UPDATE: The meeting is being rescheduled: “Due to some unforeseen circumstances, this meeting is POSTPONED until further notice.” The North Brooklyn Parks Alliance will host a meeting with local advocates […]
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How McGuinness Boulevard Was Created
Maybe it is just me, but I find McGuinness Boulevard ugly. Huge trucks and streams of traffic wiz by the four-laned, soulless traffic artery. The newer apartment buildings lack […]
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Take a Historic Stroll at Jane’s Walk This Weekend
The Municipal Art Society of New York is bringing back Jane’s Walk NYC, which is part of “a global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations inspired by urban activist Jane […]
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New Greenpoint Library Expected to Open This Fall
The Greenpoint Library (107 Norman Ave.) closed in July 2017 for demolition, and construction on the new library was estimated to finish in the winter of 2018, but the discovery […]
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North Brooklyn Boat Club Announces 2019 Public Paddle Schedule
The North Brooklyn Boat Club announced their 2019 public paddle schedule, where guides lead short trips on Newtown Creek. More from NBCC: Public paddles are free and open to everyone. […]
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Hosh Yoga Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Flash Sale
Hosh Yoga (657 Meeker Ave.) is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is marking the occasion with a special sale. View this post on Instagram Happy Spring from Hosh […]
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New Axe Throwing Bars Coming to Williamsburg and Downtown Brooklyn
Greenpoint’s first axe throwing bar, Bury the Hatchet (25 Noble St.), opened last October and will soon be joined by another axe throwing bar within walking distance. Hatchet and Hops, […]
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Newtown Creek-A-Thon 2019 Tours Entire Creek (4/28)
Do you have what it takes to trek the entire perimeter of Newtown Creek in one day? The good folks at Newtown Creek Alliance with support from the Greenpoint Community Environmental […]
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Annual Good Friday Procession, “The Way of the Cross,” Returns to Greenpoint
“The Way of the Cross” parade and reenactment by the local church St. Anthony of Padua – St. Alphonsus (862 Manhattan Ave.) began on Dupont Street around 1:30 p.m. today and […]
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P.S. 34 Elementary’s Eco-Fashion Show is Tonight (4/18)
P.S. 34 Oliver Perry Elementary in Greenpoint is hosting its third annual Eco-Fashion Show tonight (4/18) at Bushwick Inlet Park (85 Kent Ave.) doors open at 5 p.m. and the […]