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And the Winner of the Democratic Public Advocate Runoff Election is….
Congratulations, Letitia! Photo courtesy of http://www.letitiajames2013.com/. Letitia James, ladies and gentleman! James, known to friends and family as Tish, has been a member of City Council for the...
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Rheingold Brewery Rezoning Update: Community Group Meets Tonight
A notice for tonight’s meeting circulated by citizens of Northwest Bushwick. Are you concerned about the proposed rezoning of the former Rheingold Brewery complex? As we’ve reported, many concerned...
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Arts in Bushwick Held a Panel on the Future of Affordable Housing
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...
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NYC Community Gardens are in Danger: Bushwick’s El Garden to Rally for...
Courtesy of Keri Kroboth/El Garden A few weeks ago, we told you about the crisis facing Bushwick’s El Garden, one of the 17 community gardens on public land across the city at risk of being leveled to...
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Take Uber for $2.75 This and Next Weekend From Morgan L to Manhattan
Have you already banged your ugly roommate because the L train is really annoying on the weekends? Well, call that ugly romance quits because Uber will give you a ride along the L for a mere subway...
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Group Encouraging Bushwick Residents to Stand Up to Shady Landlords Rallies...
At 98 Linden St (screenshot from NY Times video) Ask any New Yorker about a bad experience with a landlord, and they’ll probably have a story or two to tell. Even so, few of us can imagine the horror...
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United Bushwick Community Got Rheingold Developers to Pay Attention Last Night
All photos by Katarina Hybenova for Bushwick Daily It rained in several short but intense intervals yesterday. The air was muggy with temperature hanging around 90 during the entire day. Foreheads of...
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K2 or Synthetic Marijuana Has Been Causing Troubles at Myrtle Broadway in...
photo: via spiceaddictionsupport.org A packet of K2, “Spice” or synthetic marijuana can be purchased for as little as $4.99 in several corner stores and delis in Bushwick and throughout the City. The...
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Come Tonight to a Town Hall Meeting to Close Toxic Garbage Processing Plant...
Photo via Flickr user Amstersam “Don’t Dump On Us!” That is an example of one the battle cries to be heard at tonight’s town meeting, which will discuss the legality of a garbage processing plant in...
View ArticleBushwick and East Williamsburg Residents Unite Against Trash Processing...
If you walk, work or worse live on Thames Street in East Williamsburg, you’re more than familiar with the debilitating smell pervading the air from the nearby Brooklyn Waste Transfer Facility. 16...
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Bushwick Residents and Officials Talk Over Two L Train Closure Options at...
MTA officials meet with the public regarding upcoming work on the L line. Gustavo Ponce for Bushwick Daily. The MTA’s top brass met with the public and elected officials at Bed-Stuy’s Marcy Avenue...
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Begin Again in Bushwick: A Local Church Will Host a A Summons Adjudication...
St. Thomas Episcopal Church. Image courtesy of the New York York Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. You don’t have to wait until Sunday for your (minor) sins to be forgiven this week: This...
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Help Envision Bushwick’s Future at a Local “Community Plan” Meeting
What will Bushwick look like in 50 years? Photo by Katarina Hybenova for Bushwick Daily. Your input is requested at a meeting about Bushwick’s future: Bushwick residents have teamed up with Brooklyn...
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Bushwick Residents and Officials Talk Over Two L Train Closure Options at...
The MTA's top brass met with the public and elected officials at Bed-Stuy's Marcy Avenue Armory on Thursday night to field the public's questions and present two main approaches to scheduling L train...
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Begin Again in Bushwick: A Local Church Will Host a A Summons Adjudication...
You don't have to wait until Sunday for your (minor) sins to be forgiven this week: This Saturday, a Bushwick church is hosting the borough's 4th ever "Begin Again" event, which provides locals with an...
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Help Envision Bushwick’s Future at a Local “Community Plan” Meeting
Your input is requested at a meeting about Bushwick's future: Bushwick residents have teamed up with Brooklyn Community Board 4, the Department of City Planning and the offices of local city council...
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Bushwick’s Smallest Bookworms Get Their Very Own Celebration at Woodhull...
City's First Readers is a new program designed to pool the efforts of major literacy organizations throughout New York to get kids reading.
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City Reps Address Community Homeless Shelter Concerns at East Williamsburg...
Officials met with community members at Varet Street's Green Fitness Studio to discuss plans for the 140 bed shelter slated to open next month.
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Help The City Help Bushwick: It’s Time to Propose Participatory Budgeting...
From now through September 30th, Bushwick residents can submit proposals for public projects—and If selected at neighborhood assemblies, the projects will be funded with city tax dollars!
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