First, I’d like to welcome aboard Tony Luib, who has been hired as a Managing Editor for Greenpointers.com! His organization skills are pretty insane. And you all know Victoria, right? […]
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What to do with $1 Million? Participatory Budgeting Voting Begins Tonight (4/1 thru 4/7)
You have the next seven days to vote on how $1 million dollars should be invested in neighborhoods that include Greenpoint & Williamsburg. Projects include technology upgrades at PS31, restoration […]
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Greenpointers Exclusive: The DieHipster Interview
Meet Jaime Kimpo, the true identity of the notorious Die Hipster. After months of sleuthing, we have finally tracked down the king of the anti-hipster movement, only to have found […]
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North Brooklyn Boat Club First Public Meeting of 2013 (4/2)
They can’t promise dolphins, but the North Brooklyn Boat Club is launching into 2013 and urging YOU! “land-lubbers,” to learn what will be happening both, on the water, and ashore, […]
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Greenpoint Old School Easter Bunny
This vintage Easter Bunny decoration with his nest? filled with plastic eggs adorns a window on Driggs Ave. Have a sweet day!
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The GreenPoint PickUp – Tinder
My thoughts about online dating have been… negative, to say the least. When some of my friends have suggested it, I think I looked at them as though they had […]
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It Ain’t Girls: The Greenpoint Hotel
With the proposed ten luxury high rises coming to Greenpoint, adding over 5000 new homes to the area, nearby residents of The Greenpoint Hotel currently live in deplorable conditions. With […]
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Learn Something: Book of Advice Edited by Greenpoint Filmmaker
This post made possible by an anonymous donation to our Writer’s Fund from Greenpoint Area Man. Greenpoint based filmmaker Jessica Edwards knows that she can learn a lot from her […]
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FREE English Classes in Williamsburg & Greenpoint Start 3/16 & 3/18
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 […]