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Community Gardens Are Reopening, and They Need Dedicated Volunteers

Community Gardens Are Reopening, and They Need Dedicated Volunteers

Look up and support your local community garden in providing sustenance and critical green space.

Espinal Pushes for Development of Comprehensive Urban Agricultural Plan to Aid Community Health

Espinal Pushes for Development of Comprehensive Urban Agricultural Plan to Aid Community Health

On June 11, the New York City Council’s Committee on Land Use held a hearing on Council Member Rafael Espinal’s bill calling for the development of an urban agricultural plan.

Tour Bushwick Community Gardens by Foot or Bike Next Saturday

Tour Bushwick Community Gardens by Foot or Bike Next Saturday

Explore a greener side of Bushwick next weekend on this FREE tour with a fun after-party on September 15.

Urban Agriculture Strikes A Win With Espinal And Adam’s Collective Charter

Urban Agriculture Strikes A Win With Espinal And Adam’s Collective Charter

Brooklyn elected officials announced a new joint sponsored legislation to expand urban agriculture and maintain community shared space at Ashford Street Abundant Garden.

Council Member Espinal Launches Largest NYC Site for Urban Agriculture

Council Member Espinal Launches Largest NYC Site for Urban Agriculture

The website was launched with the help of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

Want to Talk Urban Farming? Join Council Member Espinal Tonight

Want to Talk Urban Farming? Join Council Member Espinal Tonight

Council Member Espinal is hosting a town hall to support the future of urban farming in NYC.

Listening Party: Spacey, psychedelic sounds of Gardens & Villa

Listening Party: Spacey, psychedelic sounds of Gardens & Villa

This week’s Listening Party features the Santa Barbara boys Gardens & Villa and their upcoming show  next Tuesday at Music Hall of Williamsburg.  Listening Party is a curated weekly column promoting music discovery and encouraging concert-going. Featuring someone we’ve been jamming out to and we recommend to the masses, each Listening Party artist has an upcoming show at a […]

Bushwick Councilman Espinal Takes Steps to Support Environmental Legislation

Bushwick Councilman Espinal Takes Steps to Support Environmental Legislation

Rafael Espinal has vowed to act against a national move away from environmental progress. Take a look at his proposed legislation.

Take a Walk Back in Time: Exploring Bushwick History From the Early 1600s to Today

Take a Walk Back in Time: Exploring Bushwick History From the Early 1600s to Today

There’s a lot of history in these streets we call home. Take a second to look back at the 400-year history of Bushwick, Brooklyn.

$4.3 Million Project To Reduce Storm Flooding Is Underway at Bushwick II Houses

$4.3 Million Project To Reduce Storm Flooding Is Underway at Bushwick II Houses

The citywide project is estimated to capture 55 million gallons of stormwater each year.

City Council Candidates Rail Against Conversions

City Council Candidates Rail Against Conversions

Amid a Pandemic, MOFAD Is Mapping A Nation’s Table

Amid a Pandemic, MOFAD Is Mapping A Nation’s Table

While the museum’s show on the African food diaspora remains delayed, it still wants to put culinary history on a map

Mahalo Is a Hawaiian-Inspired Cupcake Paradise in Ridgewood

Mahalo Is a Hawaiian-Inspired Cupcake Paradise in Ridgewood

Lead and created by a Guyanese baker, this shop was inspired by her trip to the tropical islands.

New York’s Largest and Only Outdoor Aquaponics Farm is in Bushwick

New York’s Largest and Only Outdoor Aquaponics Farm is in Bushwick

Local Co-op Invited the Community to Dance for Social Justice

Local Co-op Invited the Community to Dance for Social Justice

The Brooklyn Packers, a Brooklyn-based food cooperative, invited everyone to party in the name of justice at Bushwick Starr.

Friday Fun Facts: Can You Put Your Green Thumb to Work This Weekend in Bushwick?

Friday Fun Facts: Can You Put Your Green Thumb to Work This Weekend in Bushwick?

Celebrate National Gardening Day this weekend in one of Bushwick’s many community gardens.

Bushwick City Farm Will Likely Close at the End of the Month

Bushwick City Farm Will Likely Close at the End of the Month

More Artists Have Moved to Bushwick Than to Any Other NYC Neighborhood Since 2000

More Artists Have Moved to Bushwick Than to Any Other NYC Neighborhood Since 2000

A study shows a 1116 percent increase over the past 15 years.

Local Historian Who Experienced the 1977 Blackout and Fire Explains How it Changed Bushwick Forever

Local Historian Who Experienced the 1977 Blackout and Fire Explains How it Changed Bushwick Forever

20 Things You Should Know if You Just Moved to Bushwick

20 Things You Should Know if You Just Moved to Bushwick

Bushwick’s St. Barbara’s Church is Slated for a Landmark Vote

Bushwick’s St. Barbara’s Church is Slated for a Landmark Vote

It may be hard to believe St

Our Material Selections: Live Subject Matter and Objects of Absurdity Appear In This Week’s Newest Art Shows

Our Material Selections: Live Subject Matter and Objects of Absurdity Appear In This Week’s Newest Art Shows

We acquire our materials quite obviously in the same way we do our friends: by choice

A Bushwick Mugging

A Bushwick Mugging

Truly terrifying.

Do Good in Bushwick: 10 Volunteer Organizations to Get Involved In

Do Good in Bushwick: 10 Volunteer Organizations to Get Involved In

When I was a kid, my mother made me volunteer at a local shelter every Christmas morning

Bushwick’s “El Garden” Could Be Razed to Create New Housing. Sign the Petition to Save It

Bushwick’s “El Garden” Could Be Razed to Create New Housing. Sign the Petition to Save It

Increasing affordable housing and creating community green space are both laudable goals to pursue in the ongoing evolution of NYC’s neighborhoods, but a recent decision from city hall to invite developers to turn community gardens across the city into construction sites for new affordable housing seems to pit the two objectives against each other

Artist FlashCard: Ivan Stojakovic, Industrial Gardener

Artist FlashCard: Ivan Stojakovic, Industrial Gardener

Each week Bushwick Daily brings you a new Artist FlashCard introducing an amazing artist living/working/showing in Bushwick who you need to know. Featuring both new and old faces, our goal is to encourage the growth of art scene and to appreciate wonderful talent in our hood! If you know of an artist you would like […]

Bushwick Primer: Why Is The Rent So Damn High? And What Can You Do About It?

Bushwick Primer: Why Is The Rent So Damn High? And What Can You Do About It?

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Rheingold Rezoning Saga Continues at Heated CB4 Meeting & Public Meetings

Rheingold Rezoning Saga Continues at Heated CB4 Meeting & Public Meetings

Community Board members and Bushwick Citizens gathered Wednesday night at Bushwick’s monthly Community Board 4 meeting at Hope Gardens Multi-Service center, the first one since August’s recess and the primary elections

5 Extraordinary Art Openings This Weekend!

5 Extraordinary Art Openings This Weekend!

There is a steady hum that has begun to permeate the streets of Bushwick

Boswyck Farms

Boswyck Farms

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