Bushwick, NY

About Bushwick

• • Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine, known for his controversial career, is from Bushwick.
• • The Beatnuts, a popular hip-hop group, originated in Bushwick during the early 1990s.
• • Breweries thrived due to access to the Newtown Creek and grain from Long Island farms.
• • Many Bushwick buildings feature striking, elaborate, and colorful street art murals.
• • The Great Fire of 1892 decimated much of Bushwick, destroying numerous breweries.
• • "Boswijck," meaning "little town in the woods," was established in 1661 by the Dutch.
• • With around 150,000 residents, Bushwick is more populous than Albany, New York.
• • At just 49 feet, Bushwick's elevation is only slightly higher than Coney Island.
• • Many residents work in arts, creative industries, and service sector jobs.
• • Bushwick feels like a gritty yet vibrant mix of old and new, authentic and evolving.
• • The Brooklyn Nets, playing at Barclays Center, are Bushwick's closest NBA team.
• • Ebbets Field, former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was a short subway ride away.

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