Got an email tip from reader Michelle about this final push for funds on a totally amazing project to turn an empty piece of land located on India between McGuinness […]
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The Fengshui of Greenpoint
I’ve spent the past month in a place that many of us think of often as its influence over our nation grows but that few outsiders, myself certainly included, can […]
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A Warehouse of Vintage
I have loved vintage clothing since I was in junior high. I have collected and sold it in all different shapes and forms for the last 13 years. It supplements […]
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Greenpoint Heights, Onyx
<a href=”http://thegreenpointers.com/app/uploads/2011/08/onyx1.jpg”><img src=”http://thegreenpointers.com/app/uploads/2011/08/onyx1-225×300.jpg” alt=”” width=”225″ height=”300″ /></a> The first time I entered the newly-managed Onyx on Morgan & Nassau in Greenpoint, I heard one of the barkeeps refer to the […]
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Hot-Smoking for Gold at ACME Smoked Fish
Originally posted on food.curated “I don’t know anything else, no office job or anything like that, just fish. So, I fell into the fish.” Meet Aftabudin Rayman and Peter Wojick, […]
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Investigation of the Creek
The largest polluters of Newtown Creek and environs have agreed, with the federal Environmental Protection Agency, to look at the damage. This will be the first step in the process […]
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Bushwick Creek: The Movie
Last month I received an email from Brian Walsh about his short documentary Bushwick Creek: The Movie. It’s been on my list of things to do since then. Finally, last […]
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FEAST #11 This Saturday
Every few months FEAST (which stands for Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics) takes over the Church of the Messiah on Russell Street across from McGolrick Park. There are performances, food, poetry, and […]
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Goodbye, Zayas Appliance
Sad news on the Greenpoint business front, longtime Manhattan Avenue family owned business Zayas Appliance has gone out of business. From Crain’s New York: Zayas Appliance, a Greenpoint, Brooklyn, fixture […]
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Tonight: Drink Benefit
Tonight at Brooklyn Brewery there will be a cocktail sampling from some of the neighborhood’s best bartenders. Tickets are $35 at the door and all proceeds will benefit the building […]