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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Greenpointers is a hyperlocal blog about Greenpoint, Brooklyn covering Ash to Apollo and everything in between.
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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 […]
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Woman Shot During Williamsburg Attempted Robbery
Police are seeking the suspects involved in an attempted robbery and shooting in Williamsburg early Monday morning, multiple news outlets report. 🚨WANTED🚨for a ROBBERY in front of 30 Maujer St […]
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Proposed Acme Fish and Office Development Enters Review Process
Acme Smoked Fish is seeking a new Greenpoint headquarters with the help of Rubenstein Partners, who unveiled renderings of the proposed 30 Gem St. development ahead of entering the city’s […]
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Volunteer Group Seeks Permanent Vehicle-Free Streets in Greenpoint and Williamsburg
A petition launched by the volunteer group North Brooklyn Open Streets Community Coalition is calling on the city to make the vehicle-free zones on Berry Street and Driggs Avenue permanent. […]