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How This Bushwick Design Hub Is Disrupting NYFW With Its Conscious Approach to Fashion

All garments at Vers are handmade, and most use upcycled materials like scrap fabric, consumer waste, beads and hardware.

Feb 15, 2022 5:33 PM Read more >

Raise a Glass to Clean Clothes, New Crown Heights 'Laundro-Bar' Coming to Rogers Ave

Pearl Lee's Washtub, which is opening in Spring 2022, will pair laundry with unpretentious drinks and hot sandwiches.

Feb 14, 2022 5:46 PM Read more >

Councilmember Chi Ossé is on a Mission to Install a Protected Bike Lane on Bedford Avenue

Chi Ossé, who represents Bed Stuy and North Crown Heights, wants to establish a protected bike lane, new crosswalks, speed bumps and more.

Feb 11, 2022 4:48 PM Read more >

Here's What Saratoga Park's New $2.1M Makeover Will Look Like

Bed-Stuy's second largest park is getting new fences, more accessible playground equipment, fresh grass and more.

Feb 8, 2022 5:49 PM Read more >

Prolific Bushwick Photographer Wins 25K to Explore Social Change in BK

Street photographer Andre D. Wagner just won the Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship to explore the current American sociopolitical landscape in Brooklyn.

Feb 3, 2022 8:08 PM Read more >

After Struggling Through Pandemic, Bed-Stuy Food Co-op Prepares for Expansion, Increased Offerings

The food co-op that serves Clinton Hill, Fort Greene and Bed-Stuy was dangerously close to closing, but thanks to an outpouring of community support, it's not goodbye yet.

Jan 31, 2022 3:21 PM Read more >

Meet the Fort Greene Woman Creating Wearable Art... From Braided Hair!

Former braider Karyne Tinord is creating her wearable hair art—including bras, skirts, dresses, face masks, bags, headdresses and more—to celebrate Black hairstyles and spark conversation.

Jan 28, 2022 10:17 AM Read more >

Not Goodbye Yet; Bossa Nova Civic Club Looks to the Future After Fire

Following a fire that ravaged the building, Bossa Nova is in critical condition. But, due to a groundswell of support from the community, a comeback is viable.

Jan 20, 2022 6:28 PM Read more >

BK Artists Tell Communities' Stories in New Public Art Projects Seeking to Inspire

Bed-Stuy's Laundromat Project is connecting artists and neighbors in communities of color to facilitate transformative public projects, coming soon to a neighborhood near you.

Jan 19, 2022 7:18 PM Read more >

Meet the Bushwick Dog Owner Fighting the Poop Problem

Kathy Kim says her block has had a dramatic increase in pet waste on the sidewalk, so she had made it her mission to residents involved

Jan 14, 2022 6:16 PM Read more >