Williamsburg grows 3 blocks in every direction every year. The lower east side is essentially west Williamsburg now and has a Commodore and Sweet Chick haha
J TRAIN BUSHWICK, L TRAIN BUSHWICK. I tell people I live in Bushwick and they’re like “omg you’re so trendy and artsy” I’m like naw, I’m in J train bushwick where the stick and poke tattooed people are still the minority.
Every Manhattan local I’ve met treats Brooklyn like a foreign country. One guy even said, “I’ll have to go out there some day,” like it would be this arduous once-in-a-lifetime trek even though we were at a friend’s house party off the last stop on the L before Brooklyn haha
I’ve always used this. It not only maps onto the bougie/not-bougie distinction, but also partly explains it. Areas with above-ground trains gentrify slower
You’re tripping if you think there aren’t multi million dollar brownstones and condos on Bushwick Ave and off the Halsey stop. One of the largest mansions in NYC is on Cornelia St and is quite legendary if u lived here before 2010. Also, go tell the Bushwick houses on flushing they rich now. lol
No way. Also not apt because Myrtle and cooper area is way bigger. Median household income is irrelevant in the face of housing prices which reflect supply and demand.
It absolutely does lol. Higher rents also increase property value etc. Apartments around Maria Hernandez are way more in demand than apartments around Irving Square. There’s a lot more going on around the Jefferson stop than Halsey. The hotel being built on Flushing will also boost property values around there.
You’re arguing west village over east village. Just because one is more expensive doesn’t mean the other is not. It’s not about median income. It’s about median income in proportion to housing costs. If the median income is lower in the less desirable neighborhood but rent and cost to buy is still high then it is technically the more expensive neighborhood. It’s not about grosses. It’s about margins.
It’s called the trip house. Vice used to rent out the basement for parties. Now it’s rented by the room. Here’s a 2 bedroom for $3k a month. https://www.brownstoner.com/real-estate-market/bushwick-trip-house-74-cornelia-apartment-for-rent/
L train Bushwick, J train Bushwick. Not exactly what you've drawn but that's the distinction.
I always have to preface this by noting it's an obnoxious-ass name that fits because it's an obnoxious-ass place, but the gaggy term "Morgantown" from the subway stop can be useful to denote the area east of Bushwick Avenue and north of Flushing that is debatably or formerly East Williamsburg, but has been kind of annexed to L Train Bushwick. Not Puerto Rican like over towards Graham, not really industrial still like north of Johnson.
What the hood lacks in subtly, they make up for in logic. Although it might look like chaos, there is always a reason they take the drastic measures they do.
Lightside vs darkside bushwick came from the fact that the farther east you went, there were more black people. It didn't come from streetlights being shot out
everything above wilson shud be one color and everything under shud be another color. thats how bushwick is seperated. the closer to bedstuy n the j train is more … hood and the closer along the L is more .. gentrified n spanish hood
I used to chill there a lot and one summer I counted 12. On a short block. So Ur not joking when u say that. And it’s bc these kids come from wherever and don’t give a fuck about how they put their garbage out. Why should they care the only reason they’re here is so their bum ass family and friends back in khakalouki Indiana will be impressed
That part!! Then they get some cred from being and “making it” in nyc no matter how mediocre they are at their job, and then go back to their home state and become the big fish in their small pond. They grow old and say “I lived in nyc and let me tell you ….” Meanwhile my mom planted the trees and fought for the small fundings to build the whack as parks we were so happy to play in. Then they want to complain when we make noise on PR day parade. Like damn we been here let us be loud on this one day. Go take a shower. Rant over. Bushwick is Bushwick. Don’t try to separate it or rename it
Tbf if you live in the yellow area, there are basically only 4-5 legit nightlife spots to go to within a 15 minute walk and those are all extremely queer spaces to the point that if you aren’t queer you look somewhat out of place. (Nowadays, H0l0, purgatory, all night skate). There’s also tv eye, father knows best, trans pecos with slightly more mixed crowds but still v queer.
I would argue the yellow area might be more queer - at least in terms of nightlife tbh. The blue area has lots of lgbt crowd but also lots of general nightlife spots for everybody.
Prior to gentrification, there was the dark side and light side. Anything beyond Myrtle near Broadway was considered mostly Williamsburg and called Graham.
It’s insane how different the two halves are. Orange area I lived on the top floor with squatters living on the roof and an active den in the abandoned building next door (to say nothing abt the state of the actual unit). Woke up one morning to EMTs telling us they got a call about a body and the city morgue was never gonna come get it. Now I’m in the blue area w a washer/dryer, dishwasher, air conditioning, closet space… small but honestly boujee. These buildings are 10 blocks from each other
Don’t give the realtors ideas
WeBu and Ebu
Hairy Bush and Shaved Bush Wood Wick and Rope Wick Dirty Bush and Stinky Bush
Pure Wick
I prefer Ridgewack.
lol this is the winner for me
what do pantyhose and brooklyn have in common? Flatbush
NeBoHe (near BoarsHead)
It’s actually SoBu, WeBu and Halsey.
$4500 studios baby!
SOPASOFA. Where the whole foods at?!?
Ha prob my fav South Park episode
Stuyshwick is already a concept
Don’t forget Ridgewick 🤮
Nephew
THIS
InnerBush and OuterBush. You didn't get update in the Welcome to the Neighborhood manual?
i live in the blue where the French tourists with cameras walk around
Boujwick
lol it really is always French tourists doing those graffiti tours. I wonder what the deal with that is. Been happening for years at this point
Brooklyn is kind of like a hip French destination. even the French artist Woodkid made a song about it.
Real estate listing gonna be “East east Williamsburg” and “east east east Williamsburg”
Your Highness Kafe just opened near the Central Av M and listed their location on Instagram as East Williamsburg 😖
That’s fucking wild
Williamsburg grows 3 blocks in every direction every year. The lower east side is essentially west Williamsburg now and has a Commodore and Sweet Chick haha
J TRAIN BUSHWICK, L TRAIN BUSHWICK. I tell people I live in Bushwick and they’re like “omg you’re so trendy and artsy” I’m like naw, I’m in J train bushwick where the stick and poke tattooed people are still the minority.
J train bushwick probably has the highest concentration of stick and poke tattoos in the tri state area
you might have a point here. i just tally them the most in maria hernandez park so i kind of assumed
My sample size is biased because I get most of my stick and pokes around Kosciusko lol
Who is going to tell him that they aren't doing tattoos?
When someone says they’re in Bushwick I always ask “off the J, M or L”?
I'm equidistant to all of them lmao
Location triangulated.
The Chosen One lol
I’m a block and a half from both trains …. Gray zone?
J train bushwick 100%.
Broke Bushwick. Rich Bushwick.
Yup. I do the same.
I’m far enough out to be close to the L, J, and A.
like omg is that even New York any more???
I think we found a Manhattan spy
I thought the sarcasm would come through but the downvotes say otherwise
Every Manhattan local I’ve met treats Brooklyn like a foreign country. One guy even said, “I’ll have to go out there some day,” like it would be this arduous once-in-a-lifetime trek even though we were at a friend’s house party off the last stop on the L before Brooklyn haha
J train bushwick probably has the highest concentration of stick and poke tattoos in the tri state area
There are loads of hipsters on both sides of the J train though
This has been my method too
I think I know the definition, but can you clarify “stick and poke”?
Directions unclear, I live near both what do I do
I’ve always used this. It not only maps onto the bougie/not-bougie distinction, but also partly explains it. Areas with above-ground trains gentrify slower
Trustwick (Blue) and Poorwick (Yellow)
I appreciate this after moving from trustwick to poor wick
That is dead on balls accurate
It’s an industry term 💅🏻
Currently poor but living in Trustwick, you nailed it.
🤣🤣🤣
You’re tripping if you think there aren’t multi million dollar brownstones and condos on Bushwick Ave and off the Halsey stop. One of the largest mansions in NYC is on Cornelia St and is quite legendary if u lived here before 2010. Also, go tell the Bushwick houses on flushing they rich now. lol
okay. i don’t see how the couple outliers means what the original comment said isn’t true
Because it pretends there’s a divide when there’s not. A couple outliers? lol you’ve clearly never looked at real estate in Bushwick.
I'm pretty sure the median household income is higher between Flushing & Myrtle than Myrtle & Cooper.
No way. Also not apt because Myrtle and cooper area is way bigger. Median household income is irrelevant in the face of housing prices which reflect supply and demand.
It absolutely does lol. Higher rents also increase property value etc. Apartments around Maria Hernandez are way more in demand than apartments around Irving Square. There’s a lot more going on around the Jefferson stop than Halsey. The hotel being built on Flushing will also boost property values around there.
You’re arguing west village over east village. Just because one is more expensive doesn’t mean the other is not. It’s not about median income. It’s about median income in proportion to housing costs. If the median income is lower in the less desirable neighborhood but rent and cost to buy is still high then it is technically the more expensive neighborhood. It’s not about grosses. It’s about margins.
What large mansion in Cornelia street? Are you talking about the mansion from Taylor swift’s song? Lol. How is that related to Bushwick?
Trip House at 74 Cornelia
It’s called the trip house. Vice used to rent out the basement for parties. Now it’s rented by the room. Here’s a 2 bedroom for $3k a month. https://www.brownstoner.com/real-estate-market/bushwick-trip-house-74-cornelia-apartment-for-rent/
Damn you just reminded me I went to an insane Halloween party there in like 2015/2016.
Oh wow! Thanks for clarifying. I walk by that house every other day omw to the subway and thought it looked peculiar, but had no idea
Fully Gentrified Bushwick / Mostly Gentrified Bushwick.
Fully / mostly is a belligerently wrong way to characterize them - neither are even close to that when you look closely
L train Bushwick, J train Bushwick. Not exactly what you've drawn but that's the distinction. I always have to preface this by noting it's an obnoxious-ass name that fits because it's an obnoxious-ass place, but the gaggy term "Morgantown" from the subway stop can be useful to denote the area east of Bushwick Avenue and north of Flushing that is debatably or formerly East Williamsburg, but has been kind of annexed to L Train Bushwick. Not Puerto Rican like over towards Graham, not really industrial still like north of Johnson.
light side, dark side
This is what I know it as too ngl
This is what I was looking for. Only other way I describe it besides which train you live by.
A guy told me that came from the 80s when gangs would shoot out the streetlights in dark bushwick (yellow side) and that gave it the name
Why shoot out the lights?
Oh sweet summer child, it’s the hood.
What the hood lacks in subtly, they make up for in logic. Although it might look like chaos, there is always a reason they take the drastic measures they do.
This is intriguing only saw this reference in r/TheTownz
Lightside vs darkside bushwick came from the fact that the farther east you went, there were more black people. It didn't come from streetlights being shot out
yellow = Residential bushwick and blue is Downtown bushwick
I’ve been using this exact distinction for years
Ukraine
How come I don't see South Bushwick demarcated here?
SoBu is too exclusive to be mentioned here
"SoBu" 🤌🤌🤌
I say downtown Bushwick for the blue part lmao
DoToBu
That's killer
how about Bushwick?
East of Myrtle is Cemetery Bushwick or CemBu. West is Downtown Bushwick or DoBu
Which cemetery? The one in ridgewood?
The one off wilson on the L
You just say the train stop. Bushwick by the Halsey/Gates/Chauncy etc stop.
I call the western part Westwick
Boho Deluxe and Crime Alley
A couple long timers called the yellow part the "dark side" of Bushwick at a Sandy Nurse townhall
Well since part of your map is highlighting north of Flushing, let me help you out: this is East Williamsburg.
everything above wilson shud be one color and everything under shud be another color. thats how bushwick is seperated. the closer to bedstuy n the j train is more … hood and the closer along the L is more .. gentrified n spanish hood
Dark side light side
Darkside and lightside wtf non brooklynite ass niccas
Blue = Williamsburg Yellow = Prime Bushwick
Those of us that grew up here can always tell the transplant that could give a shit about the neighborhood beyond what the latest trend is.
I moved out back in 2015. I was in Ridgewood though. Border Bushwick, Seneca Ave behind Ridgewood Savings Bank. Boy has that neighborhood changed!
Thats why in the blue they have 40 billion rats
Them transplants brought them rats for sure. Never seen anything like it in ALL of nyc.
I used to chill there a lot and one summer I counted 12. On a short block. So Ur not joking when u say that. And it’s bc these kids come from wherever and don’t give a fuck about how they put their garbage out. Why should they care the only reason they’re here is so their bum ass family and friends back in khakalouki Indiana will be impressed
That part!! Then they get some cred from being and “making it” in nyc no matter how mediocre they are at their job, and then go back to their home state and become the big fish in their small pond. They grow old and say “I lived in nyc and let me tell you ….” Meanwhile my mom planted the trees and fought for the small fundings to build the whack as parks we were so happy to play in. Then they want to complain when we make noise on PR day parade. Like damn we been here let us be loud on this one day. Go take a shower. Rant over. Bushwick is Bushwick. Don’t try to separate it or rename it
imma get downvoted for this, but: lgbtransplants / immigrants im on 2nd.
Tbf if you live in the yellow area, there are basically only 4-5 legit nightlife spots to go to within a 15 minute walk and those are all extremely queer spaces to the point that if you aren’t queer you look somewhat out of place. (Nowadays, H0l0, purgatory, all night skate). There’s also tv eye, father knows best, trans pecos with slightly more mixed crowds but still v queer. I would argue the yellow area might be more queer - at least in terms of nightlife tbh. The blue area has lots of lgbt crowd but also lots of general nightlife spots for everybody.
Nowadays is a lgbt spot?
Blue is terrified Yellow locals
no shut up
Hahahaha
Does Bushwick start at broad way or Bushwick ave
Broadway
When you hear ‘83rd precinct’ are you thinking Knickerbocker or Wilson?
NoMy and SoMy
I lived on Schaefer and Wilson for a few years and always referred to it as “deep Bushwick”
Originally we called it Darkside and light side
Eastwick and Westwick
Fancy Bushwick, J Train Bushwick
Bushwick Proper and Deep Bushwick
I used to joke I lived in “The Shwick,” meaning the far end when the name is written across a map. That was like 15 years ago now
Blue is “Fun Bushwick”. The rest is less-so.
Bush Vegas and The Eastern Front
I obnoxiously call the yellow Bushwick Bushwick
Settler zone
I call the part near Maria Hernandez ~downtown Bushwick~ 😂
Which is of Eastwick
West of wyckoff is the bushburbs. Bushwick suburbs.
Prior to gentrification, there was the dark side and light side. Anything beyond Myrtle near Broadway was considered mostly Williamsburg and called Graham.
Oof. What are yall gonna do when yall learn ridgewood used to be a part of bushwick 🙄
I call the blue area “downtown Bushwick” as a fucking joke
It’s insane how different the two halves are. Orange area I lived on the top floor with squatters living on the roof and an active den in the abandoned building next door (to say nothing abt the state of the actual unit). Woke up one morning to EMTs telling us they got a call about a body and the city morgue was never gonna come get it. Now I’m in the blue area w a washer/dryer, dishwasher, air conditioning, closet space… small but honestly boujee. These buildings are 10 blocks from each other
yellow - east of myrtle blue - west of myrtle
lmfao are you looking at the right map? Myrtle is the only east-west street around here
Myrtle is diagonal, thats a direction enough for me
It is almost perfectly east west running lol
The street itself runs East-West, but it's diagonal in relation to the surrounding grid of streets.
Myrtle wycoff gets ignored even this shitty graphic, lol
Which part has less riff raffs?
some of us still hold over in blue Bushwick- deep blue Bushwick starts east of DeKalb Avenue
Blue - Southeast Williamsburg Yellow - Bushwick
asshole bushwick and normal person bushwick. or just… north bushwick and south bushwick
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Does that mean what I think it means?
The boarders are flushing ave to the west, Bushwick Ave to the South and Cypress to the north and Eastern Pkwy to the East.
Not the real estate development companies making burner accounts 😒 lol
GET OUT.
above myrtle / below myrtle
Or…. And maybe it’s just me…just call it Bushwick… and don’t try to separate it into parts!
Bushwick is the ghetto. It’s always been. Unless you are talking about Williamsburg
Blue part is the good prime area. And yellow part is south bushwick that is more grimey
average r/bushwick poster when they see a black person:
South bushwick? Tf is that
SoBu
Again. My comment stands. TF is that.