Mark your calendar, our favorite art event of the year begins this Friday, May 30 all throughout Bushwick: Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) is a three-day arts and culture festival, hosted annually by the volunteer organization Arts in Bushwick (AiB). Now in its eighth year, this celebration of our neighborhood’s vibrant community and local art scene […]
Montana’s Trail House opening next week in Bushwick
Bedford & Bowery has a first look at the new Bushwick restaurant Montana’s Trail House. It’s at 455 Troutman Street (near St. Nicholas) and opens next week: Come May 30, an awesomely rustic bungalow will be purveying “Appalachian east coast country food, and some black-magic inspired dishes” to the woodsmen (and -women) of Bushwick. It […]
DELVE Networking: Collaboratives + Art 5/22
Kind Aesthetic is hosting a talk and networking event for artists and creatives at Tiger Strikes Asteroid about Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Check out works from Alex Paik, Director of TSA, and independent curator and producer, Jason Andrew, then afterwards, guzzle a few cocktails. This month’s talk is all about collaboration and Kind Aesthetic interviewed […]
The Best Happy Hours in Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick
We love a bargain and North Brooklyn has plenty of them when it comes to happy hour boozing. Here are some of our local haunts with great cheap drink deals: Williamsburg Happy Hours and Specials • Alligator Lounge offers free pizzas when you buy a drink — all day and night. • The Charleston has […]
A North Brooklyn Visitor's Guide
No visit to New York is complete without a visit to the North Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick. Formerly three working-class and industrial neighborhoods, North Brooklyn now hosts many of New York’s best restaurants, a thriving art scene, and New York’s best shopping and night life. Hipster jokes aside — Girls is filmed […]
Spring is finally here, let's drink outside: the best bars for outdoor boozin'
It’s finally nice outside and if you don’t mind a passing storm, it’s likely to be pleasant all weekend. That, of course, means it’s time to start drinking outside. Since there have been a couple of openings since last time it was warm (which seems like a hundred years ago) we’ve updated our outdoor boozin’ […]
Whisk: a better on-demand car service app for Williamsburg and NYC
SPONSORED POST If you’re looking for the best way to get around from Williamsburg, look no further than Whisk, the newest on-demand car service app in the city, which just added more than 100 app-activated cars in Williamsburg. This means that when you want a ride, Whisk has you covered. New riders get $10 off […]
Roberta's swag is on sale
If you want everyone to know what a cool kid you are, you need to be spotted in a Roberta’s sweatshirt. They’re currently on sale for 20% off because it’s about to be too hot to wear a sweatshirt, anyway. Take note that only sweatshirts are on sale. Use the promo code PIZZASALE14 for the […]
Meet Coyote and Crow, the raspy voice at Bedford Avenue
Lately, when I’m rushing to catch the L to work, skipping down the stairs from Bedford Avenue two at a time, one sound freezes me dead in my tracks- the banjo. When I hear strings being plucked and a hefty boot stomping on a tambourine, I tiptoe down the rest of the stairs, as if […]
The top of OfficeOps becomes a MEAT MRKT
This Saturday, MEAT MRKT takes over the top of OfficeOps in Bushwick for the first of an integrated pop-up series, pairing music, art and fashion, told with an urban tilt. Talking with founder Sebastian Morris, the founder of MEAT MRKT, his aim was to make the event more than local vendors and more of an […]