Welcome to the weekend Greenpointers! Looking for some weekend fun? On Saturday, join Friends of Transmitter Park to observe the moon with telescopes on the Transmitter pier. Also, gather your fine feathered (and furry) friends for the annual Blessing of the Animals this Sunday. For more ideas for weekend fun, check out what’s happening, or make like the actor Owen Wilson and head to your favorite bookstore. In the meantime catch up on this week’s headlines:
- Participatory budgeting ideas must be submitted by Friday, October 11, to be considered for the next ballot. (Greenpointers)
- A large-scale KAWS sculpture was installed at the entrance to “The Greenpoint” waterfront tower. (Greenpointers)
- The itinerary and events (including many in Greenpoint) for Open House New York’s annual OHNY Weekend were announced. (Greenpointers)
- The new Greenpoint Avenue dermatology clinic wants to be the next CityMD. (Commercial Observer)
- For your entertainment: the (sponsored) Elle guide to Greenpoint, “Brooklyn’s coolest neighborhood.” (Elle)
- Police are looking for a group of vandals who broke the windows of a local synagogue during Rosh Hashanah. (Gothamist)
- Permits have been filed for an eight-story residential building at 173 McGuinness Blvd. (YIMBY)
- Suspects are wanted for a Williamsburg home invasion. (ABC7)
- Two Hasidic men were harassed on a Williamsburg street. (Greenpoint Post)
- Brooklyn Harvest Market coming to the site of the former Williamsburg White Castle. (Brooklyn Eagle)
- The new $41 million Hunters Point Library lacks full ADA accessibility. (Gothamist)
- A Williamsburg developer allegedly stiffed a brokerage out of $181,000 for work on 61 N 11TH St. (Commercial Observer)
- A Queens community board reversed its opposition to a new proposal for 5Pointz Towers. (The CITY)