Tag: Ridgewood
A Starbucks will open on the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood sometime this year, Ridgewood Social first reported. It will soon appear at 329 Wyckoff Ave, just outside of the Myrtle-Wyckoff station. Before we start crying “gentrification,” though, it should be noted that this part of town is already full of chain stores and fast […]
As of last week, a radioactive stretch of Irving Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens is officially NYC’s third EPA Superfund site (the other two are the Gowanus Canal and Newtown Creek). Above, watch a short documentary from The New Yorker about how the area got that way (hint: it involves nuclear weaponry and waste dumped directly into sewers) and […]
A depressing new development in Bushwick gentrification, Art F City reports: The loft space 1717 Troutman, which housed artist-run galleries on the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood, has asked all its tenants to leave and cease operating as galleries immediately. The space attracted attention in part because of its curation, which was a step above the […]
