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Posted inCommunity, Environmental, Events, Uncategorized

The Next Greenpoint Clean Up Day is This Weekend (8/12)!

by Greenpointers StaffAugust 7, 2017July 26, 2017

Join the Greenpoint Chamber and Neighbors Allied for Good Growth for the third Curb Your Litter: Greenpoint clean-up day of 2017. This time, they’re partnering with the Newtown Creek Alliance to pay special attention to curbing […]

Posted inEnvironmental

FREE Rain Barrels From the DEP and GrowNYC!

by Greenpointers StaffAugust 5, 2017August 4, 2017

Via the Open Space Alliance: The Department of Environmental Protection and GrowNYC held a successful rain barrel giveaway last weekend at the McCarren Demonstration Garden on Leonard Street. Two dozen barrels […]

Posted inNews

Have Your Voice Heard With Participatory Budgeting

by Siobhan WallaceAugust 2, 2017August 2, 2017

Real Money, Real Power: Participatory Budgeting from PBP on Vimeo. Cycle 7 of NYC’s Participatory Budgeting initiative has begun! And Council Member Stephen Levin is riding high after Cycle 6’s […]

Posted inNews

Ch-ch-changes (to the McGolrick Park Dog Run), Re-opening Soon!

by Matt CoreyJuly 31, 2017July 30, 2017

A quick walk along the southwest corner of McGolrick Park in the last few weeks reveals it has been getting something of a facelift. At some point in early July, […]

Nackie Karcher works on a client's hair at The Karcher, via Instagram
Posted inCommunity

The Karcher is Supporting Trans Rights by Offering Non-Gendered Haircuts

by Megan PenmannJuly 27, 2017March 1, 2018

Nackie Karcher and Madeline Jacobs, who are the Owner and Manager of local salon The Karcher (72 Greenpoint Avenue) have been talking about showing their support for women as well […]

Posted inEnvironmental

McCarren Park’s Insta-Famous Hipster Hawk

by Megan PenmannJuly 26, 2017July 27, 2017

If you’re like many of us, you’ve probably seen a hip-looking hawk roaming about McCarren Park. Whether he’s sunbathing on a Pendleton blanket with a Turkey’s Nest Margarita or simply […]

Posted inNews

Friday Night’s Tragic Hit-and-Run Accident

by Siobhan WallaceJuly 24, 2017July 24, 2017

At about 12:30 am Saturday morning, NYPD responded to a call of a cyclist hit by a driver on Franklin Street at Noble Street. The 27-year-old male cyclist was pronounced […]

Posted inNews

Volunteer at the Greenpoint Library Popup!

by Greenpointers StaffJuly 24, 2017July 24, 2017

While the Greenpoint Library is undergoing major construction, the Park Church Co-Op (129 Russell St) will be hosting a popup library with some of the materials from their collection. They’re […]

Posted inPets

Cat-Calling All Feline Friends: The Greenpoint Cat Club Meets Tomorrow!

by Sidra MonrealJuly 21, 2017January 22, 2018

Do you want to help every stray cat you see? Does the sight of whiskers make you go “awww?” Well, you’re not alone! The Greenpoint Cat Club meets once a […]

Pastor Ann Kansfield. Photo via Greenpoint Reformed Church
Posted inCommunity

Meet Ann Kansfield, Greenpoint’s Coolest Pastor

by Geoff CobbJuly 19, 2017July 19, 2017

If you think that all pastors are uptight, judgmental, straight laced, bores, that only shows you never met Reverend Ann Kansfield. I spoke with Ann for an hour and a […]

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