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Fun Vid: A Little Taste of East Williamsburg and Bushwick

February 25th, 2009 · Comments Off on Fun Vid: A Little Taste of East Williamsburg and Bushwick

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Signs Under Siege: Mixed Signals

January 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Signs Under Siege: Mixed Signals

[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] This is from George Street in Bushwick. Because of the way the sign is pointing and the Cathedral of Joy Church of God sort of juxtaposed like that Miss Heather has titled this baby “Highway to Hell.”

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And, Now, the Bushwick Beast

December 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

[Photo courtesy of mikime/GL Flickr Pool] We have no idea what this is except that it was placed in our GL Flickr Pool by mikime and was found in Bushwick on a walk home from Third Ward. There is a set of photos of the beasts, as there are apparently two of them.

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Tags: Bushwick · Street Art

Bklink: Horrendous Bushwick Hate Crime

December 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Horrendous Bushwick Hate Crime

“The authorities are investigating the beating of a 31-year-old man in Bushwick, Brooklyn, on early Sunday morning as a hate crime, saying the man’s assailant shouted anti-gay and anti-Latino epithets before the attack, officials said. The 31-year old man, who the police did not identify, was in ‘very critical’ condition on Monday at Elmhurst Hospital […]

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Tags: Bushwick · Crime

Fun Vid: ‘Fixed’ in Bushwick

November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Per the make of the vid: “‘Fixed,’” a short film, shot on location in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Watch a bicyclist ride through the neighborhood.”

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Bklink: Love Stains, but No Pizza Hut Delivery!

October 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Love Stains, but No Pizza Hut Delivery!

Want to roll around in someone else’s “Love Stain?” Well, for the unbelievers or the… (no, we’re not going to judge) head on over to Brooklyn’s Red Carpet Inn at 980 Wyckoff Ave, slap down $116 for the night (sorry, we too can’t confirm the hourly rate), and get grubby! One brave visitor found out […]

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Tags: Bushwick · Hotels

Check Out the Train Car Project Show at Papa B Studios

October 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Check Out the Train Car Project Show at Papa B Studios

Rudy Giuliani may have cleaned the subway cars of the monumental graffiti years ago, but he sure didn’t put a stop to the international street art wave that grew from it. The Train Car Project is presently showing at Papa B Studios in Bushwick (or are we now calling it East Williamsburg these days?) until […]

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Tags: Bushwick · Event · Uncategorized

Upcoming: Opening Tonight @ English Kills

August 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Opening Tonight @ English Kills

There’s a cool show called Maximum Perception: Contemporary Brooklyn Performance opening tonight at the English Kills Gallery in Bushwick. It runs through September 17. The opening reception is from 5PM-9PM.. Here’s a bit from the gallery: English Kills Art Gallery is pleased to present Maximum Perception : Contemporary Brooklyn Performance, the first exhibition to cover […]

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Tags: Art · Bushwick

Amusing Vid: Six Minutes on McKibbin Street

July 29th, 2008 · Comments Off on Amusing Vid: Six Minutes on McKibbin Street

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Bizarre Vid: “At the Grove” with Daphne

July 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bizarre Vid: “At the Grove” with Daphne

If this is not the most bizarre real estate marketing video we’ve ever seen, we don’t know what is. It’s so weird and bad that it’s wet yourself funny. Seriously, if you didn’t catch it on the Curbed post yesterday we heartily recommend that you watch it now. This is some of the writing that […]

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Tags: Bushwick · Real Estate Marketing

In the Pool: Railroad in Spring

May 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

[Photo courtesy of Incandenza/flickr] This is a rail line running through Bushwick, photographed at Morgan Avenue. There’s a shot of the same spot in winter here.

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Bklink: Not Hipster Eating Problems

May 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Not Hipster Eating Problems

The food and diet issues that predominate in Williamsburg and Bushwick, of course, are not hipster ones. “Kids growing up in Williamsburg and neighboring Bushwick have the highest chance in the city that one of their parents is obese. About 30% of adults are unhealthily overweight, according to data released yesterday by the Citizens’ Committee […]

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Tags: Bushwick · Shortlink · Williamsburg

CUE Tours: Bushwick History, Mating Horseshoe Crabs, More

May 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on CUE Tours: Bushwick History, Mating Horseshoe Crabs, More

Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Saturday, May 17, 1-3 pm – with Adam Schwartz Rust and Remembrance: Bushwick’s Southern End Bushwick is a bustling neighborhood with a sleepier southern side. The historic houses lining these leafy streets date from a late 19th […]

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Tags: Bushwick · CUE Tours · Gowanus · Uncategorized

Bklink: Fighting Eviction in Bushwick

April 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Fighting Eviction in Bushwick

Meet Kennedy Rivera, who knows the many details of tenant harassment as Bushwick gentrifies. “His work is to ensure that he and other tenants on modest incomes can stay living in the neighborhood. He is a housing specialist with Bushwick Housing Independence, a nonprofit group that by its own account takes on 30 clients a […]

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Street Couch Series: Eldert Street Seating

March 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Street Couch Series: Eldert Street Seating

This seating comes from Eldert Street in Bushwick and even has seat belts. It comes via the roving camera of Miss Heather.

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Tags: Bushwick · Street Couches

Owen Notes: Goodbye Blue Monday

March 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Owen Notes: Goodbye Blue Monday

Saturday night’s show at Goodbye Blue Monday (1087 Broadway in Bushwick) was definitely the loudest and the most rocking one I have seen at that venue. Usually the small coffee shop/thrift store/venue features more experimental, ambient or folky music, but their sound held up with the change of gears, and the ambience went well with […]

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Tags: Bushwick · Music

Bklink: Feddertecture

March 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Feddertecture

The exemplary specimen of Feddertecture on Jefferson Street in Bushwick is not only complete, it is now tagged up. “I wonder if the developer hired someone to do this so these luxury town homes would have that built-in ‘urban’ feel?”–New York Shitty

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Tags: Architecture · Bushwick · Shortlink

Street Couch Series: Bushwick Couchfest

March 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Street Couch Series: Bushwick Couchfest

They’re not street couches per se in the sense of being discarded or put out on the sidewalk to sit on, but they’re definitely the Street Couches of 2015 through 2050, depending. Miss Heather captured this glimpse of the Street Couches of the future on McKibben Street in Bushwick.

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Street Couch Series: Bushwick Seating

March 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Street Couch Series: Bushwick Seating

Well, this is probably more “street seating” than a street couch and it’s in much better shape than some of the sofas we’ve featured. In any case, it’s from Sudyam Street in Bushwick and comes from our traveling correspondent, Miss Heather.

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Street Couch Series: Locked Up in Bushwick

March 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Street Couch Series: Locked Up in Bushwick

These Bushwick sofas were are outside, but not quite on the street, come from Jefferson Street. They are from our Roving Correspondent, Miss Heather.

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GL Street Couch Series: Iced & Trashed in Bushwick

February 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Street Couch Series: Iced & Trashed in Bushwick

This once comfy armchair got some snow on Friday and has since gotten some trashed tossed on top. It comes from Eldert Street in Bushwick and is, of course, from the roaming camera of Miss Heather.

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Say What–Curvy in Bushwick

February 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Say What–Curvy in Bushwick

This battered bit of signage come from Dodworth and Broadway in Bushwick via the roving camera of Miss Heather. We’re not sure what we like more–the sign or the street lamp around which it is wrapped.

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Tags: Bushwick · Signs Under Siege

Upcoming: Pop Subversion–Food as Art?

February 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Pop Subversion–Food as Art?

So, here’s an interesting sounding weekend “to do”: Pop Subversion: Food as Art? Ad Hoc Art Gallery and Wheeler’s Frozen Desserts are hosting an interactive food gala in Brooklyn on Sunday, February 24th at 1:30PM. The menu will include Platinum Patron margarita, Moet-Rose champagne, and Mojito sorbets as well as 5 other surprise flavors of […]

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Tags: Bushwick · Events

Say What–Bent in Bushwick

February 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Say What–Bent in Bushwick

This messed up signage comes from Dodworth and Broadway in Bushwick, where there are many battered signs. It comes via our Greenpoint Correspondent, aka Miss Heather.

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Street Couch Series: Out Back

February 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Street Couch Series: Out Back

Our Greenpoint Correspondent calls this image “Algonquin Rountable Meets Fred T. Sanford.” It come from Bushwick.

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Tags: Bushwick · Street Couches