Master Piece, a new smoke shop and vape lounge on Wilson and Myrtle, is having it’s grand opening this Saturday

Ex-Birdy’s bartenders open a cash-only joint on Knickerbocker, taking the place of a “$5 Shoe Warehouse”

How a flurry of small businesses are changing a corner of Queens

Why a former Democracy Now war correspondent opened the Starr Bar in Bushwick

Plans unveiled for a community garden at a vacant lot near Grover Cleveland Park

Residents no longer have to take the 30-minute walk to Know Waste Lands to compost.

Ecuador’s national sport has made its way to Bushwick, where it thrives on the red-top courts at Maria Hernández Park.

A former head chef at Mission Chinese makes her solo debut at an all day cafe in Ridgewood

Tom Gallo [email protected] @lookatmyrecords_ Tom Gallo is the host of Look At My Records! on Radio Free Brooklyn. Brooklyn’s Little Hustle just released their long-awaited debut album, Notepasser. The local quartet put a significant amount of time, effort, and love into this release over the course of the last half dozen years, and it shows. The songs on […]

Plus, the best shows in Bushwick this week.

Joaquin Baca opens Teo, an izakaya joint, after Leaving Momofuku and closing the Brooklyn Star in Williamsburg.

If you have a personal story about possible wrongdoing by the 83rd Precinct, please email us.

Bushwick is the kind of place where love frequently blossoms into a creative partnership and vice versa

Take sanctuary this January from the blustering winter blues at the Bushwick Starr Theater, located just steps off the Jefferson L stop

Bushwick businesses have very different ideas on how to use social media to connect with their patrons

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This week’s Listening Party features the Brooklyn-born band Landlady and their upcoming show/album release party next Tuesday at Baby’s All Right. Listening Party is a weekly column promoting music discovery and encouraging concert-going. Each hand-picked Listening Party artist has an upcoming show at a local NYC venue. Grab your headphones and read on. Upright Behavior by […]

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I find myself on a double narration as I tell my Bushbabies about the story of art ahead of us. From works inspired by the famous musings of authors James Joyce and Dylan Thomas, to pieces that draw literary connections from personal histories and present happenings. You’ll drift off to your dreams as I read […]

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If you didn’t make it to Pine Box Rock Shop’s last installation of Late Night Basement with Chris Rose, you missed out

Photo from http://www.whytuesday.org/2010/10/28/bloomberg-thumbs-up-to-san-fran-weekend-voting/ …just kidding, kids can’t vote. But you can! And you should, if you want to avoid having your neighbors assume you’re a clueless transplant from the Midwest. Be the change you wish to see in the world, keep your rent from skyrocketing, or get a sticker. And NYC is doing everything within […]

By Allison Galgiani & Katarina Hybenova

Is it just me or has Bushwick gotten bigger? This week Bushwick and its surrounding neighbors are hosting a great number of must-see events that will prove to expand our already well-defined artistic palate