Sometimes it’s important to take a break from talking about gentrification and overpriced lattes to remind ourselves that North Brooklyn is home to both the very rich and the very […]
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Beacon’s Closet is Opening its Greenpoint Doors this Saturday
Who wants to trek all the way to North 11th when you can just stay in Greenpoint? The owners of Beacon’s Closet seem to agree. The Williamsburg store closed officially […]
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Truck Gets Stuck on Bike Lane Divider on Pulaski Bridge
Around noon today a semi truck took a sharp turn onto the Pulaski Bridge, which caused the back half of the truck to drive up the bike lane divider – […]
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Paragon / Apollo Petroleum Remediation Public Meeting (3/12) #OSOM
On Wednesday March 12, 2014 at 7pm, the Greenpoint community is invited to a Public Meeting at Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) to discuss the cleanup plan at Former Paragon Oil […]
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Another Traffic Death: Young Woman Killed By Bus in Williamsburg
Unfortunately, we have another tragic traffic death to report in the neighborhood. At 1:30am on Sunday (3/2), 21-year-old Marisol Martinez was struck and killed by an MTA bus at […]
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Big D Closing After 35+ Years!
With sadness many readers have written in to let us know their favorite discount shop on Manhattan Ave – big D – which has served Greenpoint for over 35 years […]
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McGolrick Park Public Meeting Tonight (2/26) #OSOM
McGolrick Park is a hidden gem on the other side of McGuinness Blvd (#OSOM) but many local residents feel the park needs some major love, like updates to the playground […]
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It’s Happening: Photoplay is Closing TOMORROW!
Readers sadly wrote in to tip us on the news that Greenpoint’s video store Photoplay, on Manhattan Ave for over a decade, is shutting its doors. We popped in a […]
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Greenpoint Condom Fail
Well, this is embarrassing. Greenpoint took the prize as the neighborhood with the lowest condom use in all of NYC, according to the recently published findings of a 2012 NYC […]
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Immerse your Child’s Imagination at Tumbleweeds Art Camp
(sponsored) The closest I ever got to art at summer camp was making friendship bracelets. Art camp didn’t exist when I was a kid – oh the things I would […]