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When Bushwick was founded, it was primarily an area for farming food and tobacco. As Brooklyn and New York City grew, factories that manufactured sugar, oil, and chemicals were built. The inventor Peter Cooper built a glue manufacturing plant, his first factory, in Bushwick.
- Bushwick Industrial
- Making The Beds
- Enter The Dollhouse
- Crisis Times
- “Here It Goes Again”**
Bushwick, tracing back to one of the earliest European settlements on Long Island, has never been the prettiest area of modern Brooklyn. It does have some lovely architecture — especially around old Brewers Row — but its proximity to a polluted water way and a series of cemeteries has always kept this underappreciated neighborhood below the radar —...
538 Johnson Avenue (at Stewart Avenue) was constructed in 1916 as a simple two-story warehouse owned by the Pashelsky Brothers, a building supplies concern, who specifically situated their operation next to the railroad tracks. They soon outgrew their home and sold it to a surprising new tenant — a mattress factory. In 1894 Englander Spring Bed Com...
Many of you over a certain age probably owned a doll manufactured at 538 Johnson. Eugene Goldberger was a Hungarian immigrant who began making dolls in the area of today’s SoHo district in 1916. While Goldberger maintained showrooms in lower Manhattan for many decades, he moved his doll manufacturing to Bushwick in 1954. Today Goldberger dolls are ...
By this time, the fortunes of Bushwick’s once-great industrial might had drastically deteriorated. Manufacturing had fled, leaving a landscape of empty factories, and the neighborhood generally became known as an “epicenter for the illegal drug trade,” its poor residents suffering high crime rates and a lack of genuine city infrastructure and suppo...
Since the early 2000s, a portion of the building has become a mecca for punk music and hardcore lovers everywhere. While the venue is separate from the residences and remaining manufacturing concerns, you can’t escape the graffiti, turning the building into a successor of the dearly departed Five Pointz. This 2014 performance by Dawn of Humans shou...
May 6, 2016 · A converted former factory, this two-story building offers a flexible live/workspace opportunity. On the ground floor are 4,000 square feet of studio or office space with 12-foot ceilings and...
Apr 19, 2024 · The Morgan Avenue area of East Williamsburg/Bushwick is a hotbed of artists, musicians, and other young Brooklynites. Morgantown, as it’s sometimes called, is lined with hip bars, gourmet restaurants, health food stores, art galleries, and converted factory apartment buildings.
- Courtney Shapiro
Apr 25, 2024 · This hidden gem NYC neighborhood is bursting with art, culture, incredible food, nightlife, and endless creativity. The streets showcase vibrant murals by local artists, transforming them into outdoor art galleries. As a born-and-raised New Yorker, here are the coolest things to do in Bushwick, Brooklyn. I.
Jul 25, 2021 · Bushwick used to be farmland, but it evolved into a manufacturing hub in the 19th century. Years later, these industrial buildings would become an urban canvas for street art or repurposed for restaurants, studios, and more.
Nov 11, 2014 · Starting out in a Williamsburg loft, this small-batch Brooklyn Flea veteran now operates out of a 2,500 square-foot Bushwick factory and shop and specializes in raw chocolate bars and bonbons.
