by Emma Davey Good afternoon, Greenpointers.
A long weekend awaits!
​We’ll brief you on all the things to know about this past week, before releasing you to spend time beach-ing, barbecuing, or just staying home and napping.
The week started on a high-profile note when Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani visited Greenpoint on Monday and pledged to complete the McGuinness Boulevard redesign.
Selformer, a Pilates studio with a rock-and-roll approach, recently opened a Williamsburg location.…
1
Free to read, funded by readers. Join as a member and get a free gift.
Greenpointers has covered Greenpoint & Williamsburg since 2007 — community boards, rezoning fights, local businesses, and the people whose lives and work give the neighborhood its character. Local news is collapsing across the country, but we're still here: independently owned, no corporate backing, no paywall. 18+ years, 280k+ monthly readers and followers, funded by the community we serve.
Why your support matters
The B62 change to McGuiness will be an inconvenience for many and a disaster for seniors. Relatively speaking no senior will use it since it doesn’t go to the main shopping area on Manhattan Ave and seniors will have to wait 20 minutes or more for the unreliable B43.
Furthermore with the bike lanes on McGuiness, ie single car lane, it is more crowded than Manhattan Ave with traffic. It takes 15-20 minutes to travel eight blocks on it now with vehicular traffic.