A Make McGuinness Safe banner above the mayor’s podium in McGolrick Park. Mayor de Blasio attended the rally.
Category: Activism
Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park Launch Campaign for Waterfront Green Space
Since 2010, the highest concentration of housing growth in NYC is in Greenpoint-Williamsburg.
Freedom Market Aims to Foster Community Dialogue and Support BIPOC Businesses
“We want neighbors to vote with their dollars”
Brooklyn Oil Workers Hope Strike Puts Heat on Billionaire Boss Catsimatidis
“They really don’t treat the workers with any respect”
A Petition Calls For New Safety Protocol at Nassau and Lorimer
Over 1700 people agree: The intersection at Nassau Avenue and Lorimer Street is dangerous. The triangular pedestrian crossway in question is the focus of a new Change.org petition to the […]
Greenpoint the Last Frontier for Fight Against National Grid’s North Brooklyn Pipeline, LNG Expansion
After spending much of 2020 opposing a fracked gas pipeline being laid through the neighborhood, Greenpoint residents say they’ve notched up a few wins — but the fight’s not over. […]
Protestors Continue to Gather in McCarren Park, Months After George Floyd’s Death
For eight minutes and 46 seconds last Tuesday, McCarren Park was meditative. Amidst the evening sunlight, crickets chirped and a cool breeze lapped at lingering sweat. Dozens sat quietly in […]
Polish Anti-Authoritarian Signs Pop-Up in Greenpoint
Posters, street art and murals continue to pop-up around the city in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the signs in Greenpoint have their own local flavor. A […]