by Justine Galapagos is now Public Assembly with a new website and calendar but I wonder if someone won that contest or if they just did that for publicity. – Gothamist
There’s a cool, fairly new space next to Coco 68 called Alphabeta (see pic). “Alpha*Beta is a store/gallery/venue space. Located at 70 Greenpoint Avenue in Greenpoint Brooklyn.” Checking it out last week it seemed to be kinda graffiti inspired which is pretty hot. Some cool…
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thanks for the shout out! Actually i contacted the guy and told him to go there..LOL I KNOW theyre good!
public assembly? boring. my idea was The Clawed Frog with african clawed frogs in that pond thing they have. and clawed frogs are totally badass. tiny monsters.
oh well. i’d only been to galapagos a handful of times and i doubt that’s going to change now.
Glad to see I’m not the only one who calls the place Goodman’s.
Thanks for the update on the bodega fire on greenpoint ave, as I was going to work at 530 on Saturday morning I noticed a heck load of fire trucks and people standing in the street at the intersection of greenpoint and manhattan. I had not heard any updates, only smelled the char scent on my way down “the avenue”.
I would just like to point out Im sick of all of the filming including Lipstick Jungle, sorry. Im sick of seeing the film crews up and down Milton and Franklyn infringing upon my personal space drinking beer in the middle of the afternoon, ok maybe im just jealous but I like to be able to park my car outside my house in peace.
WOW! So much information, thanks Justine!
As for the graffiti store- I had passed it a few times at night when it was closed, I thought it looked like a skateboard shop. But there was actually an article in the AM New York today about the guy, and the store. However, they didn’t give the address- so thanks for clearing that up!
Sommer – Peter Pan is tha bomb! lol
Al Loof – I agree, Public Assembly *is* boring. But The Clawed Frog is scary…
Rutila – It’ll always be Goodman’s to any native!
Jennifer – I got ya on the filming. If I still drove I would be highly annoyed about the parking situation when they come to town.
Bitch*Cakes – I saw that in AMNY! I can’t believe local officials are against it.
On the Madonna story, according to my “inside information” the Williamsburg reference is inaccurate. I have a friend who is working on the tour and has told me that Madonna and her dance crew are rehearsing every day at Steiner Studios.
Ah, thanks Jay!
It’s probably that the blogger not exactly knowing Brooklyn since Steiner Studios is in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. They might’ve assumed that was Williamsburg…