Bushwick, NY
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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.