Archive for October, 2011

• Thai Joint Shut Down by Health Inspectors

  January 12th, 2011
  
  Long Lai was only open for two years on Knickerbocker Avenue, before being shut down by the City for health violations. Photo by Jonathan Mena for BushwickBK

  Bushwick’s only Thai restaurant was forced to shut down after multiple…

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• The Writing Camp Parents Want

  January 11th, 2011

  Are you a writer? Would your life be different right now if you had known, back in high school, what being a writer and living in Bushwick would really be all about?

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• Textural Conflicts: Grooms Playing Silent Barn

  January 11th, 2011
  Photo by Julian Gilbert

  Brooklyn trio Grooms create interesting textural conflicts within their three-minute songs. Sounds waver between scratched ’90s alt-rock but with sickening drones that ooze like the blood flow from a skin abrasion. There…

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• Bank of America to Open on Knickerbocker

  January 11th, 2011
  
  A Bank of America branch will open soon at 386 Knickerbocker Avenue, taking space from the once-massive Party Fair store. Photo by Devvon Simpson for BushwickBK

  The nation’s largest bank is coming to Bushwick.

  Bank of America…

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• Manhattan Project Site Not (Too) Radioactive

  January 11th, 2011
  
  11-27 and 11-20 Irving Avenue played a small part in the development of the atomic bomb, and have a small amount of gamma radiation to prove it. Photo by Paul Cox for BushwickBK

  A building that was once…

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• Toxic Holocaust Kick-off Tour at the Acheron

  January 10th, 2011

  

  The Portland, OR thrash metal vehicle for Joel Grind, Toxic Holocaust, are heading out on a month-long tour that kicks off this Wednesday at the Acheron. Toxic Holocaust are fuelled by the dirty, spluttering rhythms of hardcore…

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• Council Points Finger at Mayor’s Office Over Snow

  January 10th, 2011
  
  Three Sanitation trucks drive down Evergreen Avenue on Dec. 29 with their plows up as Bushwick’s side streets remained unplowed. The City Council held a hearing today on the cleanup failures. Photo by Jeremy Sapienza for BushwickBK

  Citing…

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• NYE 2010: Kyle Hall, Trying to Get Clubbing Back on its Feet

  January 7th, 2011

   

  
  Kyle Hall on a previous visit to Brooklyn. Photo by Edward Smith.

  In 2009, Detroit’s Kyle Hall began garnering a whirlwind storm of attention at the youthful age of 18, and he’s since been flown…

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• Weekend Round-Up: Shows at Silent Barn and Shea Stadium

  January 7th, 2011
  Photo of Math the Band by Justin Keena

  Got the post-holiday blues? With everyone back from vacation, there are plenty of gig going options for the weekend. Here are a couple of our favorite Bushwick shows…

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• Hey, Bushwick! Tell Us Your Misheard Lyrics

  January 7th, 2011

  Not much to say about misheard lyrics other than I’m sure you have a story of one too. Bonus: The tattoo shop is called Goose Tattoo, opening day was Halloween 2010. And the guy who kissed a guy…

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