After some very strident local opposition and the requisite haggling with the community board, the folks at Soho House have finally managed to turn an…
Catching Up With Vic Sin, Bushwick’s Prodigal Boylesque Star
Back in February we told you about how far Bushwick-based boylesque performer Stephen Plante (Vic Sin) was willing to go to fund his trip to…
Latest Bushwick Art Fair Is a Bit of a Circus
Since it was announced that Bushwick Open Studios will be taking place in October and not on their usual summer date, a couple fledgling fests…
Wendy’s Subway Is Right On Track After Moving Further Down the L Line
At the start of 2016, after two years at their second-floor studio on Metropolitan Avenue, non-profit library and writing space Wendy’s Subway moved two stops…
These Guys Installed a FREE COFFEE Sign Over a Starbucks to ‘Keep Williamsburg Weird’
Back in February, we noticed a FREE COFFEE sign hovering a few stories above the controversial Starbucks on Union Avenue and wondered if it was…
As Vote Looms, Tenants Ask Rent Guidelines Board to Give Them a Break
How many landlords does it take to change a lightbulb? Metropolitan Council on Housing volunteer Mary Crosby posed the rhetorical question to members of the…
Hundreds Line Up in Bushwick to Say: 'Fuck Rape Culture'
Yesterday, on the same day that the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office revealed that Judge Aaron Persky was removed from a new sex assault case…
‘Make Bushwick Great Again’ With This Limited-Edition Hat
How do you trump a Make America Great Again hat? It’s easy. Go to Father Knows Best and snag a “Make Bushwick Great Again” snapback. Just don’t…
Mini Me’s, Selfie Scanners and Other Futuristic Finds at Northside Innovation Expo
Dreamcrusher’s “nihilist queer revolt musik” and the other bands worth seeing aren’t the only innovators at Northside Festival this year. Today at the Brooklyn Expo Center, entrepreneurs, industry…
Bushwick, You’ll Soon Be Able to Vape It Up While You Crepe It Up
Remember that Austin Powers in Goldmember scene where Goldmember and Queen B offer Austin a pipe and a crepe? (Or a shmoke and a pancake,…