Bushwick Brooklyn had the prime location to absorb its new tract of land in a contiguous fashion.
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20 Facts About Bushwick Brooklyn
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New Bushwick Brooklyn Lane, a former Native American trail, was a key thoroughfare for accessing this new tract, which was suitable mostly for potato and cabbage agriculture.
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Bushwick Brooklyn residents called Bushwick Brooklyn Shore "the Strand", another term for "beach".
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Farmers and gardeners from the other Bushwick Brooklyn villages sent their goods to Bushwick Brooklyn Shore to be ferried to New York City for sale at a market located at the present-day Grand Street.
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When Bushwick Brooklyn was founded, it was primarily an area for farming food and tobacco.
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Bushwick Brooklyn established a considerable brewery industry, including "Brewer's Row"—14 breweries operating in a 14-block area—by 1890.
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Bushwick Brooklyn homes were designed in the Italianate, Neo Greco, Romanesque Revival, and Queen Anne styles by well-known architects.
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Bushwick Brooklyn was a center of culture, with several Vaudeville-era playhouses, including the Amphion Theatre, the nation's first theatre with electric lighting.
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Il Circolo di Santa Margherita di Belice, founded in Bushwick Brooklyn, remains the oldest operating Sicilian organization in the United States.
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Bushwick Brooklyn suffered some of the most devastating damage and losses.
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The Williamsburg and Bushwick Brooklyn communities are home to their own local Puerto Rican Day Parade.
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Preterm births in Bushwick Brooklyn are about the same as citywide, though births to teenage mothers are less common.
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Bushwick Brooklyn has a high population of residents who are uninsured, or who receive healthcare through Medicaid.
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Bushwick Brooklyn is covered by ZIP Codes 11237 northeast of Wilson Avenue, 11221 southwest of Wilson Avenue, and 11207 southeast of Halsey Street.
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Bushwick Brooklyn is part of New York's 7th congressional district, represented by Democrat Nydia Velazquez as of 2013.
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Bushwick Brooklyn is located in the New York City Council's 34th and 37th districts, represented respectively by Democrats Jennifer Gutierrez and Sandy Nurse.
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Bushwick Brooklyn generally has lower ratios of college-educated residents than the rest of the city as of 2018.
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The percentage of Bushwick Brooklyn students excelling in reading and math has been increasing, with reading achievement rising from 34 percent in 2000 to 35 percent in 2011, and math achievement rising from 27 percent to 47 percent within the same time period.
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The Bushwick Brooklyn branch was founded in 1903 and its current building opened in 1908.
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New York City Subway lines running through Bushwick Brooklyn include the BMT Jamaica Line, the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, and the BMT Canarsie Line .
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