New Business

Contrary to what traditional businesses in Bushwick consist of, there has been a rise in the development of “trendy” and “aesthetic” coffee shops, bars, and juice shops that have become the center topic of gentrification. The emergence of these trendy stores have brought more attention to this neighborhood through the use of the crowd-source review website: Yelp. Many of the residents in New York use this website to find out the best places to eat and, mostly, to take photographs and post it on their social media. This rise in “food porn” has made Bushwick a prime area to fulfill vistors’ social media fad.

Bushwick Coffee House and Juice Bar

The Starliner

Jupioca

Robertas

Boobie Trap

These residents that mainly come to Bushwick for this social media “aesthetic”  are not the usual residents that live in the area. These attractions have thus shown how much of the west side area of Bushwick has undergone rapid gentrification.