This Sunday 10/7 is the 75th Annual Pulaski Day Parade along 5th Ave in NYC! Saturday 10/6 is the Borscht Cook Off! at McCarren Park Greenmarket 11am-noon. Sample the traditional Polish beet soup […]
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Intensati at Human@Ease with Elina
After several weeks of taking it easy physically—a tumble from my bike during the New York Century left me with a bruised tailbone—I sampled a fitness class at Human at […]
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Greenpoint McCarren Park Kickball in Technicolor!
If you rolled by McCarren Park (at Berry and North 12th) last Friday night, you probably saw this glow-in-the-dark spectacle. Meet the McCarren Park Kickball Crew. It started off as […]
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Stack it All Up Like Lego Money: Kickstarter’s HQ in Greenpoint
As Greenpointers reported last month, Kickstarter is moving into Greenpoint. So how’s the construction coming along? Work in progress. The guys are bringing in the supporting construction frames. They will […]
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Letter from Lincoln Restler: Hand Recount of Votes In Order
I can’t take this roller coaster ride! The verdict is still out as to whether Lincoln Restler won the recent election. Here is a recent email that explains: “Dear Jen, […]
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Intolerant to Hipster Hatred on Facebook
Greenpointers’ facebook page will no longer be being used as a hate page for so called, “hipsters.” There is always room for joking and light hearted fun, but explicitly violent […]
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Opening Night of The Greenpoint Film Festival
Last night was the opening night celebration of The Greenpoint Film Festival which took place at the Greenpoint Garage on Huron Street off of Manhattan Ave. The festival kicked off […]
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Peeping (and masturbating) Tom on Humboldt Btw Nassau and Norman in Greenpoint
Sometimes I wish we had a neighborhood watch for this sort of thing. I wonder if it’s the same guy I have seen in plain daylight peeing with his you […]
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Newtown Creek Armada, Coastal Clean-up, Capital to Capital Canoe Expedition: What’s New at Newtown Creek?
There’s a whole sludge of events at Greenpoint’s very own Superfund site, Newtown Creek. State of the Planet, a blog from the Earth Institute at Columbia University, is reporting that […]
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Greenpointers First Podcast With Lincoln Restler
Listen to Greenpointers’ first podcast when I interview Lincoln Restler who is up for reelection as State Committeeman for the 50th Assembly District for the Democratic Party in Brooklyn, which […]