The East Williamsburg building will include community gathering spaces for those collaborative moments we’ve all been hearing about.

Jeff Kurzon hopes that younger voters’ enthusiasm for progressive policies ignited by a grassroots effort by Bernie Sanders and his supporters will land him a spot in the race for United States Congress representing New York’s 7th District  in the June 28th Democratic Primary

Johnson Avenue might be the biggest determining factor in how the formerly industrial area between Williamsburg and Bushwick proper changes in the coming years

A former Paper Mill will become office space.

Bushwick’s industrial past may have a second lease on life

As more and more manufacturing leaves Bushwick and East Williamsburg to relocate their operations overseas where labor costs just a fraction of what it costs in the United States, empty building are giving ideas to real estate development firms

[UPDATE: Please read editor’s note regarding the use of 2000 Census Data in this article and an attached apology

The developers of the largest luxury residential development in Bushwick up to this date, don’t seem to plan on including the number of affordable housing units as they promised to the community

A civic organization, North West Bushwick Community (NWBC), whose missions is to advocate against the displacement of Bushwick’s longtime working-class residents and for accountability from developers, has requested that members of Bushwick community sign a petition pressuring the developer of Rheingold luxury condos to build promised affordable housing and to provide local jobs

You may not immediately recall what’s at 25 Stewart Ave (corner Flushing Ave) but if you ever went to see art at The Active Space or Brooklyn Brush Studios, you likely remember stepping on a oily sidewalks as passing by an incredibly raw sight of a functioning scrap metal recycling facility

Earlier this week we predicted that Johnson Ave in East Williamsburg is very likely to dramatically change in the upcoming years as the underutilized industrial buildings allure developers with big ideas

starlight With New Moon coming up this Saturday, this week is a good time to recenter in mediation (whether it’s sound or coloring meditation you prefer) and reconnect with your community. Check out 10 curated events for Monday to Thursday in the greater Bushwick area. Majority of the events in our newsletter are curated. Each […]

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

Increasing affordable housing and creating community green space are both laudable goals to pursue in the ongoing evolution of NYC’s neighborhoods, but a recent decision from city hall to invite developers to turn community gardens across the city into construction sites for new affordable housing seems to pit the two objectives against each other

Bushwick real estate is a jungle

New possible plans for the “Bushwick Mall” to be built at 74-92 Bogart Street talked about since December 2012 resurfaced today on real estate blog, Wyckoff Heights

It seems clear that most artists working in New York City are in a bind

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Frieze New York – and all the posse fairs that come with it – is upon us! But why should Randall’s Island have all the fun? This weekend, many Bushwick galleries will be open late on Saturday to celebrate the week’s special devotion to the art world

We’re big fans of community arts & music venue The Knockdown Center

All photos by Lucia Reed for Bushwick Daily On a recent rainy Sunday, I bundled up and hustled across Bushwick. I was coming from a meeting with the owner of Bootleg Bar, which just opened up on Myrtle and Bleeker, and I was rushing to a panel on affordable housing being held at Radio Bushwick. […]

We don’t need to remind you that Bushwick is rife with housing tragedies

Representatives of Read Property made their pitch for the 10-building Rheingold project during a City Council hearing at City Hall Tuesday morning

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This morning the North West Bushwick Community group of neighbors to the former site of the Rheingold Brewery shared the news that the City Planning Commission has voted unanimously to approve the ULURP application for the the rezoning of the 9-block property on Bushwick’s Flushing border

Serious Eats wants to know: What’s your favorite Mexican food in Bushwick?

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

At around noon yesterday, the City Planning Commission of NYC met to discuss a wide-range of city projects, including the rezoning of Rheingold Brewery in Bushwick

Antonio Reynoso, 30, is a Williamsburg native who’s running in this fall’s election for the 34th district seat on the New York City Council, a zone that includes Williamsburg, Bushwick and Ridgewood

Bushwick is divided between the 34th and the 37th Council districts

[Update: Rendering of the mall has been removed due to the request of its author]     In December 2012, we informed you that a “grittier Chelsea market” or an independent mall seemed to be coming to Bogart Street. Brokers Massey Knakal were selected to exclusively market the space and mentioned Urban Outfitters or Guitar Center […]