(sponsored) Greenpointers, Do you care about keeping good jobs in Greenpoint and helping local businesses to be more environmentally sustainable? Vote for the Greenpoint Environmental Business Stewardship Project! This project […]
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Vote on how Greenpoint gets greener!
Alright Greenpointers, the time has come. Tomorrow and Saturday we get to vote on how the next installment of the $19 million Exxon-Mobil settlement funds gets spent. As […]
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Calling all self-published poets: Apply for a new reading series at Word!
If you’re a self-published poet and you’re looking for a stellar place to read and sell your work, apply now for the new “Self-Published” reading series starting at the Word […]
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925 Affordable Apartments Available in Long Island City in Queens
Sponsored By Hunter’s Point South Living. Hunter’s Point South Commons and Hunter’s Point South Crossing offer a variety of moderately priced rent stabilized apartments. All along the East River, in […]
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Reserve Your Bowl for This Sunday’s Soup Bowl Fundraiser! (11/23)
We specifically host our Soup Bowl Fundraiser on the Sunday before Thanksgiving because we want to make sure that before we stuff our faces with turkey and pie that we […]
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Gallery Roundup: Greenpoint Terminal Gallery
Greenpointers are going places this autumn—all of the gallery places, and we’re taking you with us. Who are the people behind the lively GP art scene? How do they like […]
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Brooklyn Meat Club Comes to Greenpoint – Pre-Order Your Thanksgiving Turkey!
(sponsored)Brooklyn Meat Club is a neighborhood butcher shop, without the shop. Targeting home chefs, the newest addition to the Brooklyn business scene provides restaurant quality meat at below market prices. […]
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New Homeless Shelter Could be Coming to Greenpoint
New York City just hit a milestone you might not have heard about. The amount of homeless people living in shelters is 57,665 people – a new record. According to […]
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KnickerBear Weeps for Humanity, Knicks
Last Monday neighborhood residents were witness to a rare sighting of the locally famous and indigenous/ursine hoops fan, KnickerBear. Standing near the corner of West Street and Greenpoint Ave. crying […]
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Q&A: Mike Schade talks toxins at Nuhart Plant. Everyone needs to read this!
The other day I sat down with my friend, fellow Greenpointer, and hardcore environmental justice advocate, Mike Schade, to get the skinny on Nuhart Plastics–one of the most toxic sites […]