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Community

Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

Two Events To Consider This Week: Meet Ocasio-Cortez And Illuminate Displacement

There’s a chance to meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and shine a light on displacement in Bushwick.

Community

Friday Fast Fact: More than a Quarter of Bushwick Residents Live Below the Poverty Line

Data from the American Community Survey reveals that more than one in four Bushwick residents lives in poverty.

Community

Arts & Culture

“Work in Progress: Residential” is Bushwick Daily’s August Poem of the Month

Celebrate The 13th Year of Bushwick Pride This Weekend

Resist and party in the streets of Bushwick for an awesome cause this weekend.

Community

Friday Fast Fact: Families Are Being Driven Out of Bushwick

Data from the American Community Survey shows that the rate of families with children in Bushwick has been cut in half since 2000.

Community

Bushwick is Home to Some of the Fastest Rising Rents in NYC

Everyone knows that Bushwick rents are on the rise, but here are some numbers to back it up.

Real Estate

A New Documentary Explores How North Brooklyn Tenants Succeed at Fighting Displacement

“The Method” identifies the strategy that has kept many North Brooklyn residents in their homes despite aggressive attempts to displace them. The final step? “Never give up.”

Community

Got Ideas on How to Fight Displacement? Bring Them to Mayday Space

The meeting on August 20th is set to bring together individuals and organizations fighting predatory housing practices across the city.

Community

Bushwick Will Represent at the Brooklyn Museum’s Anti-Gentrification and Displacement Forum Sunday

The forum takes place on Sunday, July 24th, and will feature speakers, musical performances, and discussions followed by a march which ends at a picnic in Prospect Park.

Community

How Local Advocates Want to Address Bushwick’s Race, Class & Affordable Housing Issues

An expert panel on gentrification versus affordable housing in New York City filled audience members with frustration—and hope.

Community

MTA Promises to Rehouse Bushwick Residents During M Train Work “On Our Dime”

Pet care, security guards, Chinese takeouts every night — MTA makes big promises to Bushwick residents who will be displaced from their homes due to impending M train construction.

Community

Residents Facing MTA “Relocation” Meet to Share Concerns

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

Arts & Culture

Bushwick Residents and Businesses Will be Displaced for 6-10 Months or More During M Train Work

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

Restaurants

[UPDATE] Here’s Your First Look at a $13 Million Willoughby Avenue Development Proposal

Commercial mortgage brokerage Eastern Union Funding announced yesterday that it has arranged a $13

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