As most of us know, the cost of college is getting way out of hand, and in a city where the cost of everything spiraled out of control long ago, more and more students with their sights set on college have to look to outside resources to fill the gap between what they can afford and what federal loans and grants can provide

“Right now, I’m figuring out how to make—or come across—10 hot pink nun habits in men’s sizes,” says Daniel Ellis-Ferris, Founder and Executive Producer of Brooklyn’s LoftOpera, on organizing the company’s June production of Le Comte Ory

Travelers who hate flocking to beaten path museums and landmarks and who would prefer to spend the day exploring quirky neighborhoods may have been excited to hear about the new iOS app Where Is Williamsburg

This week Faro, the amazing, affordable, fine dining Italian restaurant on Jefferson St, turns one! What a whirlwind of a first year they have had: they’ve received glowing recognition all over the press (us, Eater, The New Yorker) gotten favorable Zagat and Michelin Star ratings, and launched a brunch and a tasting menu, all of which suggests that this first anniversary of their opening won’t be the last one they have occasion to celebrate

Have you ever dodged a turd or several while walking around the streets of Bushwick? Have you perhaps found yourself wondering whether or not the neighborhood’s plethora of poops will ever be fully cleaned up?

Indie stalwarts The Thermals packed Bushwick’s Market Hotel for a rowdy, mosh-happy, sold out show last Thursday

Highly anticipated “urban tiki” destination Dromedary Bar officially opened last Friday, April 22nd, and Bushwick turned out to celebrate the new spot in remarkably high numbers

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A Bushwick resident who was awoken by screams and moans in the early hours of Saturday morning called 911 after discovering a semi-conscious, badly injured naked woman on the street, police tell Bushwick Daily

Courtesy of House of Yes. If you’ve ever been to a House of Yes event before, you know that the former ice warehouse has recently turned itself into one hell of a performance venue. Located at 2 Wyckoff Avenue, the complex is known for hosting an impressive variety of fantastically creative events and performances — […]

Bushwick activism hub MayDay Space is getting ready to host a dynamic community day on the date it takes its name from

This Saturday, April 30th, Bushwick’s Irving Square Park will be the venue for a newly inaugurated annual event organized to raise environmental awareness and provide resources for conscientious living to the Bushwick community

Summer’s coming, and the music world is toying with our emotions

John Lennon said it best – the sun is up, the sky is blue – it’s beautiful and so are you

A Salvation Army thrift store will soon open its doors to the Bushwick public right beneath the tracks of Myrtle Ave-Broadway, Salvation Army sources confirmed for Bushwick Daily

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If you do your laundry at the Mermaid Laundromat, located on Knickerbocker between Starr and Troutman streets, you might be in for a surprise should you decide to duck under the silver streamers that hang over the door to a kiosk tucked into a corner

Eight to ten suspects who attacked a 26 year old man in brutal bar brawl outside of Myrtle Ave bar Vaqueros on Saturday, April 16th are still at large, and footage of the attack has been released by the NYPD with the hope that the public can identify the individuals responsible for the attack, which left the victim in critical but stable condition

Artist OptimoNYC spent all weekend creating this charming proposal piece on the side of a Bushwick building at the corner of Knickerbocker Ave and Jefferson St and tells Bushwick Daily that the request the made in the piece is on behalf of Juliette’s boyfriend, who lives in the neighborhood

Dark smoke filled the sky over north Brooklyn and Queens just before sunset on Sunday as firefighters responded to a 5-alarm fire that, at press time, had already consumed 3 residences and an extension on a church on Arlington Ave in Cypress Hills, the FDNY tells Bushwick Daily

FDNY officials told Bushwick Daily Friday that an investigation into the cause of the massive fire that destroyed five buildings on Bushwick’s DeKalb Avenue has been closed, and that it has been determined that it started as an electrical fire in the rear of 1427 DeKalb Ave

Happy Earth Day, Bushwick! Locals who are looking for a sweet way to observe the holiday can stop by the Bushwick Starr this weekend to take in the culmination of the 6th annual Big Green Theater, the eco-playwriting workshop that the Starr runs in collaboration with local eco-theater collective Superhero Clubhouse

Yesterday morning the world lost a fearless, fiercely talented, genre-obliterating American icon: Prince Rogers Nelson, known best as Prince, whose death at the age of 57 came as a shock to his legions of adoring fans

It’s doubtless been a rough week for MTA officials after news broke that residents of homes beneath the M train at Myrtle Broadway will have to pack up and leave during track work—but the Authority has finally committed to holding a public meeting sharing details about the coming Lpocalypse on Cinco de Mayo

Happy Spring, fashionistas! The streets of Bushwick are coming to life with color this week and one color in particular is favored widely: blue

Bushwick community members who occupy twenty-six apartments on the triangular block adjacent to the Myrtle Ave-Broadway station on the J, M and Z trains and who discovered last week that M train work will necessitate that they leave their homes for a definite 6-10 months and possibly much longer met Wednesday night to share their experiences and consider plans of action

This evening, Bushwick welcomes its first feminist, anti-gentrification book and sex shop in a centrally located laundromat right next to Maria Hernandez Park

Syndicated has Bushwick covered for (almost) all of the neighborhood’s 4/20 needs

Borough President Eric Adams and other elected officials led a candlelight vigil in Bushwick’s Maria Hernandez Park Wednesday night in remembrance of the victims of the 7

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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

This July, the most epic beach party you can imagine will be coming to our neck of the woods all summer long

Your chance to vote in one of the more contentious primaries in recent election cycles has arrived! If you’re already registered to vote as a Democrat or a Republican, congrats, you’ve jumped through the first hoop

Opening up a new establishment — particularly in Bushwick — can be daunting. The influx of new eateries and bars largely contributes to the neighborhood’s constantly-evolving landscape, and those changes are a perennial subject of contention in the neighborhood and beyond. For business owners, however, the facts remain: while some new ventures in Bushwick succeed, others accordingly fail. […]

Some residents and businesses located on the triangular block under the curved M train track adjacent to Myrtle Broadway will need to be out of their buildings during upcoming work on M train tracks, according to Newsday