Walking around Greenpoint, it’s hard to miss the stone importers – with giant slabs of marble and granite lining their lots. You can usually just walk in the lots or […]
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Write A Song, Win A Trip To Stockholm
Via Brooklyn Brewery: Hark! Up-and-coming songwriters, bedroom recorders, dayjob artists, would-be hip-hop icons, listen up. This contest is for you. All unsigned, amateur drinking-aged souls with a love for beer and […]
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(Not) Forgotten Greenpoint: Transmitter Park – Attack of the Killer… Mockingbirds?
Okay, “killer” is an exaggeration. A reader wrote in to tell us a funny, but at the same time a little frightening story about her recent run in with an […]
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You Can Still Sneak Onto Rooftops in Greenpoint… It’s Just Different
I had a grand idea to ride to the West Side Highway to watch the fireworks on the fourth. A few of our friends were into it but it was […]
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You Got Problems? Ask El Padre (Advice Column!)
You might know her as Pastor Ann Kansfield from Greenpoint Reformed Church but on Greenpointers she is known as “El Padre” and is ready to give her expert advice on life, […]
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Greenpoint’s Waterfront Now: “Sleeping & Isolated” – Photo Series Before Greenpoint Landing
Northwest Greenpoint now and what residents there have to say about Greenpoint Landing and the population explosion it may bring is part of Nathan Kensinger’s most recent installments in his […]
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Sunday Snaps: Land of A Thousand Rainbows
On the evening of July 3rd, a rainbow was photographed from infinite angles in Greenpoint, Brooklyn – Land of a Thousand Raindows! This happens every year around this time and […]
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Confessions of A Neighborhood Blogger: “Greenpointers: A Real Community Bracing For It’s Skyscrapers”
All you ever wanted to know about Greenpointers blog written by another blog. From Brick Undergound: “Born-and-bred New Yorker Jen Galatioto is the latest to add her voice to BrickUnderground’s Confessions […]
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Happy 4th of July from the Land of Unicorns!
Unicorns, which do exist, are often depicted “collared with a broken chain attached, showing that it has broken free from its bondage.” Happy Independence Day!
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Attention Filmmakers & Photographers: CSI Rentals Is Now Open in Brooklyn!
(Sponsored) CSI Rentals‘ Grand Opening of its 2nd location – now open in the Williamsburg-Bushwick Area of Brooklyn, New York – is located at 1138 Flushing Ave, only 1 block from […]