One of our favorite community art events, the Greenpoint Film Festival, needs to raise $10,000 by Tuesday August 21, 2012. They are almost there after raising over $8,000. A few […]
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The “Explosion” (VIDEO)
If you missed it a Greenpointer caught the explosion last night on video!
Tree Down @ McGolrick Park Dog Run
The storm brought a tree down at the McGolrick Park Dog Run, crushing the fence and entry way.
EXPLOSION IN GREENPOINT TOMORROW NIGHT: 8/16
A Greenpointer gave us a heads up about a “note” from city hall about a “rather large” explosion tomorrow night 8/16 around 10pm-11pm – near Commercial St & Franklin St […]
Looking Up: Eastern Kingbird (VIDEO!)
Whenever I see folks pointing and looking up into a tree, I have to stop and find out what’s up. At McCarren it’s usually one of the Red Tailed Hawks […]
Kickstarter Furthers Brooklyn’s Tech Boom!
Fellow Greenpointer Nathaniel Ziering tipped me off that Kickstarter is moving their headquarters from Manhattan to Greenpoint! The fast growing company provides crowd-sourced funding for creative projects, many of which […]
Canoeing: The Creek to Bushwick Inlet
Last Saturday was a day on which my body cried out for the waterfront. The weather turned the simplest tasks into moist ordeals, so after my second mechanical failure of […]
Lemonade Love
Lemonade stands are good for kids. So is viral marketing. With already a keen understanding of the value of social media, Nat asked “are we going to be on Facebook?” […]
The Garden Spot, Week 19
Goodbye tomatoes. Goodbye summer squashes. Goodbye radishes. Like any proper New Yorker, I am going to be away for the next six weekends of the summer. This is the hardest […]
5 Boros Basketball Seeks Sponsors
Local Youth Basketball League Seeks Sponsors 5 Boros Basketball, a youth basketball team based in Greenpoint, is currently seeking one or more local businesses to serve as sponsors. 5 Boros […]