Started by a Holocaust surviver, Martin Greenfield Clothiers, located right here in Bushwick, has created custom handmade suits for U.S. presidents and celebrities throughout the nation.

Local barkeeps make a brief ‘pivot’ to modeling to make ends meet.

A new mural promotes the idea of providing citizens with $1,000 a month that can only be spent at local, organic restaurants.

Celebrate Halloween in the cutest way possible while supporting a good cause at Bushwick Bark’s annual Doggy Costume Party.

A charming new hair shop is now open on Troutman Street, promising to keep you stylishly well-coiffed.

Last August, old school biz Black Rabbit Barbershop opened up on East Williamsburg’s Porter Ave on a stretch of several blocks that, with the recent additions of indie comic hub Cotton Candy Machine and confectionary My Sweet Brigadeiro, is evolving from an industrial corridor into a community of passionately run small businesses

In a New York City neighborhood like Bushwick where housing turnover is high and socioeconomic disparity is wide, it can hard for families who have lived in the neighborhood for a long time to maintain the kind of close relationships that are so demonstrably beneficial—and a local theater organization presents an innovative way to address that status quo

Attention, ladies of Bushwick! This party wants to supply you with your two most essential wardrobe items: comfortable sneakers and sexy lingerie!

If you love to treasure hunt and appreciate brands with a rich back-story, you’ll want to stop by Bushwick’s newest spot to shop lovingly curated vintage clothing: The Lowry Estate, located at 448 Jefferson Street in Bushwick. Buzz #22 to be let into a gorgeous palette of fall hues and textures in dresses, winter coats, […]

Throughout the years, reports and journalism have demonstrated the poor working conditions of factories around the world

Bushwick is full of stories

The name of the coffee shop has nothing to do with the exercise Pilates; it refers to the taste palate as well as the physical wooden pallets that comprise much of the new coffee shop’s interior

Bushwick is slowly but surely become a mecca for vintage clothes of all sorts

Erin Gabriella began making wedding dresses for Barbie when she was five, and she has never stopped

They are definitely gentlemen clubs

Our contributing photographer Peter Dressel has been pretty busy as his photography book project about Bushwick people continues

Just when I thought the Barbershop was going the way of the Dodo, one opens up in Bushwick

Inspired by the Spanish bar culture, Ben Warren and Gina Leone who own The Bodega, have spawned another bar called Heavy Woods

[nggallery id=90] If you can imagine a hipster shopping mall then The Loom would come close to that. They have a lot of places you’d like to visit an even some that you couldn’t have imagined. The Loom shopping center is more than a mall, it’s a group of vendors at the heart of the […]

[nggallery id=89]   If you’ve never been to the Green Village Junk Shop on Starr you’ve never properly been antiquing! I have found the most unique gifts for friends here.  They offer up everything from furniture to houseware and glassware to art to tools to- well, let’s just say if you can imagine it, it’s […]

[nggallery id=88] Kave is the coffee and espresso bar at the Loom! A beautiful sprawling patio leads to the honey-hued interior that evokes an elegant getaway in the Southwest, decorated with large leather chairs and interesing metal fixtures, Kave is among the most lovely of coffee shops in NY. They not only carry some of […]

[singlepic id=685 w=640 h=360 float=center] [nggallery id=56] A newcomer to Bushwick the Pine Box Rock Shop is everything a local bar should be. A daily happy hour that begins when the doors open until 8 pm will surely please those unabashed drinkers that find themselves in bars before the sun has set. In in the spirit of […]

[singlepic id=615 w=640 h=427 float=center] [nggallery id=41] Little skips is a cute corner cafe located underneath the JMZ and just a short walk from the L train. The neighborhood staple serves up Counter Culture fair trade coffee, a variety of pastries, bagels and a premium selection of loose leaf teas. With deliciously creative menu items and […]

It’s that time of year when you’re trying extra hard to fit in an art exhibit between all the Christmas shopping, office parties and general holiday madness

This weekend’s art openings remind me of the lost art of handwriting

Get ready for a star-spangled weekend with American pride, red and white stripes, blue stars and what else– Bushwick art of course! It’s hot out here and that doesn’t refer to weather

Selena, Steve and Martin Short are only the latest to shoot in Ridgewood

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

Have a film camera? An airstream trailer on Knickerbocker Avenue has 100 rolls to give out.

A five-stop coffee crawl through Bushwick and Ridgewood

A new techno club opens in Bushwick

A local businessman makes the case for making Bushwick more of a pedestrian neighborhood.

Meet Hila the Killa, Bushwick’s self-styled ‘eco-rapper’