Tag: Bushwick
In a bid for “hipster”-baiting buzz that makes your average New York Times trend piece look tame by comparison, the New York Daily News is reporting that residents of three totally grimy, starving-artist neighborhoods — Bushwick (average one-bedroom rental as of December 2013: $1,990), Greenpoint ($2,859), and Williamsburg ($3,443) — actually wear clean clothes! Some of them even have […]
It was only a matter of time before Better Out Than In, Banksy’s month of working on the streets of NYC, ventured outside of Manhattan. And unsurprisingly, the first outer-borough works arrived in Williamsburg and Bushwick. The street artist gave a few pieces of citizen graffiti a “Broadway makeover,” slapping the phrase “The Musical” over existing […]
Last month, Alaska Bar caught fire. It was a little electrical issue, but to be safe, the fire department chopped at the walls and the ceiling. We were standing by the entrance with the owner and the bartenders, kicking around a singed wall hunk. Debris was spilling out across the sidewalk in heaps. A group of […]
Half of ANIMAL’s staff lives in that part of Brooklyn where Williamsburg meets Bushwick. Sometimes, some of us walk under this art-like construction, perched precariously on an arch outside the Borinquen Plaza Houses. As that particular section isn’t the neighborhood’s most swankiest piece of real estate, there are a few overdue repairs to be made, for […]
“Ken” is on “a quest to transform the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn into a Super Mario World map.” He’s been mapping the L and M trains. He planted a pizza for our beloved Roberta’s. He pixelled in Maria Hernandez Park and The Loom. And now littering the streets with cans of PBR for some reason (Why?) […]
Okay, we know you’re sick of all these articles bemoaning the gentrification of North Brooklyn, but, here’s another one. The average rent of a one-bedroom apartment in Bushwick hit $2,800/month in February 2013, with studios averaging out at $2,400 and 2-bedrooms at $3,000. Compare that to a median monthly rent of $1,815 just a month earlier, […]
A new analysis of MTA data by NYU grad student Carson Qing shows that the L train is every bit as busy at 1am every night of the week as it is during the traditional weekday rush hours. Qing believes the data shows that the MTA should increase service on the Canarsie-bound train, which has […]
