I flipped when I saw these “so new york!” portraits from photographer Wayne Lawrence of Orchard Beach AKA The Bronx Riviera via Tree House Brooklyn’s Facebook. Originally posted on Agnostica: Wayne […]
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After living in NYC my entire life, I found the strongest sense of community in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Running this blog is truly an honor and the best part is meeting its readers in real life. Everyday I am energized by smiles and inspiring conversations with fellow Greenpointers who tirelessly do and create incredible things that are good for our community and share the same love I have for life here. If you see me walking with my little dog "D" - please say hi!
Posted inCommunity, News
3 Home Invasions In Williamsburg & Greenpoint Last Night – Sexual Assault Suspect Caught
Searching #Greenpoint on twitter this morning the first five tweets are $2200 2Br apartment listings and locals complaining about the rainy weather and parking. Last night it was a different […]
Posted inCommunity, Events, News
Anti-Violence Project Training at Greenpoint Church – Tomorrow (8/13)
It’s alarming and disheartening to receive daily emails, tweets and facebook messages from Greenpoint residents who are scared because of the recent violent events that have taken place in the […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Reviews
SALAD TAWK: SELAMAT PAGI’S BALI URAP AKA PAPAYA SALAD
I know that I do a lot of salad shit tawking, but that is only when it is insultingly offered as a side to a burger. As if in my […]
Posted inNews, The Hook-Up
Lab Burger, Chicken Adoption, Bedwick, Dukbo, McCarren Park Ice Skating! The Hook-Up (8/12)
• Do you have love in your heart and room in your home to adopt a – CHICKEN? (Epoch Times) • Lab grown burger in London didn’t taste so great, and took […]
Posted inCommunity, News
Update: 94th Precinct Confirms Pistol Whipping – Robbery – Suspect Was Caught
Was it a stabbing? Was it a shooting? Was it a robbery? The violent incident involving a gun that took place yesterday afternoon on Norman Ave and Guernsey St. was very […]
Posted inCommunity, News
Incident With Gun on Norman and Guernsey in Greenpoint Yesterday
There was an incident involving a gun on Sunday August 11, 2013 on Norman Ave and Guernsey St, but whether it was a shooting is still unclear. At 3:17pm yesterday […]
Posted inCulture
Summer Reading: A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
Have you read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith? It’s one of those classics that you think everyone has read. I picked up a copy in a free […]
Posted inArt, Culture, Events
Blues & Folk at Cooper Park & Swing Dancing at Transmitter – Both Sunday & Free! (8/11)
There is plenty of free fun all day Sunday in Greenpoint! At Cooper Park (Maspeth Ave & Olive St) beginning at noon there will be a FREE musical performance by […]
Posted inCulture
(Updated) Badass Bird: Kestrel on McGuinness Blvd.
Since this posting I have investigated further and believe that the bird pictured is in fact an American Kestrel – which are just as bad ass birds of prey. In […]