Greenpoint has a nickname, “The Garden Spot,” which was given at a time when our area was truly a bucolic haven. Although it later became one of the most industrial […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Deniz Ayaz On the “Unpredictable Nature” of Watercolor and More
Whimsical, precise, and meditative, Deniz Ayaz’s illustrations and watercolors may make you hungry. She often creates tempting portraits, though her skills reach far beyond illustrations of food. Deniz has had […]
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Atlas Obscura’s Ascend Ascend with Janaka Stucky Comes to San Damiano Church
On Saturday, May 11, Atlas Obscura will present Ascend Ascend with Janaka Stucky at the San Damiano Mission Catholic Church (85 North 15th Street) in Greenpoint. Written over the course of […]
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How Local Musicians Became Part of Baseball Folklore
When you speak to anyone who was a Dodger fan you feel their love for the team and the wound they felt when the team left for Los Angeles. The […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Sustainable Work Blooms at Greenpoint’s Flower Clvb
Our Thursday Spotlights often feature the multitude of painters, ceramists, and cartoonists in our colorful neighborhood. But Greenpoint’s cultural scene reaches far beyond visual artists, and florist Grace McDonald more […]
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Toast to Greenpoint, MatchaFam Summer Disco, The Other Art Fair, Secret Brooklyn — What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (5/1-5/7)
WEDNESDAY 5/1 * We Got You: Meeting Your Guardians and Guide @ Devi Collective (191 Nassau Ave), 8pm, $40, experiential group healing circle that uses gentle breath work and movement […]
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ARTISTS: Register For Greenpoint Open Studios—Last Day For Early Bird Price!
Greenpoint Open Studios is happening again this year on Saturday, June 8th and Sunday, June 9th! GOS is an un-curated event where local artists and creatives open up their studio doors […]
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The Tragic Death and Lasting Legacy of Five Pointz
Just across Newtown Creek in Long Island City stood an abandoned industrial site that many considered the world’s greatest treasury of graffiti art. Tragically demolished in 2013, the world-famous Five […]
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Greenpoint Film Festival Returns Thursday 5/2 – Sunday 5/5
The Greenpoint Film Festival is back this week for its 8th edition with four days of film screenings — spanning topics from environmentalism to displacement and gentrification — and panel […]
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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 […]