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Restaurant reviewer blasts Bushwick’s Montana’s Trail House as ‘morally...
No, not the morels, the morAls were hazardous. via Facebook Bushwick man, Bushwick’s going through a bit of a rough patch. First the Department of Buildings declares the basement of the McKibbin Lofts...
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Bushwick mall debuts haunting black-and-white rendering, but what does it mean?
Yes, see, the black-and-white suggests themes of a simpler time, before we saw the world in color. via Wyckoff Heights Despite our occasional appreciation of it, we here at Brokelyn are by no means art...
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Bushwick is getting a ‘Spin the Bottle’ 24-hour diner
Department of Health regulations will probably prevent this from happening though. via Flickr user Brandon Cripps Everyone loves a good old fashioned 24-hour diner, where you can get cheap greasy food...
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$20 beer and wine festival celebrating booze in Bed-Stuy Saturday
See all the fun they’re having? You could be having that much fun! via Facebook We all love booze (most of us anyway), and especially when we’ve got a ton of local booze lined up for us to taste....
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Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson birthday party coming back to Brooklyn
Think he’s excited? He looks excited. via Instagram Despite his death in 2009, Michael Jackson still lives on thanks to his music, celebrations of his legacy and the occasional ghost appearances in...
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Bushwick had the city’s biggest jump in home values in the past year
These homes are 30% richer than they were last year. Not you, though. via Flickr user Susan Sermoneta It seems like it was just yesterday that Bushwick was kinda sorta a bargain price-wise, was full of...
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Writer puts out call asking how much money 3rd Ward owes you
Do they owe you anything? Speak up When the 3rd Ward went under last October, teachers, students, and members were all left holding the bag, with no refunds for members who spent up to $3,200 for...
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All-star lineup of NINETEEN comedians for five bucks Sunday
Look at how much fun they’re having, and you can’t even hear the jokes! via Facebook One problem with living in a comedy wonderland like Brooklyn is that sometimes you need to make a hard choice on...
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Real estate agent re-imagines Bed-Stuy without black people
Fun fact: White people all have that weird Waking Life animation, at all times It’s been a little while since we got to talk about “Bed-Stuy is the new Williamsburg,” so it’s a good thing that real...
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Bushwick goes from ‘disfavored’ to 7th coolest neighborhood on Earth
“…and Vogue spoke and the sky turned black and the rents spiked with a fury like that of a volcano.” via Flickr user mercurialn If it seems like just a year ago that Vogue was calling Bushwick...
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Post, anonymous cops here to remind you crime still exists in Bed-Stuy and...
Don’t walk around like you own the place…unless you’re Charles Bronson. via Flickr user aliabdallah So you’ve just invested in your million-dollar Bed-Stuy dream townhouse. Wait, sorry, let’s try that...
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Adopt a feline friend, or sell your weird cat art, at Meow Day 2
Dawww. via Flickr user play4smee Now that fall is on the horizon, things have gotten a little too quiet around your apartment but you aren’t quite ready for the drama of dealing with actual people. It...
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Researcher alleges 3rd Ward owes students, teachers over $70,000
3rd Ward, the way it appears in most people’s minds now. When we first checked in on Robin Grearson’s project to try to tally up the debt that 3rd Ward owed teachers and students and members, she had...
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Hey Bed-Stuy, snag a free tree this weekend at Restoration Plaza
You can’t get a Ticket Oak, but that might be for the best… It’s fall, but that’s no excuse for you to hole up indoors binge-watching old episodes of The Office with a sexually compatible person you...
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The Bushwick Coffee Shop’s Instagram account calls Jews ‘greedy infiltrators’
Got a decent amount of likes though Some people use Instagram to post interesting pictures or promote their business. Other people use Instagram to promote the fact that they don’t care for “the Jews.”...
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A very bad day for the Bushwick Coffee Shop
So you had a bad day Two days ago, Michael Avila, the owner of The Bushwick Coffee Shop, decided he had some things to get off his chest about “the Jews” and how they were bad. Yesterday the comments...
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It’s gold: A free drag king reading of ‘The Outsiders’ at the Silent Barn
Whatever face that is that Patrick Swayze is making, that’s how you’ll feel if you miss this If you grew up in the American public education system, you’re probably familiar with The Outsiders, the...
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Couple who paid $1 million for Bed-Stuy’s ‘LES-like grit’ now want $1.4...
Grit. via BK to the Fullest Hey remember the people who moved to Bed-Stuy from the Lower East Side and paid one million dollars for the privilege because Bed-Stuy had “grit?” Apparently Bed-Stuy’s grit...
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Hey Bushwick, here’s your chance to spend $1 million in City Council money
Just what will they spend it on? via Flickr user Mr Seb After watching as DUMBO and Red Hook and Flatbush get to play around with $1 million in participatory budgeting money, Bushwick residents might...
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Get a free pig tattoo tonight at Arrogant Swine’s grand opening party
You certainly won’t regret any of these in oh, let’s say, a day. via Instagram If you’re going to open a restaurant in Bushwick, now the neighborhood of restaurants, you’re going to have to stand out...
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