A company called Revel unveiled a new moped ride-share program in North Brooklyn yesterday. The app-based startup lets you cruise around Brooklyn and Queens. Though moped-shares exist in other cities, […]
Posts by Author Archives: Lucie Levine
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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325 Apartments to be Built on Nuhart Site
Nothing says toxic development quite like a state-level superfund site. But, Yoel Goldman, of All Year Management, a firm that toped Stabilizing NYC’s list of the city’s worst landlords, is […]
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Roadrage, Trash Equity and Grate-Diving — The Hook-up (7/27)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! As you may know, Greenpoint is the undisputed center of NYC wastemanagement. Last week, a long-stalled waste equity bill passed the City Council. The bill aims to […]
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Greenpoint Avenue G Station is Getting a Makeover
Greenpoint is one of 62 neighborhoods in New York City without a single subways station accessible to people with disabilities. In September, the MTA will begin to change that. A […]
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“New L” aims to ease the Shutdown, Wants You to Know Their Service is #WorthIt
A new Brooklyn-based company calling itself “The New L” will be rolling into town in April 2019, offering a “guaranteed and reliable luxurious daily commute.” Luxurious? Daily? Commute? you may […]
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Trivia, RA 24/7, DJ Tennis, and King Kong — What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (7/25 – 7/31)
WEDNESDAY 7/25 ♦ 100s Under 100 #show-n-tell IRL R5 @ A/D/O (29 Norman Ave.), 7pm, donation, cross-disciplinary show-n-tell series with proceeds going to People of Creativity, RSVP * Total Lunar Eclipse […]
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Shakespeare in the Popup Park Kicks Off Tonight (7/25) [UPDATE: Cancelled Due To Weather]
Central Park might have the Delacorte Theater, but north Brooklyn has Bushwick Inlet (popup) Park, and the good folks at Hip to Hip Theater Company are turning the provisional green […]
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Do the Time Warp: When Slow Commutes Made Greenpoint Feel Like a “Municipal Step-Child”
Welcome to our final installment of “Do the Time Warp,” when we check in with life in Greenpoint 100 years ago. In our previous two sections, we visited Greenpoint circa […]
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Do the Time Warp: When Greenpoint was the Second Largest Industrial Center in the US!
Hey Greenpoint history nerds! Welcome to the second installment of “Do the Time Warp!” This post will check in with Greenpoint’s industrial past, when Newtown Creek was mightier than the Mississippi, […]
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Bushwick Inlet Park Kicks off Pop-up Outdoor Cinema Series with King Kong on July 30th
With free outdoor flicks on offer at both Transmitter and McCarren Parks, and rooftop screenings at Our Wicked Lady and The William Vale, sometimes it seems that North Brooklyn is […]