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  History of Bushwick - Rapid Development
Bushwick Avenue, the street of mansions for brewers and doctors, was developed between 1880 and 1915: the Irving Avenue area between 1900 and 1913.
Bushwick High School at 400 Irving Avenue was opened in 1913 and counts among its former students, Joseph Hirshorn and Irving Thalberg.
Bushwick homes were designed in the Italianate, Neo Greco, Romanesque Revival, and Queen Anne styles by well known architects.
www.geocities.com /cb4brooklyn/rapiddevelopment.htm   (253 words)

  
 BT - The Bushwick Pilsners: A Look at Hoppier Days
Bushwick beers were slightly higher in gravity than the standard American pilsner, however, and were hopped more than their counterparts from the rest of the United States.
Bushwick breweries and the pilsners that were made there are part of the American brewing heritage that may be rediscovered by beer enthusiasts.
We can conclude that just as Bushwick had its hoppy pilsners, other regions of this country had beers peculiar to them and are waiting for their story to be told.
brewingtechniques.com /library/backissues/issue2.1/jankowski.html   (1628 words)

  
 Bushwick, Brooklyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bushwick, is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Bushwick was the last of the original six Dutch towns of Brooklyn to be established within New Netherland.
East Williamsburg is a neighborhood that borders to the northwest of Bushwick.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bushwick   (2424 words)

  
 UFCW | Background on Bushwick Index
Bushwick is located in the center of a neglected, low-income section of Brooklyn that is home to more than half a million people.
Median family income in Bushwick is less than half the national average while the official unemployment rate in Bushwick is over 10 percent, which is more than double the national rate.
Births to teen mothers are 17.5 percent in Bushwick as compared to the Brooklyn average of 11.2 percent.
www.ufcw.org /awake_bushwick/about_bushwick/index.cfm   (414 words)

  
 Bushwick Studio - Idea Behind the Studio
Bushwick Studio is built into two loft spaces in Brooklyn, NY in a split level design.
Bushwick is the lowest pressure environment for capturing music with the highest level of quality of any studio.
In the short term you are going to hear many big records coming from Bushwick Studio and as such you will not just be hearing a recording studio, you are hearing a home for people who love music, who have made music their life.
www.bushwickstudio.com /about.php   (390 words)

  
 The 411/Bushwick Bill
Bushwick Bill, the only remaining original member of the Geto Boys, is back for 1995 with a new name, new album, and a new record company that should keep him in the public eye and make him an even bigger force in the rap industry for years to come.
We caught up with Bushwick at radio station 106 Jamz (WFJM 106.3 FM) in Chicago, where he was promoting the release of his new album, Phantom of the Rapra.
Bushwick has paid his dues, done his homework, and tells it like it is when it comes to hip-hop.
www.the411online.com /bill.html   (1100 words)

  
 Bushwick United Head Start
Bushwick United will be celebrating 25 years of service to the community this summer.
Jose R. Gonzalez guides us through the transition that pushed his Agency from a single site, labor intensive operation to what is now a technology driven multiplex that continues to make a difference in the community.
Bushwick United Head Start has been identified as one of the seventy one delegate agencies in New York City selected for a planned partial review of operations on July 12 and 13.
bushwickunited.org   (192 words)

  
 Bushwick Expressway (I-78, unbuilt)
As outlined in the report, the Bushwick Expressway was to connect the Williamsburg Bridge and lower Manhattan with Kennedy Airport.
In the vicinity of Broadway Junction, the Bushwick Expressway would have intersected with the proposed Cross Brooklyn and Queens-Interboro expressways (the early incarnation of New York's I-695), as well as with the Jackie Robinson Parkway.
The Bushwick Expressway would probably have been constructed as an elevated expressway along Atlantic Avenue, since there is not much right-of-way next to the present Atlantic Avenue roadway for a surface expressway.
www.nycroads.com /roads/bushwick   (2051 words)

  
 Bushwick: Neighborhood on the Verge? - Wired New York Forum
By this he means Bushwick, the next new neighborhood or, more precisely, a neighborhood that is now in the sights of New York City real-estate agents and developers as the next new neighborhood.
The Baierleins are a remnant of the German population that came to the little village of Bushwick in the mid-1800's, the immigrant group that built the breweries of Brooklyn.
Bushwick was discovered yet again in the 1980's by new New Yorkers from the Dominican Republic, as well as Guyana, Ecuador, Jamaica, India and China, new immigrants who moved to Bushwick not for cool restaurants but to survive in what was a civic wasteland.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4478   (7214 words)

  
 Bushwick Buddies Login
This site was created for the enjoyment of people who were born and/or raised in the Bushwick Section of Brooklyn, New York in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Bushwick is on it's way back although it has a long way to go.
You can join us at Bushwick Buddies by sending an e-mail to eleanorctr@aol.com and telling a little about yourself and leaving your e-mail address as well as your full name and maiden name for the ladies.
www.bushwickbuddies.com   (177 words)

  
 Bushwick, Brooklyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
Bushwick and Ridgewood, old-fashioned and respectable, are German-American communities spreading northeast of Broadway.
After the Battle of Long Island Hessian mercenaries were billeted here; although friction developed between the townsfolk and the troops, some of the soldiers returned at the end of the war and established homes.
South Bushwick Reformed Church, Bushwick Avenue and Himrod Street, better known as the "White Church," was organized in 1851 by members of the old Bushwick Reformed Church which dates back to 1654.
www.brooklyn.net /neighborhoods/bushwick.html   (192 words)

  
 Bushwick apartments for rent apartment sublets rentals. Bushwick Rent apartment rentals sublets Bushwick roommates and ...
Bushwick is a dynamic, vital area and community oriented district.
Older Italian Americans still live in Bushwick, and new immigrants from South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are making their marks recently.
Bushwick rent ranges from $200to $1000 based on the size of the apartment.
www.sublet.com /spider/areadesc/newyork/Brooklyn/Bushwick.asp   (201 words)

  
 H.S. 480 Bushwick High School
Bushwick High School graduated its last class in 2006 and is now closed.
At its most crowded, Bushwick had more than twice the number of students it was built for, and its two sessions were not enough to alleviate the overcrowding.
Bushwick's mock trial team came in third in the state in 1999, and the school had a thriving afternoon drama program and a solid technology program.
www.insideschools.org /fs/school_profile.php?id=1034   (219 words)

  
 WNYC - Radio Rookies
From September 2000 to January 2001, a Radio Rookies workshop was held in conjunction with Make the Road by Walking Inc, a non-profit organization which promotes organizing and activism in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Bushwick Brooklyn has a large youth population - each square mile has two times the Borough's average number of children.
Jesus: Bushwick is a community of mostly Blacks and Hispanics.
www.wnyc.org /radiorookies/Bushwick/index.html   (268 words)

  
 WNYC - News - Voters In Bushwick
BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN February 23, 2004 — One week from tomorrow, New York State Democrats will go to the polls to vote in the presidential primary.
But the prevailing concerns in Bushwick are strictly local, with jobs and affordable housing at the top of the list.
He says he was impressed with Kerry's ideas about health care and immigration a big issue in Bushwick, which has a large population of Latino immigrants.
www.wnyc.org /news/articles/39224   (848 words)

  
 Phantom of the Rapra - Bushwick Bill - Song Listings
Although Bushwick Bill changed his name before the release of Phantom of the Rapra (to the absurd Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwickin The Barbarian Mother-Funky Stay High Dollar Billstir), he hasn't changed his musical style at all for his second solo album.
By now, Bushwick Bill is a skilled, accomplished professional, and he knows how to entertain.
Bushwick's taste for comic book violence and horror films overshadows his social commentary, as well as his latent misogynist tendencies.
www.mp3.com /albums/169500/summary.html   (487 words)

  
 BallerStatus.net Features: Bushwick Bill: Don't Call It A Comeback
Bushwick Bill: It's not so much that I'm working with Rap-A-Lot, more so than it's a business move for me. You can look at as if I'm working with them, in the sense that your saying, but I haven't done any paperwork with them.
Bushwick Bill: Well, we got put in the studio together when we didn't know each other, so after knowing each other it's a lot easier.
Bushwick Bill: Yea, we're [considered] legends in the game as far as being the first in the South to be there, stay there and build a foundation without running to the East or the West or anywhere else.
www.ballerstatus.net /features/read/id/11106618   (1769 words)

  
 village voice > nyclife > Neighborhoods by Christine Lagorio
With the merger, Brooklyn inherited the rich farming community that Bushwick had become (its ethnic composition was never simple: from Dutch, it became predominantly Scandinavian and French, then German in the late 18th Century and Italian in the 20th) and profited from its small breweries.
Boundaries: Bushwick Avenue the northwest, Broadway to the southwest, the Queens borough border (north of Metropolitan Avenue) to the northeast, and a mess of cemeteries to the southeast.
Seek out the remnants of the Bushwick Avenue home of Frederick Cook, the boaster who claimed to be the first to summit Mount McKinley (he made it within 10 miles) and later reach the North Pole (he was way off).
www.villagevoice.com /nyclife/0550,lagorio,70798,15.html   (1008 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Boroughs - Asthma's infesting Bushwick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
Rampant rat, mouse and cockroach infestations in Bushwick apartments cause asthma rates to be four times higher than the city average, a new report has found.
A survey of 300 asthmatics found 69% have roaches in their homes; 67% have excessive dust; 47% have rodents and 30% have mold - all asthma triggers - according to the report from housing advocate group Make the Road by Walking and the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center to be released tomorrow.
The rate of hospital visits for asthma in Bushwick was 991 per 100,000 people in 2003, which is nearly four times greater than the city average of 262.
www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/386817p-328223c.html   (413 words)

  
 Bushwick car service in Bushwick Brooklyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
Bushwick car service in Bushwick Brooklyn would like to thank all of the residents in Bushwick Brooklyn for the past years.
When Bushwick car service started the car service in Bushwick Brooklyn, they had a plan to become the largest car service in Bushwick Brooklyn.
Bushwick car service can handle any calls for Airport transportation, casinos, hospitals, Terminals, and/or local and long distance at rates that are easy on your pocket.
www.bushwickcarservice.com   (175 words)

  
 RBSCC
Who We Are The Bushwick Cooperative FCU is a newly formed community development credit union that is organized to address the shortcomings of current financial services in the neighborhood.
The Mission of Bushwick Cooperative FCU is to improve socioeconomic conditions in Bushwick.
Transportation: The Housing Department is conveniently located and is accessible via the L train to Myrtle Avenue; the M train to Knickerbocker Avenue; the B-38 bus to Wyckoff Avenue; the B-18 bus to Wyckoff and Greene Avenues; the B-52 bus to Gates Avenue; and the Q-55 to Palmetto Street.
www.rbscc.org /default.asp?menu1_Id=8   (344 words)

  
 Bushwick
UTAP was contracted by Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council (RBSCC) and the Bushwick Renaissance Mixed-use Initiative to provide the sponsor with a comprehensive database of the project area and to assess the physical and demographic conditions of the neighborhood.
This new development is expected to generate employment opportunities for local residents and build upon recent City investment in the area.
By directly connecting the socio-economic profile and land use survey of the study area with the issues identified in the strategic plan, a more responsive redevelopment strategy can be advanced.
www.arch.columbia.edu /UTAP/HTML/projects/Bushwick/Bushwick.html   (375 words)

  
 Bushwick Farms in Tarpaulin Sky V4n2
Bushwick Farms is an endeavor interested in blurring the boundaries between art and life.
Bushwick Farms was created while Cuthbert and Solzberg were living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick.
Joe Rotto is the youngest of three sons of the Bushwick family and manages The Traveling Variety Show, sponsored by Bushwick Farms.
www.tarpaulinsky.com /Fall06/Bushwick/index.html   (687 words)

  
 Bushwick Bill - AOL Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
Bushwick Bill detailed the incident in the song Ever So Clear, as well as perfected his psychotic "Chuckwick" persona on his first solo album Little Big Man...
Bushwick Bill, the only remaining original member of the Geto Boys, is back for 1995 with a new name, new album, and a new record company that should keep...
Download, listen and watch Bushwick Bill music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
music.aol.com /artist/bushwick-bill/26112/main   (150 words)

  
 Bushwick Bill - Gutta Mix - on Lightyear Entertaiment
The irrepressible Bushwick Bill calls it “a mixture of horrorcore with edutainment.” From club bangers, to street hits, to hip hop classics, this is what the party people have been waiting for.
The first single, 20minutesormore, is destined to be a club and radio smash, and should become a classic, because in addition to the bangin’ beat, Bushwick Bill doesn’t mince words (and never has):
Bushwick Bill is a wellknown Major Figga in rap music, has had solo success before (Little Big Man in 1992; Phantom of the Rapra in 1995 scanned over 197,000 units), and will benefit from all the exposure of the Geto Boys reunion album and tour.
www.lightyear.com /music/rap/bushwick/index.htm   (203 words)

  
 MTV News | Geto Boys' Bushwick Bill Arrested On Pot Charges
The diminutive rapper known as Bushwick Bill was arrested for marijuana possession in Homewood, Alabama last weekend after police discovered two grams of pot in his hotel room.
Bill, who entered the public consciousness as part of the Geto Boys, was in the Birmingham suburb to do a personal appearance and autograph session at a local car dealership where, by all accounts, he was on his best behavior.
Bushwick Bill is currently free on $500 bail.
www.mtv.com /news/articles/1426736/19980217/bushwick_bill.jhtml   (164 words)

  
 UFCW | Glance at Bushwick Index
The campaign Awake Bushwick is an effort to improve the lives of retail workers who work on Knickerbocker Avenue, a major shopping street in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.
If the retail workers are not being paid an illegal wage, they receive a poverty wage.  The stores that are not violating the law are almost all paying the state minimum wage of $6 per hour or just a little more.  Almost no worker receives a living wage.
The goal of the campaign is to transform this Avenue of Shame into one that will make the Bushwick community proud--to make the shopping area a place where neighborhood workers are are treated with respect and dignity.
www.ufcw.org /awake_bushwick/glance_at_bushwick/index.cfm   (283 words)

  
 BUSHWICK BILL - BIOGRAPHY - hip online
As a solo artist and member of the Geto Boys, he has written and performed music on three gold and platinum albums, all of which have gone to the top spot on various charts and sold close to three million copies.
In 1988 Bushwick and label mate, Gangsta Nip, won renown for co-opting and reinventing the horror movie style in his music and lyrics.
That style of graphic rap would later be known as horror-core.
www.hiponline.com /artist/music/b/bushwick_bill   (307 words)

  
 LIT BY THE 'WICK: all bushwick, all the time
Both agreed--in fact, there was universal consensus--that the rat-squirrel would be more likely to find its former namesake than its latter in Bushwick.
Lynn, 22, a barista, was more positive, saying she'd consider the creature as a pet if she knew more about its disposition.
Upon learning that the rat-squirrel was neither rat nor squirrel, but an evolutionary throwback known as Diatomys shantungensis, the Bushwick community took a more philosophical tone.
www.the-wick.com /feature_archive/2006-03-11_rat-squirrel.htm   (378 words)

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