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 […]
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VOTE FOR LINCOLN RESTLER THURSDAY 9/13
Readers, consider yourself lucky that I don’t talk much politics on this blog. Most people are just plain tired of thinking about the upcoming elections. Lots of people I know […]
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Bushwick Daily Has a New Look
Last Thursday Greenpointers and The Skint hosted a Brooklyn Blawg Brain Pick at The Diamond (43 Franklin St). Not only did I want to put faces to the geniuses behind my […]