Baby, it’s cold outside and as seen through the lens of Watching New York, last weeks Bedford Avenue runway features people bundling up in neon faux furs, bright colored coats, […]
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Greenpointers is a hyperlocal blog about Greenpoint, Brooklyn covering Ash to Apollo and everything in between.
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Chabad of North Brooklyn Hosts A Socially Distanced Menorah Lighting Ceremony Tonight
Tonight (Thursday, December 10th) is the first night of Chanukah and the Chabad of North Brooklyn is hosting its annual Menorah Lighting ceremony with new pandemic-safe protocols. This year, the indoor […]
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Fashion Sundae Episode 52
For this week’s Fashion Sundae we’re celebrating the one-year anniversary of the street fashion photography series from the lens of Johnny Cirillo. With all of the uncertainty headed into a […]
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Food Scrap Drop-Off Returns to McCarren Greenmarket
After a five-month break as COVID-19 swept New York City, GrowNYC’s food scrap drop-off site has returned to the McCarren Park Greenmarket (N 12 Street and Driggs Avenue) on Saturdays […]
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Yemeni Coffee Shop Qahwah House Opens on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg
Williamsburg’s first Yemeni coffee shop is now open on Bedford Avenue near the L train. Qahwah House (162 Bedford Ave.) opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony last Sunday, making it the second […]
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Coronavirus Self-Testing Now Available in Greenpoint and Williamsburg
As NYC continues to experience an uptick in COVID-19 cases in November, the city has introduced self-testing sites in Greenpoint and Williamsburg to help people get tested for the virus. […]
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Mass Celebrations in North Brooklyn Follow Electoral Defeat of Donald Trump
The communal jubilation in Greenpoint and Williamsburg following the electoral defeat of Donald Trump brought North Brooklynites together on Saturday afternoon in numbers perhaps not seen since the start of […]
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Fashion Sundae Episode 49
Its hardly winter coat season yet, but plenty of layered outfits are featured in this weeks episode of Fashion Sundae. And from yellow checkered blazers, to marble washed overcoats, Brooklynites […]
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Pick-Up Truck Driver Pins Woman to Concrete Barrier Near McCarren Park
A gruesome scene unfolded in front of Five Leaves (18 Bedford Ave.) across from McCarren Park on Sunday morning when a 28-year-old man crashed his pickup truck into a 32-year-old […]
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Can You Tell Me How to Get to Java Street? Big Bird Spotted in Greenpoint
With film studios and production houses all over the neighborhood, celebrity sightings and movie shoots are not out of the ordinary in Greenpoint. But an outdoor shoot spotted on Java […]