I once dreamt that I had somehow rigged a big screen TV to a hot tub on a mystical deck in my future mansion. I subsquently was very disappointed to […]
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Free Cyclist-Centric Yoga in McCarren Saturday
Brooklyn-based bike tourism group Get Up And Ride is hosting this Saturday’s Free Yoga For Cyclists in McCarren Park. Instructor and GUAR VP Lisa Markuson designed the class to “tap into […]
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We Invented a New Subway Line: Over the New Kosciuszko Bridge (and Beyond)
Visting the Kosciszko Bridge, on Earth Day, no less, got us thinking: was there ever any consideration for a mass transit line on the major project about to replace the structure, […]
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Found Dog!
One of our readers send us this pic, which they saw posted in McCarren Park today. Is this your pup??
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Greenpoint Vision Zero Safety Forum Tonight @ 6pm
Yesterday I saw (but first heard) an NYPD van with a loudspeaker, driving up and down Grand Street near Leonard with a public service announcement about Vision Zero. Hearing a […]
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Welcome to the Hotel Greenpoint
Early this week, we got word that a four-story warehouse on Norman and Henry St is being converted into a hotel by architect, Robert Scarano. The Department of Buildings approved […]
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Help Make McGolrick an “Urban Oasis”
When you think of Urban Oasis, McGolrick Park might not come immediately to mind. Although it is much more quiet (and less trampled) than it’s more promiscuous sister (McCarren… ’cause […]
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Want Your (Public) Soil Tested?
Chromium? Cadmium? Nickel? Lead? Arsenic…? These heavy metals are not great things to have lurking in the soil at high levels, especially if you’re an avid gardener or have […]
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The G Train Gets a Bandaid
We’ve been pretty concerned lately about the looming black hole of public transit that will be Greenpoint this Summer. As you may remember, we found out back in March that […]
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Jay Ott’s Body Found
Very sad news today: the body of the Brooklyn designer, Jay Ott, was found in the New York Harbor early Thursday. Ott, 31, was last spotted exiting his home in […]