Oct. 30, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Cops are searching for three men who have allegedly repeatedly robbed a Bushwick pharmacy, stealing thousands of dollars worth of products.
Serial burglars steal thousands from Bushwick Walgreens: NYPD
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Food Bazaar returns to Bushwick after two-year revamp
Oct. 25, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant residents have reason to rejoice, as the popular grocery store Food Bazaar Supermarket is reopening at its previous location on Myrtle Avenue after undergoing building renovations.
Sweet 16: Bushwick Film Festival will milestone birthday with dozens of indie films Oct. 25-29
Sep. 27, 2023 By Augostina Mallous The Bushwick Film Festival is preparing for a milestone birthday celebration this month by embracing themes of personal growth and a new passage into life’s next chapter. From Oct. 25 – Oct. 29, the festival will celebrate its “Sweet 16” with red carpets, live screenings, movie industry conferences, screenplay competitions, award ceremonies and more. The festival, developed in 2007, is a platform for emerging filmmakers to showcase their work to a diverse and global audience, both in New York City and internationally. As a Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Program, the festival belongs to…
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Cops seek serial Amazon burglars in Bushwick: NYPD
Sep. 26, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Cops are asking New Yorkers for help finding suspects who spent the summer stealing from Bushwick residents.
Prost! Oktoberfest returns to Bushwick at Zum Schneider’s Munich in Brooklyn
Sep. 14, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
Fall is right around the corner in Brooklyn, and so is one of the first celebrations of the season: Zum Schneider’s Munich in Brooklyn, billed as the city’s “premier” Oktoberfest celebration.
Uber driver put in chokehold and robbed in Bushwick: NYPD
Sep. 11, 2023 By Adam Daly
Cops are seeking to identify a man who allegedly put a cab driver in a chokehold and stole his car keys during a drop-off in Bushwick on Aug. 14.
Brooklyn students, parents juggle anxiety, excitement, and late-summer heat on first day of school
Sep. 8, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen, Adam Daly, Ximena Del Cerro & Isabel Song Beer Though it still feels like summer outside in New York City — with temperatures Thursday rising above 90 degrees Fahrenheit – more than a million public school students packed up their backpacks after the long break and headed back to class for the first day of school on Sept. 7. In Brooklyn, where more than 200,000 students settled in for the new academic year, feelings were mixed. While some learners couldn’t wait to get back to their classmates and teachers, others were a little bit…
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Hangawi Korean Festival and marketplace to debut in Brooklyn and Manhattan Sept. 9-10
Sep. 7, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A new festival celebrating the Korean holiday Chuseok is debuting in Brooklyn this weekend.
Bobby in Bushwick: RFK Jr. rallies in Brooklyn with new ‘urban community advisor’
Sep. 1, 2023 By Adam Daly
Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a stop in Bushwick Wednesday night on his 2024 election campaign trail, flanked by his newly-appointed urban community advisor Tramell Thompson.
Clinton Hill man pleads guilty to deed theft, mortgage fraud, faces up to 9 years in prison
Aug. 15, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A Clinton Hill man who stole the deeds to two Brooklyn homes and nearly $775,000 in mortgage funds using fake documents and shell companies will face up to nine years in prison after pleading guilty in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Aug 9.