great Bushwick bands will be present, playing their hearts out all across town

By Loren Diblasi, Samantha Smerconish, and Maria Gotay

We at Bushwick Daily are total romantics and proudly celebrate Valentine’s Day

Whether you are solidly single or happily hitched, Valentine’s Day is one of those pesky holidays that you just can’t get away from

Yes, you’ve been a good kid and partied whole year like a busy bee

As the neighborhood swells, flush with deliciousness and boozy evenings, decisions about where to eat and drink have gotten exponentially more challenging

We’ve introduced you to all sorts of spectacular getaways with our escapes series this summer, from The Newburgh Brewing Company upstate to The Wild Honey Pie’s Summer Camp to events at Rockaway Beach

For those of you who need a drink after work (or simply want one), we bring you a list of five fantastic happy hours in the neighborhood to make you even happier to come back home after work!

Whether you are aspiring to become a professional photographer or just addicted to Instagram, we highly recommend you make the trek out to Brooklyn Bridge Park this next week to check out the second annual Photoville

The past two weeks have tested our strengths, our limits, and our air conditioners

If you’re one of the 200,000 people to descend upon Austin’s city limits to partake in SXSW (and you know how to do it right now), and you want to see some of your favorite Brooklyn/Bushwick bands, you can do so at one of two places – at an official showcase (where festival badges/wristbands ARE required) or at one of the many free shows they will be playing next week

Better known to film fans for her bawdy screen performances and her ever-quotable double entendres, Mae West was a Brooklyn native and fixture of the NYC theater scene long before moving to Hollywood in 1932 and cementing her reputation as the “Queen of Sex

Everyone likes to think they know how to party

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