Tag Archive | "Bushwick"

Brooklyn Based Film Makers Debut Short At The Sonoma Film Festival

Monday, April 15, 2013

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The Bushwick-based production company, FilmGym, which is run by the husband and wife team of Michelle Glick and Phillip Wolter, premied their short film “Chance of Rain” this past weekend at the prestigious Sonoma Film [...]

Fatal Bushwick Accident Spurs Safety Push at Complex Intersection

Thursday, April 11, 2013

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A tragedy has ignited a push to make one of the most complicated intersections in Brooklyn safer.

Fake Officer in Distress Signals Send Cops to Bushwick Houses

Thursday, February 21, 2013

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A missing police radio has recently been used several times from the Bushwick Houses to send a signal indicating that an officer is hurt or under attack.

14 People Injured in School Bus Accident in Brooklyn

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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Eleven children were among 14 people injured, one seriously, after a school bus slammed into a car in Bushwick Tuesday morning, according to the FDNY.

Bushwick M Line Station Reopens

Monday, February 11, 2013

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The MTA reopened the M Line stop in Bushwick after a six-month, $11 million overhaul. It is the first of a five station renovation plan in the area.

Twinkling Once More

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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Call it the dollar-nose-ring-barometer. Maria Sanchez, sells these and other pieces of inexpensive jewelry from a table she sets up across from the Knickerbocker Avenue subway station in Bushwick. For the past two years she [...]

Beer Economy

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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Kris Garrand gauges the current disparity in the economy by the growing price gap of one product: beer. Garrand mans the counter at Stinky Bklyn, a gourmet food shop in Cobble Hill that sells artisanal [...]

[VIDEO] Gentrification’s Casualties: Brooklyn Under the Radar

Monday, May 14, 2012

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Gentrification is transforming Brooklyn into the “Next Manhattan”, but for many long-time residents the housing boom sparked by urban renewal has become a nightmare. Produced and Filmed by Michael V’inkin Lee, Sarah Munir, and Vikram [...]

Something Fishy Around the Corner [VIDEO]

Friday, May 4, 2012

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Nino, a 68-year-old fishmonger, has been selling his fresh catches off a tabletop on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Grove Street in Bushwick for the past 15 years. But he doesn't call it a business -- to him, it's simply a "hobby."

Brooklyn Lens Webcast 4/13/2012

Friday, April 13, 2012

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The Brooklyn Lens Webcast 4/13/2012 from The Brooklyn Ink on Vimeo. The Brooklyn Lens webcast for the week of April 13, 2012.