Need something to hug? The great tree giveaway is on! Come out to EL Garden community garden at 120 Jefferson Street this Sunday, March 29th, and get a tree, free
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
Plus, great gigs at Elsewhere, Alphaville, Market Hotel, and El Cortez!
Guest post by Daryl-Ann Saunders, photographer, author of ongoing photo series”Pioneers of Bushwick” which tells the story of Bushwick residents living in the area since 1975 or earlier
This week’s Listening Party features the Santa Barbara boys Gardens & Villa and their upcoming show next Tuesday at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Listening Party is a curated weekly column promoting music discovery and encouraging concert-going. Featuring someone we’ve been jamming out to and we recommend to the masses, each Listening Party artist has an upcoming show at a […]
“It’s never been this bad,” protestors say about a proposed rent increase
Responding to anonymous graffiti reading: “kill elected officials”
A personal trainer in Bushwick boasts a green thumb
El servicio de compostaje en la acera se reanudó en Octubre de este año, pero solo en algunos barrios elegibles.
The curbside composting service resumed in October this year, but only in some eligible neighborhoods.
Residents no longer have to take the 30-minute walk to Know Waste Lands to compost.
Everyone can learn how to protect Mother Earth at this free, family-friendly event.
Look up and support your local community garden in providing sustenance and critical green space.
An ever-evolving list of Bushwick organizations that are actively in need of volunteers.
As the election tightens, big real estate is dumping money into local city council races
In a wide-open election, candidates in Brooklyn (and all over NYC) will be running on ranked ballots for the first time
Experience an outdoor show, where the neighborhood becomes part of the story.
SNL Impressionist Melissa Villaseñor joins the comic heavyweight at Forrest Point.
A Bushwick sushi bar serving fish flown in whole from Tokyo’s legendary Tsukiji market and broken down by hand.
A much anticipated taproom is finally being realized from the nomadic brewery.
“It was incredible, there was so much heartwarming generosity and genuine harmony.”
On June 11, the New York City Council’s Committee on Land Use held a hearing on Council Member Rafael Espinal’s bill calling for the development of an urban agricultural plan.
Summer is here!