Do you love Greenpoint and want to contribute to the community in a positive way? Are you creative, self-motivated, Greenpoint-obsessed, extremely organized and detailed-oriented? Do you love the arts and […]
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Support the Family of East River Skate Shop Owner Rich Oates
If you’ve walked past the East River Skate Shop in the past couple of weeks, you’ve seen the tribute to Richard Oates outside his shop. Oates was tragically killed while skateboarding […]
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Following CitiStorage Victory, No Rest for the Bushwick Inlet Park Activists
North Greenpoint was treated to some unusually good news regarding the legal status of its waterfront right around the New Year, but as the anniversary of the CitiStorage fire approaches, […]
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The Fight for Promised Park Land Continues: Action Plan Meeting with Bushwick Inlet Park Tonight! (1/13)
Thank you Mayor DeBlasio for nixing the chance for developers to build residential apartments on our promised park land! It’s a step in the right direction but the fight […]
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Is this Your Cat? Found in Master Piece Smoke Shop Saturday (1/9)
Does this adorably special furr-ball belong to you? S/he was found on Saturday, January 9th at approximately 1pm when he ran into the back door of Master Piece Smoke Shop avoiding the cold weather. […]
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Electronics Recycling on Grand St. Rain or Shine (Sat, 1/16)
What do you do with your old electronics that you can’t seem to give away? Throwing it in the trash is illegal ($100 fine), so here’s your chance to get […]
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Call for Vendors!! Valentine’s Market (2/7)
Greenpoint is for lovers! We’re talking the urban kind of love. The kind of love that is open, accepting, variegated, expansive and blooms out of a sometimes gritty backdrop. So […]
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Sorry to Do This, but Here’s a Quick Guide to Sticking to Your Resolutions about Town
You don’t really want to be reading this, but just in case you kind of do, here are a few relatively new players in Greenpoint’s health and fitness scene. Because […]
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Here’s How You Can Help the Victims of the Richardson St Fire
Early Tuesday morning, a fire at 30 Richardson St. left two dead and others displaced. Those who survived were forced out into the cold with no possessions and no longer have a home to […]
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Greenpoint’s Median Home Price Hit Record High in 2015
To absolutely no one’s surprise, 2015 was the year real estate hit an all-time high in Greenpoint, but we’ve got some data to back that up. At $950,000, this year’s […]