What: Chicken Chase, a charity pub crawl/scavenger hunt at The Diamond! When/Where: Saturday, March 25, 2:30pm | 43 Franklin Street It’s part pub crawl, part scavenger hunt, and it’s a […]
Posts by Author Archives: Megan Penmann
Formerly the Content Manager for Greenpointers, Megan is also a freelance creative director, writer, DJ and jane of all trades living in in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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Pro-Refugee Mayoral Candidate From Vermont Talks Tonight At Pete’s Candy Store
Tonight at Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer Street), James Hook will be hosting a fireside chat with recently defeated Rutland, Vermont mayoral candidate Christopher Louras. Louras is staunchly pro-refugee, and had […]
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These North Brooklyn Galleries And Artists Repped Our Hood At Last Weekendâs Manhattan Art Fairs
This weekend, Manhattan was bombarded with contemporary art: in addition to The Armory Show, we had SCOPE, Volta, Spring/Break, Art on Paper, and NADA (and probably others I’ve forgotten). Greenpointers staff were able to […]
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Today’s Greenpoint Police Standoff: In Photos
This afternoon, we had a shooting in Greenpoint near Greenpoint Ave. and McGuinness Blvd. that reportedly resulted from a dispute between the boyfriend of a a landlord and a tenant; […]
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March Music Madness!
We’re so close to Spring (or at least have had our fair share of trickster spring weather), and people are starting to come out of hibernation and onto the streets, amped […]
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Synth Pop For The Subconscious From Williamsburgâs Lost Valley
Lost Valley is named after a place in the mountains of Maine that Williamsburg musician Nick Crane used to go skiing as a kid; he liked the phraseâs sense of mystery […]
Posted inEat & Drink
Greenpointers Ate 292 Pounds of Pizza At Pizzeria LaFerrerra Last Year!
Pizzeria La Ferrera is an intimate and casual pizza supper club hosted by Molly Baker (a graphic designer) and Jason LaFerrera (a software developer) inside a Greenpoint apartment. If you’re one of […]
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New Pizza Joint Sizzle Pie Opens Today On Graham Avenue!
Most Brooklynites would probably consider themselves qualified to judge a slice of pizzaâit’s a skill we’ve all honed over years of hard New York living. When we take that first bite of cheezy […]
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HOTTEA And Afternoon Tea Service At The Williamsburg Hotel
The neighborhoodâs latest spot for swanky travelers to rest their head, The Williamsburg Hotel (96 Wythe Ave.), has partially opened over the past few weeks. Two of the eight floors of […]
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Nachos Return To Post-Fire Commodore, Illegal Gas Hookups, Homeland â The Hook-Up 1/20
TodayâInauguration Day 2017âyou’re either donning a red baseball cap and poppin’ some champagne or silently crying at your desk and mustering up the guts to join a march tomorrow. Yesterday we published […]