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Amazon Labor Union Head Backs Paperboy Prince

Amazon Labor Union Head Backs Paperboy Prince

In a surprise last minute endorsement, Paperboy’s latest campaign got a blurry nod from a labor activist and former rapper

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.

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

‘I Don’t See How He Wins’: A Queens Democrat Sees His Way To City Hall

‘I Don’t See How He Wins’: A Queens Democrat Sees His Way To City Hall

Vivian Girls Announce Reunion, Share First Single “Sick” Off Upcoming Fourth Album

Vivian Girls Announce Reunion, Share First Single “Sick” Off Upcoming Fourth Album

The legendary Brooklyn band picks up where they left off with their latest single.

“Drive Change” Trains Formerly Incarcerated Young Adults for the Restaurant Industry

“Drive Change” Trains Formerly Incarcerated Young Adults for the Restaurant Industry

I was on the phone with Drive Change fellow Migdalia Wilkerson when she shouted to an unseen passerby, “Hi, would you like a flyer!?”

Celebrate Black History Month at Free Symposium of Brooklyn’s Hip Hop and Art History

Celebrate Black History Month at Free Symposium of Brooklyn’s Hip Hop and Art History

Bushwick Freelancers: Get Organized for 2016 Taxes at This Free Event By Our Local Credit Union

Bushwick Freelancers: Get Organized for 2016 Taxes at This Free Event By Our Local Credit Union

Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union is helping freelancers prep for tax season as part of its Small Business Workshop Series.

Talking Changes in Bushwick & Creative Collaboration With New York Studio Factory’s Joseph Woolridge

Talking Changes in Bushwick & Creative Collaboration With New York Studio Factory’s Joseph Woolridge

How Joseph Woolridge grew his New York Studio Factory into an independent collective of audio producers, visual artists and entrepreneurs.

Today: Join Bushwick Orgs and Residents at a City Hall Rally Against SCOTUS’ Immigration Deadlock

Today: Join Bushwick Orgs and Residents at a City Hall Rally Against SCOTUS’ Immigration Deadlock

Following a Supreme Court failure to make a decision on keystone Obama administration immigration legislature Thursday, local organizations and community members announced that they would be rallying today at noon outside City Hall to express indignation with the country’s lawmakers

Celebrate May Day at Bushwick’s MayDay Space!

Celebrate May Day at Bushwick’s MayDay Space!

Bushwick activism hub MayDay Space is getting ready to host a dynamic community day on the date it takes its name from

Alt Citizen Magazine Is Throwing a Bash To Celebrate Their Store Opening This Saturday

Alt Citizen Magazine Is Throwing a Bash To Celebrate Their Store Opening This Saturday

Alt Citizen is going brick-and-mortar with their new shop.

Jeremy Scahill Celebrated the Paperback Release of Dirty Wars at MayDay Space in Bushwick

Jeremy Scahill Celebrated the Paperback Release of Dirty Wars at MayDay Space in Bushwick

Photos from MayDay’s Facebook Journalists Jeremy Scahill and Glen Greenwald, together with Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker Laura Pointras, spoke to a packed audience Thursday night on the top floor of Bushwick’s Mayday, a newly opened “bar and community space” on Starr street in northern part of the booming North Brooklyn neighborhood. Jeremy Scahill, author of Dirty […]

Bushwick Brews: Pizza and Beer Pairings: BYOB at Union Pizza Works

Bushwick Brews: Pizza and Beer Pairings: BYOB at Union Pizza Works

There’s been a lot of buzz going on in Bushwick about Union Pizza Works, the  pizzeria that opened its doors two Fridays ago on Troutman Street

Union Pizza Works Brings Pizza with Soul to Bushwick

Union Pizza Works Brings Pizza with Soul to Bushwick

Seated by owner Giorgio Voglino at the bar, we took off our heavy coats welcoming the heat coming from an open oven in the back corner

10 Ways to Celebrate 420 in Bushwick and Beyond

10 Ways to Celebrate 420 in Bushwick and Beyond

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Paper Swan to host 9 events in Union Hall

Paper Swan to host 9 events in Union Hall

is a Bushwick-based production collective who came to the public attention thanks to the number of music events they have hosted in their Bushwick loft, Swan Loft, since 2008

Photos and Video: Striking Workers Picket Outside Bushwick Verizon Facility

Photos and Video: Striking Workers Picket Outside Bushwick Verizon Facility

Verizon employees who work at a facility on Jefferson street in Bushwick continued to picket Thursday after walking off the job Wednesday when the telecommunications company failed to meet a contract negotiation deadline with their union

A Decade Of Bunna

A Decade Of Bunna

“When we started, we were the only vegan Ethiopian restaurant in New York”

The Bushwick Martini Scene

The Bushwick Martini Scene

Seven local, inventive martinis worth your $20.

Experimental Movies Play In Ridgewood

Experimental Movies Play In Ridgewood

“How many other films like this have been left on the floor?”

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

Art Therapy, Bushwick-Style.

Art Therapy, Bushwick-Style.

“Where we are located has brought a lot of creatives to the space,” says a psychotherapist who specializes in dance and movement therapy.

Gutiérrez Claims Victory, Following Mildly Divisive Primary Challenge

Gutiérrez Claims Victory, Following Mildly Divisive Primary Challenge

About 18% of Bushwick voted for someone else

<strong>Carta abierta: ¿Dónde está Dilan? </strong>

Carta abierta: ¿Dónde está Dilan? 

La inacción de Dilan también está perjudicando a los inmigrantes neoyorquinos

Opinion: Where is Dilan?

Opinion: Where is Dilan?

Ahead of intense negotiations over the New York state budget, Dilan’s former primary opponent says the assemblyman can’t be found.

Bushwick’s Hard Swingin’ Holy Man Hits The Big Screen

Bushwick’s Hard Swingin’ Holy Man Hits The Big Screen

A new documentary chronicles the “dirty gospel” of the Bushwick Abbey’s Vince Anderson.

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.

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”

Tip Your Local Trans Drag Queens

Tip Your Local Trans Drag Queens

“Spaces in Brooklyn are more open to all types of drag,” says Bobby LeMaire “You can do whatever as long as you can give a show.”

Events Happening This Week(end) (February 24 – March 2) in and Around Bushwick

Events Happening This Week(end) (February 24 – March 2) in and Around Bushwick

Another whole week’s worth of free and affordable events happening in and around the neighborhood.

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.

Supporters of New NYC Noncitizen Voting Law Respond to Legal Challenges

Supporters of New NYC Noncitizen Voting Law Respond to Legal Challenges

The Our City, Our Vote law grants an estimated 800,000 NYC legal permanent residents the ability to vote in municipal elections, becoming the largest expansion of voting rights in the nation’s recent history. A lawsuit filed in Staten Island by the RNC puts its legality to the test.

Three Days in January: Revisiting The Broadway Hostage Crisis of 1973

Three Days in January: Revisiting The Broadway Hostage Crisis of 1973

49 years ago today, four young men entered a sporting goods store for a robbery that would soon escalate into a fatal shootout and hostage situation. With a new documentary film on the subject scheduled to come out later this year, Bushwick Daily takes a look back at the event.

Volunteer Opportunities in and Around Bushwick To Help Those in Need This Holiday Season

Volunteer Opportunities in and Around Bushwick To Help Those in Need This Holiday Season

This holiday season, here’s how you can volunteer your time to help others in our community.

Meet Brooklyn’s New Borough President, Antonio Reynoso

Meet Brooklyn’s New Borough President, Antonio Reynoso

Antonio Reynoso, a North Brooklyn native, has won the election to be Brooklyn’s next borough president.