Recently a writer doing research on a book about Greenpoint interviewed me about life in Greenpoint and the Polish community came up. I explained how unique NYC is in that […]
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Fracking Moratorium For Two Years: Praise The Lord…
…or praise people with common sense who care more about the safety and well being of citizens and our environment than making gas companies richer. As announced on Joe Lentol’s […]
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Greenpoint Is On Top! Most Complaints Reported For Public Drinking & Public Urination!
In 2005 I received a ticket for an open container at the intersection of Nassau and Manhattan avenues. It was St. Patrick’s Day. I had been carrying my 24 ounce Budweiser […]
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Public Walk-Thru at Greenpoint Hotel After Tenants File Action For Deplorable Conditions – Tomorrow 3/6
The “Greenpoint Hotel” slumlord is about to get his ass handed to him by 30 of his tenants. Greg Hanlon at St. Nick’s Alliance emailed that tomorrow Wednesday March 6, […]
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“A Cleaner City… is a Mindset” Obtaining Street Trash Cans in North Brooklyn
This article made possible by a donation to the Writer’s Fund Raffle by Greenpoint Heights. While Greenpoint is known for having numerous waste-transfer stations, super-fund sites, toxic releases, the oil spill […]
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An Epistle from ExxonMobil About How They Will Wreck the Sidewalk
ExxonMobil dropped off a letter today at the apartment, no stamp or name and addressed only to “Dear Neighbor” in a tipped haphazard typewriter’s letters. This intimacy is creepy from […]
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“Let’s Make Out” : Artwork Found at Lorimer G
A thoughtful reader emailed: “I found someone’s artwork rolled up in brown paper at the Lorimer G platform heading towards Greenpoint last week … The prints inside say let’s make […]
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Great Backyard Bird Count Is Back!
You can find dozens of different birds right here in Greenpoint if you look for them. And this week you can help area researchers by recording what you see. The Great […]
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Greenpoint Landing: Bloomberg’s Plan To Create A “New” Greenpoint Community
Miami, Brooklyn is coming to Greenpoint. And it aint’ perty. Did you know we are lacking in community here? In his recent State of The City 2013 address, Mike Bloomberg […]
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The GreenPoint Pickup:A Success Story
I was running in Mccarren Park when all of a sudden a soccer ball flew out of nowhere slamming me in the head. I was knocked nearly unconscious… I thought […]