Every great company starts with a great story. Greenpointer Joshua Adam Brueckner lost his job and needed to find a new one, but he didn’t have any money to buy […]
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Make Some Sound At Reverse Space – Open Recording Session Tonight! (7/19)
I am intrigued and excited about tonight’s event at REVERSE (28 Frost St) which invites Greenpointers to be part of Matthew Matthew’s interactive installation. Matthew Matthew invites you to a sound recording […]
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Hot & Bothered: How To Not Lock Your Bike Like An A-Hole (Even If You Have a Baby)
For the most part, we keep it positive on Greenpointers, but some things should be called out – like the way this bike (with a gigantic baby seat) was parked. […]
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“Art is Hardware, Hardware is Art” Chat With Joe Franquinha of Crest Hardware Art Show
It’s not your typical art show, nor it is your typical hardware store. Walking down the aisles of Crest Hardware Store (558 Metropolitan Ave) while the annual Crest Hardware Art […]
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Chinese Guardian Lions AKA Foo Dogs at SMC Stone & Mr. Pi’s Treats
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 […]