One of the things I did while researching my local history book Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past was talking to as many Greenpoint seniors as I could. They have repeatedly told me a […]
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Films on the Green Returns to Transmitter Park This Summer
One of the area’s brightest summer events, Films on the Green will be returning to Greenpoint’s WNYC Transmitter Park to project two films ‘en plein air’. An initiative of the Cultural […]
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Tommy James: DJ & Live Music Curator for Good Room
At first Tommy James, DJ and live music curator at Good Room on Meserole Avenue, comes off as just another humble British expat living in Greenpoint. Only upon researching this […]
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A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings: Greenpoint’s Haunted House?
If I had to pick one house in Greenpoint to set a horror movie in it would be the big old house set back off the street at the corner […]
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Introducing Dobbin St. – A New Events Venue in Greenpoint
Have you noticed the new bright blue building on Dobbin Street? It used to be an auto garage, but that former identity is now completely unrecognizable at the newly renovated […]
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Let’s Get Erotic with Frugging Parties, Blue Movies, Go-Go’s, and Filthy Tracks this May
Back in my single days I had no problem getting attention from women. Didn’t even have to try, wearing pants that were two sizes too big, in order to feel […]
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A History of Greenpoint in Twenty-Five Buildings: The Union Baptist Church
One of the oldest buildings in Greenpoint and a landmark is struggling for survival. These days the 160 year-old Union Baptist Chruch at 151 Noble Street is closed and surrounded by […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Artist Dan Sabau
Dan Sabau comes from several walks of life. Originally born in Romania and growing up in Cleveland Ohio, he eventually made it to Greenpoint, Brooklyn and calls this local neighborhood […]
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Construction to Begin on New Greenpoint Library Later this Year
Those of you who have ever laid eyes on the public library in Greenpoint know that it is a bit of an eyesore in an otherwise picturesque neighborhood. But not for […]
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GAMBAZine: An Island of Literary Independence
“What happens to all of the pages that people put under the bed?” That is a question that artists Melissa Hunter Gurney and Chris Carr asked themselves during the months […]