![]() That’s my favorite coffeeshop in the neighborhood, Little Skips. Not because it’s dangerous - far from it - but because so much of it is hidden in plain sight. (For the record, I think you get much more value for money in Hamilton Heights, where I live now, plus the rents are cheaper.) Touring Bushwickīushwick is the only place in New York that I recommend visiting with a guide or someone who knows the neighborhood well. I strongly considered living in Bushwick at one point after spending a few days there, I declared it a little too “out there” for me and decided to live elsewhere and visit often. But most people are trapped in a neighborhood progressively growing more expensive by the day. Bushwick’s crime rate is lower than it’s been in decades, yes, and those who own property are seeing their values go up. How is gentrification affect longtime residents? Both positively and negatively, as it always does. I don’t think Bushwick will ever be on the same level as Williamsburg, but you see a troubling number of luxury buildings popping up. Now Bushwick’s longtime residents are dealing with an influx of gentrification. ![]() Many low-income Williamsburg residents, including artists, were pushed out as a result, and many of them moved immediately southeast - to Bushwick. Read More: The Best Time to Visit New York ![]() Over the past decade, however, Williamsburg has gone from hip to yuppie and has become one of the most desirable (and thus expensive) neighborhoods in New York City. In the early 2000s, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, went from being a no-go zone to the hipster artist enclave of New York City. The neighborhood began to turn a corner in the mid-2000s, when the city began pouring much-needed financial resources into the neighborhood. Bushwick was a rough neighborhood for a long time - a blackout in 1977 led to mass riots and you can still see some damage to this day. Everything is spread out.īushwick is one of the largest Latino neighborhoods in Brooklyn with sizable populations from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Rather than brownstones or high-rises, this is an industrial-looking neighborhood of warehouses, many of them covered with bright paint. ![]() Of all the neighborhoods I’ve visited in Brooklyn (not all of them, not by a long shot, but a great many), Bushwick stands out as being the least like the others. It’s being hit on by guys who always end their catcalls with “God bless you.” A Brooklyn Unlike Brooklyn It’s strange parties in abandoned furniture stores where people wear crazy costumes. It’s galleries that double as yoga studios and coffeeshops that double as life drawing classes. It’s the brightly painted warehouses that you can’t tell are functional or abandoned. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on Email ![]()
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