The New York Times recently offered Bushwick, Brooklyn as one of the cooler neighborhoods for young artists  and creative types—the “New Bohemia.”

While some argue that it’s an “up and coming” neighborhood that’s not quite “up” yet with lots of noise and a high crime rate, others note that rent is far more reasonable than other locales in the city and that it’s close to youth meccas like Williamsburg.

Cultural highlights in Bushwick include excellent bars like the Bushwick Social Club, Gotham City Lounge, and 280 Cafe & Lounge. For music lovers, there’s Silent Barn, Goodbye Blue Monday, and Cafe Orwell next to a little combination loft and hostel. Grab a bite to eat at Bushwick Pita Palace or The Archive, a sweet cafe right off the Morgan stop.

The neighborhood can be divided into roughly four sections:  the industrial area on the border of East Williamsburg (also known as Morgantown because of its proximity to the Morgan Ave subway stop), a family-oriented area dominated by immigrant families and a rapidly gentrifying housing market, East Bushwick which is similarly family-oriented and serene (if lacking in bars and a cultural scene), and South Bushwick which is more dangerous and less populated than the other three areas.