2011 may have spent its final days in a mediocre gray blur of rain and oddly mild temperatures, but our neighbor Ben Roshia has been busy. For months following the […]
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Art Review: Yes! & Greenpoint Gallery
Currently showing at Yes! Gallery, a beautiful basement space curated by Lesley Doukhowetzky on India Street, is a collection of drawings and watercolors by artist Lorene Taurerewa called Watercolors and Other […]
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The Greenpoint Boathouse
On a dark Tuesday night, I walked down Kent and pushed through a doorway obscured with old burlap sacks to reveal a room full of energetic sailors, paddlers, and waterfolk. […]
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Superfunding The Newtown Creek
Over a year ago, on September 27, 2010, the EPA opened a new chapter on the ongoing saga of our polluted waterway by designating the Newtown Creek a federally recognized […]
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Brooklyn Community Board #1: Meeting 10/5/11
Coverage of Brooklyn Community Board 1’s Public Hearing & Board Meeting 10/5/2011 Waterfront Concerts The waterfront concerts by Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn, was a main topic. The concerts […]
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Chelsea Elliott: Occupying Greenpoint
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that Chelsea Elliott wishes that her move to the front lines of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests had been […]
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Six Nights with the Kings of Karaoke
For four minutes and seventeen seconds, nothing else mattered. I won’t go so far as to say that I didn’t think of anything else. I had all the usual karaoke […]
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The Palms: Boca Meets LIC
It’s not in Greenpoint, but it’s close enough: this weekend, The Palms opens its pools and bars in Long Island City, offering yet another option for your weekends from now […]
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The Fengshui of Greenpoint
I’ve spent the past month in a place that many of us think of often as its influence over our nation grows but that few outsiders, myself certainly included, can […]