The Bushwick Project
The Battle of the Boobie Trap: Retail Tensions in Bushwick
Jarrett Murphy |
Bushwick feels like it’s changing by the minute, and storefronts that seem to herald demographic change are a point of increasing friction.
Brooklyn
In Bushwick, the Quietest Superfund Site in the City Awaits a Makeover
Jarrett Murphy |
Unlike the Gowanus Canal or Newtown Creek, two other Superfund sites in the city, there has been little advocacy or controversy around the site on Irving Avenue.
Brooklyn
Opinion: A Film About Bushwick Has a Simple Message—’See Us’
Stefanie Joshua |
‘How do you reconcile 30 years of change within the Bushwick community? How do you make sense of development and the subsequent displacement that occurs?’
The Bushwick Project
In Bushwick, (and the City) Families are the Majority of the Homeless
Harry DiPrinzio |
Families and homeless students makeup the majority of homeless people living in Bushwick. 1,039 of the neighborhood’s 1,462 shelter residents (71 percent) lived in family shelters in April.
Brooklyn
Bushwick Tenants Sue to Force City Takeover of ‘Reprehensible’ Building
Sadef Ali Kully |
The building at 299 Troutman Street has eight units with only four units being utilized. The other four units sit burned and empty on the third and fourth floors after a 2008 fire.
Brooklyn
Bushwick +10: A Changing Neighborhood Faces a Tighter Housing Crunch
Jarrett Murphy |
With a major rezoning looming for Bushwick, it’s time for another deep look. So, over the next four weeks, City Limits’ reporting staff will spend the bulk of its time in Bushwick, looking for stories, interviewing people and distributing information.
affordability
One Bushwick, Two Visions: How Local Leaders’ Rezoning Proposal and the City’s Plan Match Up
Sadef Ali Kully |
There are some similarities between the community and city rezoning proposals but the differences are important to Bushwick community members who say they have waited for decades for serious public investments in their neighborhood.
Bushwick
Max & Murphy: Reynoso Sizes Up Bushwick’s Past, Present & Future
Jarrett Murphy |
The discussion about development, housing, rezoning and gentrification in New York City is sometimes painted as a tug of war between those who embrace change and those who resist it, hopelessly. In Bushwick, it’s clear that picture is inaccurate.
affordability
Doubts on the Details of the City’s Bushwick Rezoning Proposal
Sadef Ali Kully |
Some are worried proposed height limits leave too much room for developers, or too little room for homeowners who want to sell. Affordability options and a playground project are also on residents’ minds.
Brooklyn
In Memoriam: Luis Garden Acosta, Builder of Bridges
Tom Robbins |
The names of the city’s real builders, who labor for decades in the toughest neighborhoods, are nowhere. Their accomplishments, everywhere. One of the greatest of these, Luis Garden Acosta, died last week at the age of 73.
