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Greenpoint cyclist killed by dump truck is private company’s 5th fatality

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Action Carting, whose trucks you’ve probably seen around NYC, are under NYPD investigation for hitting and killing 27-year-old Neftaly Ramirez, a bar back at gourmet pizzeria Paulie Gee’s, on July 22nd after carelessly making a turn onto Noble St from Franklin St in Greenpoint. The unidentified driver fled the scene. This is not the companies first run-in […]

Sacred Bones Records making quite the stir in the little town of Twin Peaks

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Local Brooklyn staple Sacred Bones Records has been basking in the glow of Showtime’s storied revival of 90’s cult classic Twin Peaks. While it’s been a few weeks since the last appearance of a track off Sacred Bones, we can’t help but wonder if we’ll hear any more from our hometown heroes in the 9 […]

Get $20 flash tattoos and rosé in Bushwick today

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Kick off the start of another brutal Brooklyn summer with some fresh ink. Friends NYC, better known as the “indie department store of dreams,” will be holding a special storewide sale and tattoo-pup up today from 5-9 pm, according to Brokelyn.  Artists Joey Rosado and St. Kenia will be providing the ink and White Girl […]

4th-annual Taste of Bushwick is bringing the goods to Rock Street on Tuesday

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We told you all about the most delicious event of the summer last month—and we couldn’t be more excited that the day is finally (almost) here! Taste of Bushwick is going down tomorrow, June 13th from 6:30-9 pm at 24 Rock Street (a private street within the Boar’s Head Warehouse located between Bogart St. & […]

Former Domino Sugar Factory grounds debuts new mega-apartment complex

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Because there aren’t yet enough luxury apartments to choose from in Williamsburg, right?  According to Curbed, the first piece of the Domino Sugar Factory grounds mega-redeveopment—which they report will eventually include more than 6,000 apartments and a waterfront park—is officially making its (almost) rental-ready debut at 325 Kent Avenue. Standing 16-stories high, the building neighbors the […]

You’re going to want to come hungry: The 4th-annual Taste of Bushwick

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Start prepping yo’ summer body with every single scrap of food you can lay your scrubby hands on. You’re going to need practice fitting a whole lotta food in your stomach with the upcoming Taste of Bushwick just around the corner.  On Tuesday, June 13th from 6:30-9 pm, make your way to 24 Rock Street (a […]

Banksy-themed apartment building opens in Bushwick

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Yup, you read that right. According to Bushwick Daily, the rentals in this “hip” building pay homage to British graffiti legend Banksy. But, why? To hike up rent prices, probably. But what value does ingenuine Banksy art plastered randomly around the units add to them anyway?  This was the idea of, what we can only assume, […]