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Bushwick Hoy: Historic Queen Anne home will be demolished, Mexican restaurant getting attention for serving authentic pueblan tacos, and more

by ANGELICA TEJADA

It’s Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Here’s what you need to know:

Taqueria Al Pastor serves authentic Mexican dishes on the corner of Wyckoff and Stanhope. Photo by Angelica Tejada.

Demolition permits were spotted outside of the Charles Lindemann House, a historic large Queen Anne home located at 1001 Bushwick Avenue, and permits filed in 2019 show that the house will be replaced by a new six-story building, according to Brownstoner.

Taqueria Al Pastor opened at 128 Wyckoff Avenue just six weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic hit New York City and had to close to protect its employees. Now they are open and their menu is 100% authentic Mexican cuisine, read Bushwick Daily‘s profile of the restaurant for more details.

Bushwick food pantries are doing their best and serving the community during Thanksgiving in the face of rising COVID-19 cases, the Bushwick Daily reported. Metro World Child, Bethany Food Pantry, Haitian Evangelical Clergy, Family Services Network of NY, Inc. and Make the Road New York will be open on Thanksgiving for donations or volunteers.

Nene’s Deli Taqueria, a new Mexican deli and taco shop located at 54 Irving Avenue, has made its mark in making birria tacos and other traditional Mexican dishes. The owner, Andrés Tonatiuh Galindo Maria opened his business during the COVID-19 pandemic after struggling to find a job as a chef, Grub Street reported.

A private developer has revealed proposals for a large mixed-use affordable housing building at 1250 Willoughby Avenue and 349 Suydam Street. The residential building would be a nine-story building containing 125 rental apartments, according to New York Wimby.

Bushwick Hoy: Wyckoff Heights nurse named in TIME 100, Trump ‘Wall of Lies’ vandalized, and more

by ANGELICA TEJADA

It’s Tuesday, October 13, 2020. Here’s what you need to know:

Intrepid ER nurse, Amy O’Sullivan, at Wyckoff Medical Center, was included in Time’s Magazine’s TIME 100 list. Photo by Angelica Tejada.

Intrepid ER nurse at Wyckoff Medical Center, Amy O’Sullivan, who treated the first COVID-19 patient at the hospital and battled the virus herself a few days later, was named one of the Top 100 most influential people in the world by Time Magazine.

The massive “Wall of Lies” mural by Radio Free Display on 12 Grattan St. that showcases over 20,000 lies told by President Donald Trump was vandalized with “Vote Trump or Die” and “Stand back & Stand By.” The Bushwick Daily reported on the incident and spoke with Radio Free Brooklyn Executive Director Tom Tenney.

Council Member Antonio Reynoso, who represents parts of Williamsburg, Bushwick and Ridgewood, has obtained key progressive endorsements for his Brooklyn Borough President campaign, the Greenpoint Post reported. The endorsements included Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, State Sen. Julia Salazar and Assemblywoman Maritza Davila.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined Bushwick residents and local stakeholders to launch a series of neighborhood corridor cleanups in Bushwick, in response to the budget cuts at the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY). Read Patch for more details on the event.

The program for the 13th annual Bushwick Film Festival was announced and due to COVID-19 event restrictions, the festival will be held online from Oct. 21-25 and will feature more than 100 independent films. For more information on the event visit Broadway World.