It’s no joke: New York City rents have skyrocketed in the past few years, and will continue to climb for the foreseeable future

A civic organization, North West Bushwick Community (NWBC), whose missions is to advocate against the displacement of Bushwick’s longtime working-class residents and for accountability from developers, has requested that members of Bushwick community sign a petition pressuring the developer of Rheingold luxury condos to build promised affordable housing and to provide local jobs

All photos by Lucia Reed for Bushwick Daily On a recent rainy Sunday, I bundled up and hustled across Bushwick. I was coming from a meeting with the owner of Bootleg Bar, which just opened up on Myrtle and Bleeker, and I was rushing to a panel on affordable housing being held at Radio Bushwick. […]

A brooklyn resident posted the bogus listing to make apartment hunters consider the dire state of the housing situation in Bushwick.

Excellent gentrification reporting is a major accomplishment

Residents of a long-neglected Bushwick building have been evacuated from their home, which the city has declared unsafe—but their cats remain inside, and the neighbor who promised to care for them is unable to get to them

The only thing I really know about gentrification is that it is a very complex, multifaceted subject that triggers a lot of emotions, and not having those emotions clouding one’s judgment while in the middle of a heated discussion takes some serious Zen practice

Did you know that when students have higher access to the arts they are three times more likely to win an award for school attendance; receive 96 more points on the SATS on average; are three times more likely to earn a Bachelor’s degree, and four times more likely to own a business than a high school dropout?

As I pointed out last week, sex and partying are important, but to really have a healthy emotional life, working hard and being productive is a key ingredient

Is Bushwick turning “gentrifier gray”?

A mildly contentious lieutenant governor race gives a local career politician a possible comeback.

If you’re living with a toxic roommate, what can you legally do to separate yourself from the situation?

A directory for finding support, counseling and alternatives to police for survivors of domestic violence.

Compared to Tropical Storm Henri, water leak complaints approximately doubled both in Bushwick and citywide. There were nearly eight times as many calls as there were that same day the previous year.

‘They can no longer keep up with the rent. You’ve seen Myrtle Avenue, it’s all empty, it’s all for rent.’

The pair of mayoral candidates met in Bushwick for one of Prince’s pie-flinging political conversations.

While not uncommon to see new developments sprouting up on almost every block in Bushwick. Bushwick Historic Corridor has been the subject of several movements to receive historic landmark designation

“After the housing crash, back in 2008, they didn’t have jobs… And their families, they threw them out.”

If your current bank is missing some of these important qualities then it’s time to find a bank that offers the value–and values–you deserve.

Bushwick was the center of rumors about checkpoints and arrests over the weekend, making it difficult to separate fact from fiction.

A former rehab facility on Bushwick’s DeKalb Ave is about to reopen as a 100-bed homeless shelter

[UPDATE: Please read editor’s note regarding the use of 2000 Census Data in this article and an attached apology

Sadly, it is a very common story

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