The first elevated railway ("el") in Brooklyn, known as the Lexington Avenue Elevated, opened in 1885. Cookies oder persönliche Identifikatoren, IP-Adressen sowie Ihres individuellen Nutzungsverhaltens erfolgt dabei zu den folgenden Zwecken: Für die Ihnen angezeigten Verarbeitungszwecke können Cookies, Geräte-Kennungen oder andere Informationen auf Ihrem Gerät gespeichert oder abgerufen werden. [67] Some 40.3% of students in Bushwick read at grade level in 2007, making it the 49th most literate neighborhood in the city that year. [21] This original settlement came to be known as Het Dorp by the Dutch, and, later, Bushwick Green by the British. Bushwick was a center of culture, with several Vaudeville-era playhouses, including the Amphion Theatre, the nation's first theatre with electric lighting. Um der Nutzung mit Werbung zuzustimmen, muss JavaScript in Ihrem Browser aktiviert sein.
[109], Following complaints from residents, Postmaster General William Bolger proposed that the ZIP Codes would be changed if United States Representative Geraldine Ferraro could produce evidence that 70% of residents supported it. [112] 11237 was reassigned to cover only Bushwick, and 11227 was eliminated. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center is a youth activity center located between Gates Avenue and Palmetto Street and run by the, Elsewhere, a venue for live music and other events, The Brooklyn School for Math and Research, Bushwick Leaders' HS for Academic Excellence, Achievement First University Prep High School. The precinct reported 8 murders, 24 rapes, 265 robberies, 297 felony assaults, 303 burglaries, 471 grand larcenies, and 92 grand larcenies auto in 2018. Vorher am besten einen Blick auf die Website werfen: Einige Shows sind kostenlos, für andere muss man vorab reservieren. [10] Now part of Brooklyn Community District 1, sections of East Williamsburg are sometimes considered to be part of Bushwick. [46], The 1977 blackout and resulting riots left Bushwick without a commercial retail hub. Our finance department has relations with most banks and lending institutions in NY and will help you get a car loan at affordable payments. The Italian community was composed almost entirely of Sicilians, mostly from the Palermo, Trapani, and Agrigento provinces in Sicily. [63]:9 Seventeen percent of Bushwick residents are smokers, which is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. You may also be interested in single family homes and condo/townhomes for sale in the area, or three bedroom homes for sale in neighboring cities, such as New York, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island. St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church Roman Catholic Parish was the hub of the Sicilian community, and held five feasts during the year, complete with processions of saints or Our Lady of Trapani.