On Wednesday, Greenpoint residents came together at the Polish and Slavic Center (176 Java Street) for a community development meeting organized by Councilman Stephen Levin. The meeting promised information about […]
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Lucie Levine is the founder of Archive on Parade, a local tour and event company that aims to take New York’s fascinating history out of the archives and into the streets. She’s a Native New Yorker, licensed New York City tour guide, and freelance writer with a passion for the city’s social, political and cultural history.
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Nitehawk kicked off its 5th Annual Short Film Festival on Tuesday with moving and eclectic pieces
On Tuesday evening, Nitehawk Cinema (136 Metropolitan Avenue), kicked off its Fifth Annual Shorts Festival, and film fans packed into the theater to celebrate the art of short filmmaking. Shorts […]
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Join our News Editor for Trivia at Archestratus Wednesday (11/15)
Hi there everybody! Thank you so much to all who came out to last month’s Trivia Night at Archestratus! We’ll be back with 10 new categories this month. Food, beer […]
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Help Celebrate Geoff Cobb’s New Book at AWA Next Tuesday (11/14)
Greenpoint historian Geoff Cobb has already graced us with two excellent titles, Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past, and The King of Greenpoint Peter McGuinness: The Amazing Story of Greenpoint’s Most Colorful […]
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Rezoning, Renovating and Revving up for Election Day — The Hook-up (11/3)
Yesterday, when Joe Rickets, the billionaire founder of TD Ameritrade, who owned DNAinfo and Gothamist shut down those sites – putting 115 people out of work – following the reporters’ […]
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Where you can watch the NYC Marathon this Sunday (11/5)
On Sunday, 50,ooo people will take to the streets for the New York City Marathon. The race will start in Staten Island, make its way through Brooklyn and into Queens, […]
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North Brooklyn Community Development Meeting 11/8 at 6:30
New York City Council Member Stephen Levin is hosting a North Greenpoint Development meeting at the Polish Slavic Center (176 Java Street) on Wednesday, 11/8 at 6:30, where community members […]
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Get Ready to Shake It Tonight! NYC Repeals “No Dancing Law” Today
The City Council is set to repeal New York’s “No Dancing” law today. Formally known as the “Cabaret Law,” the 1926 statute forbids dancing in bars without a cabaret license. […]
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Digester Eggs Bring “Elegant Combination of Engineering and Art” to Newtown Creek
While the North Brooklyn Boat Club inspects what lurks beneath the waters of Newtown Creek every Halloween, we thought we’d take a deep dive (theoretically) into what looms above them: […]
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Plan to Ease L-Pocolypse at Lorimer Street Calls for Opening Long-Shuttered Entrances
As L-Pocolypse looms, various civic groups, like Riders Alliance and the L Train Coalition, are looking for ways to help riders weather the shutdown, and improve New York’s transit system […]