Bushwick Daily

2 weeks ago | bushwickdaily.com | Alec Meeker

Pellets of rat poison lie scattered among mulch and fallen leaves inside Maria Hernandez Park, just feet away from where children play daily. The poison, identified as BlueMax Meal Bait, was discovered by a park visitor whose dog sniffed the substance while walking along the fence and retaining wall on the Knickerbocker Avenue side of the park, directly adjacent to the children’s playground.

2 weeks ago | bushwickdaily.com | Alec Meeker

The barricades return to Troutman Street this weekend as Bushwick’s homegrown open streets program launches its third season, turning a two-block stretch between St. Nicholas and Irving Avenues into a pedestrian playground every Saturday and Sunday through October. The 2025 season kicked off April 26th with an Earth Day cleanup and celebration, the first of 28 weekends that will see the street closed to vehicles for 10 hours each day.

2 weeks ago | bushwickdaily.com | Alec Meeker

From pop-up sensation to permanent fixture, Kevin Morgan’s burger joint delivers restaurant-quality meals late into the night, with house-made cookies and soon-to-return BBQ specialties, all with a hidden speakeasy in the back from veteran bar owner Michael Lombardozzi, who’s also behind Bushwick’s versatile day-to-night hotspot Mervs In Bushwick’s vibrant nightlife landscape, a common scenario unfolds nightly: as bars prepare for last call, hunger-strikes, and options dwindle to fast-food...

1 month ago | bushwickdaily.com | Alec Meeker

Behind the counter, Debbie Perez has spent years greeting customers by name, remembering their addresses, and transforming mundane shipping errands into meaningful human connections. But for the past few weeks, after being evicted from her apartment, Debbie has been experiencing the store in a completely different way: as her bedroom. “I’ve actually been sleeping and living here,” Debbie says, pointing to the spot where customers usually queue up during business hours.

1 month ago | bushwickdaily.com | Alec Meeker

At a Crypto Monday event in Manhattan, attendees watched as an AI agent called “Alfred” independently searched for, found, and emailed the Office of the President of Mexico while its creator, Dossey Richards, waited alongside them for the results. “I’ll ask it to find the email of the office of the President of Mexico, and then I want it to cc me in an emailed introduction to them,” Richards said to the crowd, before typing the request into Alfred’s chat interface.