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Checkers, a “better-than-McDonald’s” fast-food chain, opened on Broadway (near the Halsey stop) last week and has been packed ever since. — Photo by Diego Cupolo
There’s no such thing as too much grease. Just when you thought there were enough fried food ...
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Happy Thanksgiving, Bushwick! Cheers to you and all of the wonderful people you’re thankful for. It sounds like lots of folks are headed out of town, but for those of us staying local, there are a few things happening, and I’m betting our increasing list of bar options will be ...
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The Ridgewood Masonic Temple on Bushwick Ave. glows in Hollywood’s bright light during the shooting of The Other Guys yesterday. — Photo by Diego Cupolo
Though Greater Bushwick’s been attracting a lot of film crews lately , yesterday’s 12-hour movie shoot on Bushwick ...
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Ridgewood
Eva's
Again pulling from our Classifieds, we’re presenting a few choices from around the neighborhood. The Greater Bushwick Classifieds are getting steadily beefier, and hundreds of people a day look at them — if you have something to sell or rent or teach or give away, post it here. ...
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The Bushwick trailer. The cross streets where the motorcycle turns the corner are Starr and Wyckoff.
"This is Bushwick, baby," says detective Alberto Rojas as he drives down Knickerbocker Avenue. He’s just been at the scene of a crime: the murder of a runaway ...
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Dandelion Snow
It’s Just A Bad Dream – 2009
Big Bullet Records
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Do you remember the first time you heard Bright Eyes ? I bet you do. You see, in this decade where technology and immediacy have ...
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Lauren Mooney on Wyckoff Avenue. — Photo by Nicole Wasilewicz. Click to see full version.
When I was a little girl, my mom would always let me dress myself. This, of course, concluded with an arrival to my kindergarten class in Madonna-inspired black lace fingerless gloves, long ...
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Gansta rapper turned Bible preacher, Bushwick Bill , is making a big comeback with his long-promised gospel-rap album Testimony of Redemption. Though he moved to Houston, Bushwick Bill came straight out of our backyard and some say he “was the mastermind behind some of the most disturbing ...
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Bill Clinton
845 Broadway, a proposed subsidized rental building applying for a residential variance from CB4. — Photo by Aaron Short
The street corners on nearby Wilson Avenue are quiet, but inside the Hope Gardens Community Center is bustling and orange and yellow tinfoil streamers hang down ...
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Taquería Los Portales’ hand-illustrated menus. — Photos by Scarlett Lindeman
I know you’ve heard it before. Talk to even the most congenial Californian expat about New York’s Mexican food situation and you’ll get a great big "BUT" tacked on to the ...
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This weekend is kind of nuts. There are plenty of opportunities to go totally crazy before you clear out or hunker down for Thanksgiving (which, HOW is it time for that already?!). Go do one (or seven) of these things.
Tonight , over at The House of Yes , Glass Bandits present: In ...
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A daily hassle for locals, the parking congestion on Bogart Street is just one of the problem areas that could get more bike racks through the Fixcity.org pilot project. — Photo by Diego Cupolo
When’s the last time you used a bike rack in Bushwick? There are a few by the Morgan ...
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I’m cheating this week, in a way, and only using apartments available in BushwickBK’s own Classifieds system . This doesn’t mean it’s crap — it’s getting to where there are finally a few things to pick through on there. If you’re not familiar with ...
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1,300 people showed up to this summer’s free-swap at BKLYN Yard. — Image courtesy of Score!
On the eve of Thanksgiving, that most American of holidays, the spirit of commune will find its way to 3rd Ward for a free-swap. What is a free-swap? Well start with a flea market ...
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Notes from Bushwick
A certain Erick Nelson requests a little bit of your time and a bit of your self-indulgence, if you can spare either (I’m fresh out of the latter). The New Jersey-born writer is among the dying tribe of zine writers, currently presiding over the bedroom-based Cup ...
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Jenna Kohl in her five-inch heels on Starr Street. — Photo by Nicole Wasilewicz. Click to see full version.
As if finding an apartment isn’t arduous enough, making your new digs feel like home is a similarly excruciating process. Especially if you hate your roommate’s ...
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The “retro” storefront of Two Guys on Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood. — Photos by Scarlett Lindeman
When it’s the kind of day when dusk shows up much too quickly, when the wind whips purposefully through the cracks in your sweaters and scarves, there is nothing quite ...
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Wall relief/installation by Paul Baumann. — Photo by Deborah Hilert
Last weekend’s BETA Spaces was so packed with art openings and events that it was almost impossible to see them all. Undaunted by the task at hand, I did my best to visit as many venues as I could and, after ...
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Those few days of spring-in-fall weather were certainly lovely, but it looks like things are getting back to normal (weather-wise). There’s too much to do to stay indoors, so time to layer it up and make it fashion for the winter months. This weekend is full of benefits for worthy ...
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The intersection of Myrtle-Wyckoff is a whirlwind of commerce and a hub of transportation. Two subway lines bring you to Union Square in 18 minutes or the Lower East Side in 20 or so. You can buy almost anything you need, and many things you want here, and there’s tons to eat. And now ...
