It’s 12.21.12, so does that mean we made it, or will everything implode when the clock strikes midnight tonight? Since all the apocalypse parties are tonight, let’s just go with […]
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Christmas Party For Automotive High Tonight! (12/20)
Brooklyn Kickball & The Automotive Highschool bring you a night of Free Beer and Holiday Cheer benefiting the Williamsburg Automotive HS, December 20th at The Exley (1 Jackson St). The Automotive High […]
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Multiplex opens in Williamsburg today!
After months of reading various blog posts and walking by this multiplex wondering WHEN, it is official. The Williamsburg Cinemas (217 Grand) opened today! Owner Havery Elgart, who also owns Cobble […]
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Job Didn’t Give You A Raise? MTA’s Got You Covered
The city just keeps getting more expensive and that includes getting around on our mass transit system. Just announced: As of March 2013, it will cost a whopping $2.50 (raised from […]
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Instagram “Listens” To User Outrage Over Policy And Promises Not To Be Dicks
Sometimes getting pissed off can do the trick, especially when millions of “users,” or the “products,” start bitching. As user/products, we know how much we were worth ($1 Billion!) when […]
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Brooklyn’s Christmas Bird Count
Audubon’s 113th Christmas bird count is taking place through January 5th. Jon and I were honored to be among the participants counting birds this past Saturday in Floyd Bennett Field. […]
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Peregrine Falcon Lunch Date at Martin Luther High School
I got an exciting email from K, who works at Martin Luther School in Maspeth. Yesterday, what she believed was a hawk joined the students for lunch, enjoying a freshly […]
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In Light of Bushwick Attacks, Ways To Stay Safe
There is definitely a false sense of security in New York City these days and the recent attacks on women in Bushwick is an example. No one wants to live […]
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Bushwick Ladies Beware: 5 Attacks in Past Week
According to a Greenpointers reader: Five women in Bushwick have been attacked in the past week. The attacker is tall, medium build, Hispanic, wearing a hooded jacket. He grabs the […]
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The First Thanksgiving – in Greenpoint
For those of us who move to New York to start our adult lives, it’s a great moment when we find ourselves in a living situation stable enough to invite […]