New York Magazine

Comfortably ensconced at the south end of Maria Hernandez Park, this bar and restaurant sprang from its manager's passion for his native Lebanese cuisine.

Throngs of youngsters head to this large empty lot under the elevated JMZ tracks to watch indie-rock shows put on by Todd P. and the like.

Paul Devitt expands his Beauty Bar chain to Bushwick.

Carved out of the bombed-out interior of an old Bushwick bodega, this decrepit-on-purpose tiny music venue is all exposed pipes, slapdash ceiling paint, and caked sweat.

An eBay junkie's vision of the new freak frontier gives Bushwick's burgeoning music scene a boost.

Looking like nothing so much as a superhero hangout, this cramped, buzzer-entry bar hidden beneath Bushwick’s elevated M-train tracks is crammed with comics memorabilia from Wonder Woman posters to figurines of the Thing to Captain America’s shield.

It supposedly operated as a Dominican speakeasy in the late seventies, but this cavernous upstairs space has now been reborn as something only vaguely illicit: a D.I.Y. music space.

A small-plates and specialty-cocktails bar in Bushwick.

A little bit Warhol's Factory, a little bit punk rock community center.