No other neighborhood compares: a weekend in Bushwick – in pictures

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  • A Dominican restaurant by the DeKalb L train subway stop offers a diner-style experience in Bushwick on a recent afternoon.

    a restaurant on a street corner
  • Maria Aguialar sells tamales across from Maria Hernandez park.

    a woman in a stall makes tamales
  • A handball/paddleball game in action at Maria Hernandez park.

    people on a court playing a game with balls and racquets
  • Danny Vargas, a local handball player, warms his ball in hot water at Maria Hernandez park.

    a pan of water with blue balls in it on a portable stove
  • Shorty’s 99 cent store is one of the many affordable discount shops in Bushwick.

    a shop with a yellow sign reading shortys 99c
  • The Spot Barbershop, a Latino-run business on Wykoff Avenue.

    a person with an american flag-printed gown in the window of a barbershop
  • Gus Lopez, a motorcycle enthusiast and Bushwick native, shows off his bike on Jefferson Street.

    man on a motorbike with tall handlebars
  • Alberto Camacho, a resident of Bushwick for more than 20 years, poses for a portrait in front of Shorty’s 99 cent store, where he works.

    a man wearing black and a keffiyeh poses outside a shop with brooms in a bucket
  • Grafitti art by the Bushwick Collective.

    graffiti. one says wild style and another is a man with a halo
  • ‘Red’, a local handball player, plays at Maria Hernandez park.

    a man wearing a red hat and red sweater holds a blue ball next to a court
  • Kids ride on a ramp at Maria Hernandez park.

    Kids ride on a skate ramp
  • A man examines fruit at Green Valley produce market.

    a man looks at fruit outside a supermarket
  • A volleyball game at Maria Hernandez park.

    people playing volleyball
  • Jimmy Martinez with his mother, Margarita Martinez, of the Mexican deli grocer Jimmy De La Vencidad.

    man and woman stand outside a store
  • A mural with a loft for sale sign.

    A mural with a loft for sale sign on a recent afternoon in Bushwick.
  • Partygoers wait in line for Carousel, on a recent night out in Bushwick.

    people waiting in line behind a velvet rope
  • Partygoers dance at Paragon in Brooklyn, New York, in the early morning hours. The beloved nightclub will close its doors in April, citing financial difficulties.

    people dancing in blue-ish light
  • Christian Whelan, 22, poses at Bossa Nova Civic Club.

    a person’s bare hip with a tattoo that says brat
  • Partygoers dance at Paragon.

    people dancing, photographed from above
  • Jimi Lucid, musician, 31, at Bossa Nova Civic Club.

    a man in a leather jacket sits
  • People outside of Mood Ring in the early morning hours.

    people outside a bar with blue walls
  • Partygoers dance at Trans-Pecos in Ridgewood, Queens, bordering Bushwick.

    person wearing black cowboy boots
  • London Dejarnette, 23, waiting for food from a food truck right outside Christopher’s Palace, a bar next to Mood Ring.

    a person poses for a photo in a camo jacket
  • Partygoers dance at Bossa Nova Civic Club.

    people dancing
  • Corinn Morgan, 22, poses at Bossa Nova Civic Club.

    a woman in a short black dress and sunglasses
  • The scene at Bossa Nova Civic Club.

    people sit around a table
  • Chiara Moraca, 22, poses for a photo in front of Paragon.

    a person in baggy jeans poses on a street
  • Bossa Nova Civic Club.

    people in a club
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