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Longtime Local Creates Small Community Library on Knickerbocker Avenue

Longtime Local Creates Small Community Library on Knickerbocker Avenue

This small library bench is meant to educate and teach the community to share.

Awesome Long Before ‘Quooklyn:’ 10 Ridgewood Businesses You Need to Visit

Awesome Long Before ‘Quooklyn:’ 10 Ridgewood Businesses You Need to Visit

Oh Ridgewood, my Ridgewood

Most Popular Reads in Bushwick Bookstores Uncovered

Most Popular Reads in Bushwick Bookstores Uncovered

Not too long ago DNAinfo praised Bushwick for its bookshop greatness, even going so far as to call Bushwick a literary mecca (ooh lala, well thank you!)

She’s Back In Bushwick

She’s Back In Bushwick

“If there’s anyone our students can see themselves in, it’s Jacqueline”

A Local Zone, of Some Interest

A Local Zone, of Some Interest

“It’s not about a ceasefire or not about not a ceasefire”

They Pay Her, She Tells Them Where to ‘Have Fun’

They Pay Her, She Tells Them Where to ‘Have Fun’

A local concierge says she prefers “visitors” to “tourists” and takes us on a trip through Ridgewood.

The Rumours Are True…

The Rumours Are True…

There’s a basement in Bushwick where they’re singing Fleetwood Mac

Scenes From A Local Market

Scenes From A Local Market

A local nonprofit runs a weekly farmers market at Maria Hernandez Park.

Yo, It’s Yough, To Go.

Yo, It’s Yough, To Go.

A postage-stamp sized deli on Knickerbocker calls itself Bushwick’s first all-vegan grocery.

Live From The Jefferson Street L Station, It Was Diplo

Live From The Jefferson Street L Station, It Was Diplo

Famous DJ spotted DJing, while waiting for the L

Unions Back Gutiérrez In Re-Election Bid

Unions Back Gutiérrez In Re-Election Bid

The recently-elected Bushwick city council representative faces a challenge from Paperboy Prince.

Ridgewood Does Not Exist

Ridgewood Does Not Exist

Scenes among “a discoherent group of young people making a discoherent collection of art”

Nico Walker in Bushwick

Nico Walker in Bushwick

Years after hosting COVID-era ragers, the former ‘Illhouse’ now hosts poetry readings.

Re-splintering.

Re-splintering.

“That’s the kind of thing that happens when a community gets split.”

Progressives Fight The Machine.

Progressives Fight The Machine.

“I do credit the negative campaign and the mailers for the fact that we didn’t win”

Everyone’s Running Now (For State Senate)

Everyone’s Running Now (For State Senate)

Redistricting moves and scatters a heated political race, while Elizabeth Crowley has committed to moving within the borders of wherever it is she ends up representing.

Can A Bushwick Pol Make It To Albany?

Can A Bushwick Pol Make It To Albany?

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

The State of Voter Suppression in New York

The State of Voter Suppression in New York

Voter suppression still happens in New York “in insidious ways”

After Life: 983 Bushwick’s Living Room is Reborn

After Life: 983 Bushwick’s Living Room is Reborn

Cocktails and thin-cut fries are the move at the newly renovated Flushing
Avenue spot.

The Charrería Comes To Ridgewood

The Charrería Comes To Ridgewood

Carlos Jaramillo’s site-specific installation will be at a Ridgewood gallery until July.

Lab Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Lead Falling From Bushwick Subway Stations

Lab Tests Show Dangerous Levels of Lead Falling From Bushwick Subway Stations

Streets in Bushwick may be subject to dangerous lead exposure. Because of the quiet stripping of 2018 legislation by former governor Andrew Cuomo, the extent of the problem remains largely unknown. A Bushwick Daily investigation.

Review: Tanyth Berkeley’s Pandemic-Era Portraiture

Review: Tanyth Berkeley’s Pandemic-Era Portraiture

A New York photographer of city life tries to not capture gentrification.

District 34 Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez Wants Your Input on How To Spend $1 Million Budget

District 34 Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez Wants Your Input on How To Spend $1 Million Budget

Bushwick’s new city council member is asking the community to submit ideas for physical infrastructure projects in the district.

The Year in Photos – Bushwick 2021

The Year in Photos – Bushwick 2021

As we continue to welcome in the new year, let’s just take one more look back at 2021.

Best of Bushwick Winners 2021!

Best of Bushwick Winners 2021!

Our readers have voted! Here are the winners for the best pizza, tacos, happy hour, coffee shop, sandwich, music venue, brunch, bar, bakery and wings in and around the neighborhood.

Here’s the Winner of the Best Bakery in/Around Bushwick 2021!

Here’s the Winner of the Best Bakery in/Around Bushwick 2021!

Bushwick’s bakery dwellers have spoken!

Where to Get a COVID Test in Bushwick

Where to Get a COVID Test in Bushwick

Information on where to get a COVID test, what tests are available, how much they cost, if you need an appointment and more.

Sen. Salazar Launches GoFundMe for Families Displaced by Cypress Hills Explosion

Sen. Salazar Launches GoFundMe for Families Displaced by Cypress Hills Explosion

Those who want to support families impacted by Tuesday’s explosion in nearby Cypress Hills can do so through Sen. Julia Salazar’s GoFundMe.

A Monthly Roundup of Restaurant & Bar Openings: Ridgewood Goes Atomic

A Monthly Roundup of Restaurant & Bar Openings: Ridgewood Goes Atomic

A roundup of new food and drink spots in and around Bushwick and Ridgewood, including a new wine bar, a trendy taco shop and the latest outpost of an Atomic Wings joint.

North Brooklyn Pipeline Protestors Will March Through Bushwick Saturday, Nov. 6, to Promote Gas Bill Strike

North Brooklyn Pipeline Protestors Will March Through Bushwick Saturday, Nov. 6, to Promote Gas Bill Strike

Organizers will meet at Kávé Espresso Bar at 119 Knickerbocker Ave. this Saturday at 1 p.m.

An Introduction to Temple, an Event Space for Exploring the Intersections of Art and Kink

An Introduction to Temple, an Event Space for Exploring the Intersections of Art and Kink

Temple offers community to practitioners, students, artists and those who are interested in learning more about rope, movement, meditation and more.

Want To See Bushwick in the 80s? Check Out Meryl Meisler’s New Free Outdoor Exhibit

Want To See Bushwick in the 80s? Check Out Meryl Meisler’s New Free Outdoor Exhibit

Twenty of Meryl Meisler’s photos of Bushwick in the 1980s and 1990s are installed on fence outside of the Roland Hayes schoolyard.

How Did The Brooklyn Democratic Party Get Here?

How Did The Brooklyn Democratic Party Get Here?

From party chairs to district leaders to canceled elections.

How Ranked Choice Voting Could Rattle the D37 Race

How Ranked Choice Voting Could Rattle the D37 Race

‘RCV gives us an opportunity to transform the way politics works in our city,’ one candidate says

Off the Avenue: Tina’s Finds Its Place in a Pandemic

Off the Avenue: Tina’s Finds Its Place in a Pandemic

‘Wall of Lies’ Mural Vandalized in Bushwick with ‘Vote Trump or Die’ and Proud Boys Slogan

‘Wall of Lies’ Mural Vandalized in Bushwick with ‘Vote Trump or Die’ and Proud Boys Slogan

A mural displaying 20,000 lies told by Donald Trump was vandalized with pro-Trump messages