If I’ve learned anything about small scale gardening in the last 15 weeks, its that you really do get what you give. This past weekend I attacked my garden for […]
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Is Greenpoint Safe? 10 Things To Do
Do you find it ironic that Greenpoint features the environmentally friendly Rooftop Farms, the new McGolrick Park Farmers Market, a Clean Green Dry Cleaners on Nassau Ave, among many other […]
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I asked for a t-shirt and all I got were these (AWESOME!) bike lights
While walking up Franklin I stopped in to say hi to our friends at Silk Road Cyles. The boys were wearing these awesome logo t-shirts, which my cat seems to […]
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Entrepreneurship at Northside – All Business (But Never Boring)
If an inventor could create a device that converts sheer brain power into energy, said device should be brought to the Northside Entrepreneurship Festival next year. That inventor would take […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 14
Summer literally just began and already it’s a scorcher! My balcony garden has seen it’s fair share of extreme weather in the past 14 weeks, but I still wanted to […]
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Why are you dumping Greenpoint? Make it stop!
Photo: WNYC.org Remember Wall-e? He is a little robot that processes garbage into neat little cubes on a too toxic to inhabit planet earth. Ever turn off of Greenpoint Ave […]
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Sewage In Our Waterways: Do You Want To Know?
I certainly do. Our North Brooklyn Boat Club is out there paddling on the Newtown Creek. I saw a man on the India St pier this morning fishing for Striped […]
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Bushwick Inlet: Leave it For The Birds
Have you seen the giant “Where’s Our Park?” banner on Franklin St on a fenced off piece of grassy shoreline near No. 14th St? Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park are pretty […]
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The Garden Spot, Week 13
I admitted in my very first post that I was not necessarily a skilled gardener. I am definitely a novice, and someone who is prone to mishaps, or rather, serious […]
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Greenpoint to the Rockaways: Epic Ride
The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Initiative will be presenting the 4th Annual Brooklyn Waterfront Epic Ride on Saturday, July 28, 2012. Registration is open. Ride for $20. We are currently recruiting 60 marshals […]