Have fun trick-or-treating today! Visit the haunted house on Humboldt St. (between Nassau & Driggs) and watch the video of yesterday’s Halloween Dog Parade at Winthrop Park.
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Posted inCulture, Sunday Snaps
SUNDAY SNAPS: BROOKLYN DIGGERS
Last Saturday the Brooklyn Diggers held a fun and educational event in Winthrop Park to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the U.S.S. Monitor, built in Greenpoint, during the Civil War. […]
Posted inCommunity
Superfunding The Newtown Creek
Over a year ago, on September 27, 2010, the EPA opened a new chapter on the ongoing saga of our polluted waterway by designating the Newtown Creek a federally recognized […]
Posted inCommunity, News
Lentol on OWS and Homelessness
Joseph Lentol has been the New York State Assembly Member for Brooklyn’s District 50 (which includes Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Fort Greene) since 1983. He is also Chair of the Assembly’s […]
Posted inShopping
Come Together: Fanaberie Windows
Have you walked by Fanaberie on Nassau lately and noticed the creative window display? It’s up until Thanksgiving and is a marvelous collaboration between store owner Ella, a long-time Greenpointer […]
Posted inDeals
Halloween Deals
Go in costume to Dalaga on Halloween and get 10% off your $50 or more purchase during their Speakeasy Halloween Party! More info Plus, there will be a $31 Halloween […]
Posted inEvents
What’s Happening? (10/26-10/31)
WEDNESDAY 10/26 • Poker Unleashed @ TBD (224 Franklin) 7:30 registration, “Play for dogs, & for the Kitty,” proceeds donated to Dog Habitat Rescue, Highrollers Table & Learn to Hold […]
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We did it! Newtown Creek Tour
In 1929 the NYTimes wrote that, “People do not travel for pleasure on Newtown Creek.” Those of us on the Working Harbor Committee’s “Hidden Harbor Tour” of Newtown Creek disagreed, […]
Posted inCulture
Harvest of Reason: Paul Duncan
With two shows currently up at Greenpoint’s own Alan Nederpelt Gallery and Elizabeth Moore Fine Art in Manhattan, English born and Greenpoint artist Paul Duncan may not be so much […]
Posted inCommunity
Stunt School
While walking my dog on a particularly desolate part of West St., I’ve often wondered about the unassuming “Hollywood Stunts NYC” sign that hangs over an orange alley gate between buildings. […]