“I was born here, and I’ve lived here all my life,” explains Freddy Vazquez, the owner of Fade 2 Famous barbershop in Greenpoint, “and I just made twenty years cutting […]
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What’s New in the World of Bushwick Inlet Park?
As far as broken dreams and empty promises go, things have been pretty quiet around this site since Occupy the Inlet got busy with demonstrations in August. Open space activists […]
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Hey North Brooklyn, Here’s Our Toxins Mapped
To shine a light on Brooklyn’s murky legacy of contamination, the Neighbors Allied For Good Growth (NAG) and Pratt’s Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative (
SAVI) released a beta version of a ToxiCity […]
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Look Smart and See Happy with Sunny Eye Shop
What does a fashionable kid who loves science do when she grows up? She follows a pathway to medicine that incorporates style. She becomes an optometrist then opens a shop that carries beautifully designed […]
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Greenpointers Fall Market, Back to the Future, Warper Party – What’s happening, Greenpoint? (10/21–10/27)
Greenpointers Fall Market Greenpoint Loft (67 West St), Sunday (10/25) 1-7pm, FREE More info We’re so excited to bring the beautiful Greenpoint Loft alive with our Foliage & Foragers–themed market! It will be […]
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Our Fall Market is Happening this Sunday (10/25)!! Preview our Vendors!!
We are so excited for our annual Fall Market and cannot wait to introduce you to so many talented local creators! The Deets: This Sunday October 25th (1-7pm) at Greenpoint Loft (67 […]
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Tomorrow (10/20), ToxiCity Map Reveals Greenpoint & Williamsburg’s Contamination Trail
Did you know that North Brooklyn’s industrial legacy left behind an alphabet soup of toxins – TCE, PCBs, phthalates, benzene, and many other chemicals – that’s lingering beneath the surface in many sections […]
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Newtown Creek Just Became a Little More Hospitable to Living Creatures
Over on the lonesome eastern shore of Greenpoint, where massive tulip-shaped structures loom large over the horizon and process sludge from outer-borough toilets, life is beginning anew.
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Foliage & Foragers, Spicy Buttered Rum, Craft Beer, Face Painting, Henna Tattoos, Tarot Cards, 50+ Vendors, and more!!! Fall Market (10/25)
Orange hues & earthy rust tones, spicy & sweet flavors, warm cocktails & cold seasonal ales, cool Autumn days & toasty nights… ’tis the season to cozy up and get […]
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A Q&A With Greenpoint’s Post-Denominational Pastor
In its days as the Lutheran Church of the Messiah, the Russell Street fixture was already veering toward a looser interpretation of spirituality. It provided a haven for traditional religious […]