With the coldest months of the year approaching, help keep your neighbors warm by donating coats.
“It’s really important for me to be able to give back,” said Aaron Nessel, founder of Bushwick Yacht Club.
Small business owners Andrew Owens and Benny Polanco started selling empanadas to support not only themselves but nonprofits like Hope for Haiti and the Sunrise Movement.
Bushwick-Ridgewood restaurants and small business owners come together in support of the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests.
For the 28th year in a row, thousands of donated coats will be counted, sorted and distributed to organizations serving the homeless and other low-income New Yorkers by New York Cares volunteers.
The well-known phrase “Knowledge is Power” hit a little too close to home this past week at Pine Box Rock Shop, as they were tipped off by a customer that a beer they had on tap came from a brewery that wasn’t exactly, erm, in a nutshell, chill
Alicia Torres from Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council is the mother to a brilliant idea: To organize a collection of prom outfits for boys and girls from local high schools
An incredible amount of excellent works of art donated to All Bushwick Sandy Relief Fundraiser has been flowing around in the past 3 days
Bushwick’s local community board has some new members, and the 83rd precinct has a somewhat new captain.
A Brooklyn group plots a mural on Wyckoff Avenue
Selena, Steve and Martin Short are only the latest to shoot in Ridgewood
A shooting last year at a charter school haunts an anti-gun violence rally in East Williamsburg
“When we started, we were the only vegan Ethiopian restaurant in New York”
Catch March Madness & make sure to order the wings.
The Rolo’s people take over the Acre. Of course, the chips and guac are $16.
“If there’s anyone our students can see themselves in, it’s Jacqueline”
A self-described “naughty marketplace” sets up shop with an “intersectional feminist perspective.”
“It’s not about a ceasefire or not about not a ceasefire”
Seven local, inventive martinis worth your $20.
Built in 1925, the congregation actually traces its origins to Bushwick Avenue in 1853.
Construction is expected to start late 2025.
Have a film camera? An airstream trailer on Knickerbocker Avenue has 100 rolls to give out.
A local concierge says she prefers “visitors” to “tourists” and takes us on a trip through Ridgewood.
There’s a basement in Bushwick where they’re singing Fleetwood Mac
Ex-Birdy’s bartenders open a cash-only joint on Knickerbocker, taking the place of a “$5 Shoe Warehouse”
“This is an era of no more demonizing successful businesses, but promoting, lifting them up,” claims Eric Adams
Scenes of rock and roll at Ridgewood Presbyterian
“My name is God Complex, but you can call me Daddy”
Two meatless spots on Knickerbocker closed their doors, but Seitan’s Helper say they’re not going anywhere
After a run at Fringe Festival, Maggie Crane returns to Bushwick with her tales of ‘death, disability and dunkin donuts’
The hipster houdinis take over a local bar spot with some drinks up their sleeve. Could do with more of those.
Tension did erupt, briefly.
From Post Malone to Punks for Palestine, we’re revisiting this year’s top local stories.
They met on Craigslist. Now, they’re working on album number two.
Meeting every month on Melrose Street; no vintage.
Listen to five new Christmas songs, some feline-themed.
