On this week's show we visit Bushwick, in Brooklyn.

My guests will be Jeremy Wilcox, Founder and Owner of Custom NYC Tours, and local business owner from the wonderful neighborhood of Bushwick, Toby Moskovitz. Toby Moskovits is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Equity Partners.

Tune in for this fascinating conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.



Tonight Jeff Introduces us to Jeremy Wilcox a licensed New York City tour guide. A New York native and the owner of custom NYC tours. His small group Of private walking tours Focuses on the neighborhoods and their history art And it’s architecture. Jeremy is no stranger to New York as he is a New York native who grew up in Richmond Hill. He's been running his Tours for 5 years. It all started when he realized he could make a living exploring the city that he loved. Tonight we take a tour with him through Bushwick. The name Bushwick originates from the 1600s comes from the Dutch, It means deep woods. Some of the first people to Settle in Bushwick In the 19 century where the Germans population they were the first immigrants to really create identity with that part of Brooklyn. You can still find the remnants of The then in the old churches and some of the street signs. Beer brewing really put Bushwick on the map.

Jeremy offers a wide variety of different tours Midtown Art Deco architecture tour as well as A Bushwick Tour and a beautiful Walk around Central Park. He also customizes tors for the individuals. Jeremy once did a Customize ninja turtle tour around New York. They went to a pizza place and a ninja gear shop. Pfizer the pharmaceutical company started in Bushwick , founded by a German immigrant named Charles Pfizer. The birthplace of Pfizer pharmaceutical l corner of Harrison Avenue and barlet street. Bushwick is a place of rebirth and transformation as A lot of buildings transformed and adapted for new uses. The Pfizer building is now being used for food production and school. Edwin Heckelman brewery is now a Recording studio and a bar called the well. Bushwick has went through many changes , it had seen a lot of rioting and looting during the 70s it was a very different place. The younger generation of This century has really given a new face to Bushwick they have migrated there and with them they have brought coffee shops restaurants and turned old buildings into art studios. Along with that comes a vibrant street art scene That Jeremy is a part of as he leads groups see . If you’re interested in customizing your own tour you can get in touch with Jeremy by www. Customnyctours.com

For the second half of the night show our guest is Toby Moskovits is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Equity Partners. She also runs a l mentor program at Williamsburg high school. For architect and design. Toby‘s grandfather migrated to the US from Poland in 1973. He would buy army uniforms and repair and sell them, and that’s how her family made their routes in New York. She got her NBA in Israel. In the 90s she was interested in venture-capital and entrepreneurship. She used here knowledge that she gains in Israel to get into real estate. She helped people find Construction financing when the market crashed in 2007 and she realize she had a passion for real estate. She loves converting old buildings in to new things but she also loves the architecture of New York and tries to stay true to that . She does a lot of work with nonprofits such as spring board enterprises. Springboard enterprises is a Woman’s nonprofit organization that helps Women owned company raise money. Her goal is to build a bridge with her nonprofit organizations for young people to discover new opportunities that they would not be aware of otherwise.

Toby is the Founder of The bushwick generator. The idea first came to be in 2014. She wanted to bring more workspaces into Brooklyn. She was drawn to the energy and the creativity of Bushwick. Toby found a site that was being used to make large garbage containers, and was able to converted into Bushwick generator. The thing that makes Bushwick charming is that it’s still has a lot of industrial production near the Morgan Avenue stop. Converted buildings into bars and movie theaters. Warehouse converted into a grocery store, and then you have the historic Corner stores and stores that have been there for a while so it’s the perfect collaboration of the new. And old. Brooklyn generator concept really is to bring everyone together and create jobs and opportunities that benefit everyone that live there. It’s about getting all the smart people in one room to make a please where the older generation and younger generation can be successful.