Summer is officially here and after that hella winter, we best greet this long-awaited season in style. Welcome back, sun, sweat, and subway tunnels that smell and feel like the […]
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Day Drinking to Fight Parkinson’s at Good Co. Bar on Sunday (4/6)
There are few better ways to spend a Sunday afternoon in the spring than meeting your friends at a sweet bar in the neighborhood to have a few drinks. Such […]
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Greenpointers’ Fall Fashion Roundup #2: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Pumpkins are rotting, leaves are disappearing and that damn bitter winter wind begins whipping down city streets. Nighttime temps are down in the 30s. There’s a frost alert on my […]
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McCarren Park Ice-Skating Rink Opens Next Month (11/15)
Hold the phone. McCarren Park is getting an ice skating rink?! It’s true! The McCarren Park Pool located on the Greenpoint-Williamsburg border will serve double duty, transforming into an ice […]
Posted inArt, Culture
Lorde Rocks Warsaw After Claiming #1 Spot On Charts
If you’re 16-year-old New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde (real name: Ella Yelich-O’Connor), you’re having the best week ever. After playing two sold-out shows at Webster Hall Monday and Tuesday Lorde hopped […]
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Greenpoint Fall Fashion Roundup
Saying goodbye to beach trips and margarita weather and Summer Fridays is never an easy feat. Sweltering subways, sky-high electricity bills, and sunburns, however, are easier to let go of. […]
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Park-Goers Rejoice! City Approves McCarren Park Expansion
In the latest construction news to hit North Brooklyn, the city approved a McCarren Park expansion that has been in the works since 2010. The plan would expand the park […]
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Dusty Rose Brings Abundance of Vintage to Greenpoint
On the corner of Norman Ave. and North Henry Street in Greenpoint stands an undisclosed brick warehouse that houses Dusty Rose Vintage. Inside the building are piles and piles of […]
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TV and Film Production Ruining Greenpoint Lives?
One time a friend and I drank a bit of wine and decided we were going to dress up in 1930s attire and stroll onto the set of Boardwalk Empire. […]
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Dog-napped Greenpoint Pup Returned to Owners
Here’s a happy story to brighten your day: a stolen Greenpoint pup has been returned to his owners! On August 30th Greenpoint couple Allie Caran and Zach Botham went out […]