On August 19th, The Brooklyn Eagle speculated that an empty building near the northernmost point of McGuinness Blvd in Brooklyn had been bought by a developer, Triumph Hotels, in the knowledge that […]
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Here’s Greenpoint
There’s a new Greenpoint blog in town! Here’s Greenpoint and Here’s Williamsburg just launched this month and are sister sites of the already established Here’s Park Slope blog which dates […]
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Fire On Moultrie
A fire at 43 Moultrie Street on Friday, August 19th, went to 2 alarms before being controlled by the FDNY. On Sunday, August 21st, the building’s sole tenant, Doris Yao, […]
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design.plot
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 […]