WHAT: Greenpoint Walking Tour WHEN: Saturday, October 22, 2:00-4:30 pm Join veteran Brooklyn tour guide Norman Oder on a briskly-paced, wide-ranging introduction to the neighborhood, including historic blocks, converted historic buildings, […]
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Weekend Art Roundup: Oct 14 – 16
Guys, I know we’re all looking forward to staying in this weekend, ya know, watching baseball or football or the new Christopher Guest mockumentary… but here’s a few things to […]
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Greenpoint Diaries: “My Job At The Greenpoint Weekly Star”
Editor’s note: We’ve paired up a true story from Sara Jane Burman, an 80-year-old former resident of Greenpoint who grew up here, with local illustrator Aubrey Nolan.
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Greenpoint’s Original Wave of Home Brewing and Distilling
It’s great to see distillers like the Greenhook Ginsmiths on Dupont Street distilling high quality gin. It’s equally gratifying to know that Greenpoint is teeming with home brewing aficionados who […]
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A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings: The Church of the Ascension
One of Greenpoint’s oldest buildings, the Episcopal Church of the Ascension (127 Kent St.), although beautiful, does not feel as if it belongs in Greenpoint. It feels more like a […]
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The History of the Greenpoint Growler
A photo posted by Beer Street (@beerstreetny) on Jan 23, 2016 at 8:12am PST Many Greenpoint beer afficianados these days do not drink cans or bottles of beer. In places […]
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Greenpoint Oysters: An Old Local Tradition Revived
A photo posted by Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. (@greenpointfish) on Sep 18, 2016 at 9:55am PDT It seems that Greenpoint is in the midst of an oyster invasion. The […]
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Battle of Brooklyn – The Exhibition
Opening September 23 at The New York Historical Society, The Battle of Brooklyn will examine the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War, which took place around Brooklyn Heights […]
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North Brooklyn Border Wars: Do You Really Live in Greenpoint?
Recently I wrote a piece for Greenpointers about Bamonte’s Restaurant on Withers Street. A number of people reprimanded me and posted that the famous eatery was not in Greenpoint, but […]
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A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings: Bamonte’s Restaurant
Bamonte’s Restaurant is not only the oldest restaurant in North Brooklyn; founded in 1900 by Italian immigrant Pasquale Bamonte, the restaurant claims to be the oldest Italian eatery in all of […]