The van was apparently stolen in front of their community kitchen.
Category: Activism
Posted inNews
Starbucks Workers at Williamsburg Store File to Unionize
Three other locations in the NYC area also filed to form a union.
Posted inCommunity
Transmitter Park Finally Got a Replacement Willow Tree
The original stood in the park for 50 years.
Posted inCommunity
Keep the “Green” in Greenpoint: How to Give Back to the Environment This Spring
Get your hands dirty this April.
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Posted inCommunity
NYPD and Sanitation Workers Clear Out Encampments Under BQE, As Part of Directive from Mayor Eric Adams
The sweep occurred in freezing cold weather and cleared out long-term residents.
Posted inCommunity
National Grid’s Appearance at a Local Elementary School Sparks Concern From Parents
The energy utility was at the school to pass out hats and gloves.
Posted inCommunity
Women’s History Month: Jan Peterson’s Decades-Long Commitment to Grassroots Leaders
Peterson founded the National Congress of Neighborhood Women in 1974.
Posted inHistorical Greenpoint
Women’s History Month: Mary White Ovington, Co-Founder of the Astral’s Greenpoint Settlement and the NAACP
Ovington fought for civil rights and improved conditions for the city’s poor.
Posted inCommunity
Greenpoint Neighbors Unite to Help Ukrainian Refugees
Consider making a donation through GoFundMe.
Posted inCommunity
Women’s History Month: How Frances Lucerna & El Puente Have Empowered Williamsburg Youth For Decades
The latest in our “Women’s History Month” series.