Tacos on Starr, from the Bushwick Culture photostream

Mission to Michoacán: Bushwick’s (née East Village) own kooky Catholic mini-order is packing up to work among the rural poor in Mexico. I guess the comparative poverty of First World Bushwick doesn’t light their wick as much as the true grinding poverty of Mexico. Buen Viaje!

If You Have to Ask, Go Away: Worried white girl asks Brownstoners: Is Bushwick safe? Highlights: Bushwick is full of rats and roaches (as opposed to the rest of New York), and Bushwick is 40 minutes from Manhattan. Did they add continental drift to the list of global warming evidence? Here’s our take on this ridiculous question.

Bushwick Basic Instinct: Be careful who you have a falling out with — you might get an ice pick in the back, like the dude who pissed off ex-friend Nestor Nieves at Willoughby and Evergreen last week. (The victim was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.)