Pumps, one of New York’s “last old school strip clubs,” has survived the COVID pandemic.

Pumps isn’t working with a whole lot of space, but the mirrors on every wall give you the sense of hidden corners, side rooms and secret doors

Bushwick’s reputation as a artistic boob haven is about to get another boost this Sunday: Brooklyn’s favorite titty-bar is going to put on a variety show featuring the very best of New York’s burlesque and vocal talent, Pumps employees

They met on Craigslist. Now, they’re working on album number two.

Tinashe, Shygirl, Vanessa Vanjie and a cannon of condoms explode in Bushwick

North Brooklyn and Bushwick feature heavily in Joshua D. Fischer’s interview series.

Bushwick has seen plenty of bizarre nudity over the years–whether it’s burlesque, shows ar Bizarre, smallest dick contest, or an old-fashion strip club Pumps

Orange is the New Black star and a Bushwick resident, Lea DeLaria recently launched her new album comprised of David Bowie jazz covers titled House of David: delaria + bowie = jazz

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Sometimes “DIY” just sounds glorious but all it really just means is that you have to do everything yourself

Yes, finally, after two years of waiting impatiently for a show in Bushwick that features a “human chandelier,” the brand new (and not quite finished) House Of Yes is having an open house this Saturday, June 6, from 6 to 8 p

Cheryl (The Dance Party That Will Ruin Your Life) is too intense an event for me to attend every month, though I’ve been to probably two a year since their 2008 debut at erstwhile classy dive Royale in Park Slope. Cheryl is a handful of semi-anonymous dance cats who, above all else, prize glitter, shoulder pads, fake blood, […]

You’ve felt it coming for a while

As our neighborhood continues to grow and evolve, there’s simply no shortage of brand new businesses popping up left, right, and center

Friends of Bushwick!! Fall is here and school is back IN ACTION

image: Giphy

By Dimitrios Manousakis & Katarina Hybenova

Summer in Bushwick wouldn’t be the same without fire hydrants blasting cold water, and children playing and squeaking in excitement

We love a good female MC, and are lucky enough to live in a city that is home to plenty of them

“I have been really interested in drawing dancers,” says artist and curator Aubrey Roemer under the dim light at Pumps, a strip bar on Grand St

Although Bushwick may have survived (and even surged) through devastating Hurricane Sandy, the rest of New York City has not fared so well- Breezy Point, Rockaway in Queens and lower Manhattan suffered among the worst damage

Text and photos by Maria Gotay