Archive for October, 2011

• News Flash! Woodpecker Spotted in Bushwick

  April 17th, 2009

  A curiously decorated aviator was spotted among local bird species like the House Sparrow and the European Starling this morning in a backyard near Bushwick Avenue and Linden Street…

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• Sex Cells: Bare It All for Brooklyn!

  April 17th, 2009

  

  Have you ever sent a dirty picture to someone from your phone?  It’s ok, you can be honest.  Was it to your boyfriend or girlfriend?  Was one of you out of town, or were you just bored one day? …

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 4/16/09

  April 16th, 2009

  

  This week is all about cutting to the chase, making it work, burning the candle at both ends… and cliches. A full inbox of events makes me happy and we’ve got so many wonderful options this weekend!

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• Giardino Segreto: A Secret Exposed

  April 16th, 2009
  
  Restaurateur Lisa St. James and her brother lock up after a day of hard work at soon-to-open Giardino Segreto on Wyckoff. — Photo by Devon Brown

  Ristorante Giardino Segreto has certainly lived up to its name, but with…

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• Bushwick Homeowner Hates Flophouses

  April 15th, 2009

  A man who owns one of those set-back eyesore slap-jobs in the neighborhood is complaining that the attached foreclosed property next to his is being used to house more people than he’d like.

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• Bushwick House of the Week: 1105 Jefferson Av

  April 15th, 2009

  

  This is the most fabulous pick ever — 1105 Jefferson Avenue is on a tree-lined block with no crappy new houses, near lovely historic Bushwick Avenue, and is packed with original interior details. It’s a huge two-family with perfect…

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 4/15/09

  April 15th, 2009

  

  $1000 — 1br: Steal of the week, this is a huge one-bedroom with all utilities included. Nothing special but in good shape. Unfortunately the exact intersection is omitted, and on a street like Palmetto, this can make a big…

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• Claiming Brutality, Family Plans to Sue NYPD

  April 14th, 2009
  
  Zully de La Cruz, one of Gamalier Reyes’ sisters, reveals the details of his encounter with police officers while her mother Ruth de Los Santos stands to the left. — Photos by Diego Cupolo

  “We didn’t call you,…

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• Local Food: Jefferson Street Community Garden

  April 14th, 2009
  
  Abdon Barness founded the Jefferson Street garden more than fifteen years ago. — Photos by Jessica Aguirre

  Despite the fact that Bushwick is relatively blessed in its allotment of supermarkets, the ubiquity of grocery-laden L train riders…

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• Bushwick Man Beaten in Home by Police

  April 13th, 2009

  Details are few at this juncture, but it seems that on Friday night at around 2am Bushwick resident Gamalier Reyes was beaten to a pulp by officers from the 83rd Precinct.

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