The Greenpoint Hospital housing development is stalled once again, and this time, it’s because its services are needed in the laundry room of city life. Does your ideal Valentine’s Day […]
Posts by Author Archives: Steph Koyfman
Steph divides her time between writing about stuff happening in 2015 and dancing to jazz-era music. She calls the swanky Newtown Creek waterfront home. Follow her on Twitter: @stephkoyfman
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Greenpointers is Seeking Contributors
In search of a side gig and a chance to strengthen your relationship with your neighborhood? Greenpointers could use a few more regular contributors for its News section: the realm of […]
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Here’s How You Can Help the Diamond Street Fire Victims
After a four-alarm fire destroyed three consecutive buildings on Diamond Street last Sunday night, relief efforts are in full force to help the 16 or so people who have been […]
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Four-Alarm Fire Burns Through Three Buildings on Diamond Street
Four people — including two firefighters — were injured last night in a four-alarm fire that engulfed three consecutive buildings on Diamond Street. According to the Fire Department, the fire […]
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A Streetcar Named Whose Desire, Exactly? — The Hook-Up 2/12
Is it the Streetcar Named Desire for the people of New York, or is de Blasio’s proposed streetcar linking Brooklyn and Queens a developer’s fantasy in the making? In either […]
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You’ve Heard About the L-Pocalypse. What About the G-Pocalypse?
The L Train is facing an imminent, extensive shutdown in the wake of lingering Hurricane Sandy damage, and North Brooklyn hasn’t taken the news very well. And why would it, […]
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At CitiStorage Rally, Various Words that Amounted to ‘Where’s Our Park?’
Yesterday was the year anniversary of the 7-alarm fire that razed the CitiStorage warehouse on the Williamsburg waterfront. At a rally held near the site on N. 11th Street and […]
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Tomorrow: Join the Rally for Park Space, One Year After the CitiStorage Fire
It’s been a year since the CitiStorage building went up in flames. And yet: no dice. The city has yet to make good on its 2005 promise to turn 27 […]
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What Jonas Wrought — The Hook-Up 1/29
Weird to think that all that white stuff on the ground is half melted less than a week later, but here’s the low-down on that $200/night igloo that you’ve probably […]
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Here’s Your Week’s Worth of Environmental Remediation Meetings
Heads up, Greenpoint environment buffs: there’s two petroleum remediation meetings happening in our hood this week. The first takes place today and will address the BP Terminal Site. The New […]