Archive for October, 2011

• Beware the New Year’s ‘Bala Drop’

  December 31st, 2010
  
  One Bushwick resident plans to shoot off 100 of these .22 caliber bullets tonight at midnight. Falling bullets can cause serious injury and have a higher death rate than even direct gunshot wounds. Photo by Jonathan Mena for

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• Bushwick’s Five Biggest Stories of 2010

  December 31st, 2010
  
  The September tornado took down a few lightpoles and damaged some roofs, but most of the damage was to the neighborhood’s mature trees.
  Photo by Aaron Short for BushwickBK

  It may seem like the recent blizzard, its…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 12/30/10

  December 30th, 2010

  It’s been a stay-at-home kind of week so far, but now it’s time to dig ourselves out & party with a few choice New Year’s Eve options right here in the hood…

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• ‘A Lot More Work’: Mayor Calls for Snow Probe

  December 30th, 2010
  
  Though most sidewalks in front of private property have been cleared, the sidewalk around Fermi Playground on Central Avenue between Starr and Troutman Streets is unplowed.
  Photo by Jeremy Sapienza for BushwickBK

  Most roads are now clear enough…

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• Ring in the New Year at Ridgewood Masonic Temple 285 Kent

  December 29th, 2010

  

  UPDATE: The show has been moved to 285 KENT AVENUE in Williamsburg.

  If spending several days snowbound has made your plans for a low-key New Year’s Eve less attractive, fear not! It’s not too late to make plans for…

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• As City Begins to Dig Out, Mayor Speaks

  December 29th, 2010
  
  A plow works to clear snow on Moffat Street near Central Avenue.
  Photo by Jonathan Mena for BushwickBK

  Residents are still mad about the slow response to Sunday’s blizzard, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not apologizing for the…

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• Council Cash for Bushwick Parks, Schools, Housing

  December 28th, 2010
  
  This former Socialist meeting hall on Willoughby Avenue will probably be home to an RBSCC-run senior housing complex, thanks to an $800K disbursement from Council member Steve Levin. Photo by Jeremy Sapienza for BushwickBK

  Christmas may be over…

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• Performer Battles Demons Under J

  December 28th, 2010

  That guy you saw ranting about doomsday under the J Train may have been your ordinary street corner lunatic, or, this being Bushwick, he may have been a performance artist.

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• Bushwick Music Reviews: Looking Back at 2010

  December 28th, 2010
  Not Blood Paint. — Photo c/o the band

  Each week, we bring you an MP3 we like from a new Bushwick band. Now, before we gear up for 2011, we’re looking back at our favorite Bushwick artists…

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• Transit Delays Continue, Streets Unplowed

  December 28th, 2010
  
  Though the main avenues are partly clear, Bushwick’s side streets have not yet been plowed, as on Stanhope Street between Irving and Wyckoff Avenues, above.
  Photo by anthoNYC on Twitter

  New Yorkers are getting angry with officials…

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