Joshua Schwartz missed the old Williamsburg. That is, the neighborhood he remembers from living in North Brooklyn for the past 15 years, where experiences were more crucial to the area’s […]
Category: Local Business
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Magazine Bar To Close At End Of September
The pandemic’s ongoing devastation is taking its toll on local and independently-owned businesses, including popular spots that seemed to rebound when New York reopened in June. Franklin Street’s latest casualty, […]
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Greenpoint Studio Spaces Empty As Landlord Offers Few Concessions
Offices and studios at 67 West Street were quiet, dark and empty on a Friday afternoon in early August. Motion-sensor lights in the long hallways flickered as feet clacked against […]
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Neighborhood Bar Minnows Opens on Nassau Avenue
The corner of Nassau Avenue and Diamond Street is home to Greenpoint’s newest neighborhood bar, which opened last weekend with a laid-back watering hole vibe in the former Good Move […]
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Kestane Kebab To Open In Former Ramen Mafia Space
The restaurant space at 208 Franklin St. has seen plenty of turnover over the past few years, but will a local business expanding to a second location finally stick? Greenpoint-based […]
Posted inEat & Drink
Meat Hook Founders to Open Cozy Royale Next Week
The Meat Hook co-founders Ben Turley and Brent Young are nearing the launch of their newest Williamsburg business and first neighborhood restaurant, Cozy Royale (434 Humboldt St.). The restaurant and […]
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Custom Framing Company Expands to NYC With Williamsburg Store
Framebridge (76 N 4 St.), a former online-only framing service, is expanding their brick-and-mortar presence to NYC with a new 1,700 square-foot Williamsburg store. The business started in 2014 as […]
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See the MTV VMAs’ Greenpoint Drive-In Set-Up
The 2020 MTV VMAs aired live on Sunday and featured pre-recorded performances in Greenpoint at the Skyline Drive-In (1 Oak St.) lot, which is on the grounds of the historic […]
Posted inArt
Fall Registration Open for Eckford Street Studio’s After-School Art Programs
Registration is now open for in-person and virtual Art After School and Art After Lunch programs at Eckford Street Studio (70 Eckford St.) in Greenpoint, which begin September 14th and […]
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Walk The West Closing Franklin Street Shop, Relocating to Hudson Valley
Local fashion destination Walk The West (150 Franklin St.) have announced their planned closure for next month ahead of a move to the Hudson Valley. The vintage shop will close […]