Most of Bushwick still looks a lot like the majority of Brooklyn, aging apartment buildings with lots of character and the same bodega on every corner. However with the growing popularity of the loft apartments around the Morgan and Jefferson Ave. L stops, I think the area is on its way to being the next Williamsburg a few years down the road. There are already two Wburg style hip eateries south of Flushing Ave – Northeast Kingdom and Tandem – that are full of young locals and provide a pleasant eat-in atmosphere, though the local Los Hermanos tortilla factory still provides the best food around in my opinion, and a solid selection of coffee shops.
The area is definitely popular with artistic types right now and is home to a variety of unassuming rehearsal/gallery/performance spaces. I think artists and younger people, such as myself, are probably attracted to the area for the larger spaces you can get at a reasonable price as compared to Manhattan, and the excellent combination of the L and JMZ subway lines. I’m not sure how much longer you will be paying less here than in more established nabes (I’m not) but you will definitely get a bigger space, and if you are lucky roof access and a beautiful view of the city skyline.
I walk outside and I don’t want to hang out here. ”
—NabeWiseBlog
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