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Brooklyn Oil Workers Hope Strike Puts Heat on Billionaire Boss Catsimatidis

by The CityMay 3, 2021May 4, 2021

“They really don’t treat the workers with any respect”

Posted inCommunity

How to Join Your Brooklyn Community Board

by Kelly KrauseJanuary 20, 2021January 22, 2021

The deadline for CB applications is February 12.

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A Petition Calls For New Safety Protocol at Nassau and Lorimer

by Melissa Kravitz HoeffnerDecember 23, 2020December 24, 2020

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 […]

Posted inNews

Greenpoint the Last Frontier for Fight Against National Grid’s North Brooklyn Pipeline, LNG Expansion

by Jessy EdwardsDecember 20, 2020December 20, 2020

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.  […]

Posted inActivism

Protestors Continue to Gather in McCarren Park, Months After George Floyd’s Death

by Ben WeissAugust 18, 2020August 18, 2020

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 […]

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Polish Anti-Authoritarian Signs Pop-Up in Greenpoint

by Julia KottAugust 6, 2020May 4, 2021

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 […]

Posted inActivism

Pop-Up Memorial at 50 Kent Wants You to “Say Their Names”

by Greenpointers StaffJuly 28, 2020August 14, 2020

A “Say Their Names” memorial for victims of police brutality has popped up on the fence of 50 Kent park in Williamsburg. Portland was home to the first “Say Their […]

Posted inActivism

Protestors Lay Flowers at Doorstep of the 94th Precinct

by Ben WeissJuly 13, 2020August 14, 2020

More than 100 demonstrators laid flowers at the doorstep of the 94th Precinct Thursday evening, each flower meant to represent someone who had been affected by police brutality. “It’s love […]

Posted inActivism

Petition Calls For Williamsburg’s PS 132 to “Dismantle Institutionalized Racism”

by Greenpointers StaffJuly 3, 2020August 12, 2020

An online petition circulated by local parents that calls for PS 132 (320 Manhattan Ave.) to “dismantle institutionalized racism” has gained over 3,000 signatures. The petition urges the Williamsburg school, […]

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