The MTA confirmed today that the L train’s 15-month shutdown between 8th Avenue in Manhattan and Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn will start on April 27th of next year. The damage […]
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Permanent Designs For 50 Kent Ave and Box Street Park To Be Presented
The progress of Bushwick Inlet Park is moving along and the 50 Kent Ave. parcel, a former state Superfund site that hosted the Brooklyn Flea and the Northside Concert Series, […]
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Brooklyn Paranormal Society ‘Raises Spirits’ In Greenpoint
The Brooklyn Paranormal Society will “raise some spirits” this weekend at the Greenpointers Samhain Fall Market with psychic readings, tarot card sessions, and other spooky surprises planned. This will not […]
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Anella Is Officially Back, Here’s a First Look
It’s official, after much anticipation Anella (222 Franklin St.) will finally re-open for dinner this evening (5:30 p.m. to be exact) following reconstruction due to extensive fire damage last summer. […]
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Manhattan Ave Eatery Cherry Point Has A New Chef
Ed Szymanski was actually Cherry Point’s (664 Manhattan Ave.) opening sous chef in May 2016; now, after a year and a half as head chef at the Beatrice Inn in […]
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Axe Throwing Bar’s Free Soft Opening Tonight
Bury the Hatchet (25 Noble St.) is the new axe throwing bar located near the Greenpoint waterfront and tonight (Oct. 25) from 6 -9 p.m. you can bring your friends and […]
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Will This Greenpoint Landmarked Church Become A Trophy Home?
The Former St. Elias Church, the iconic 1870 landmark brick building at 145 Kent Street, is going to be a monster single-family home if developers have their way. The […]
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Swastikas found on Parking Meters along Manhattan Avenue
In a chilling distillation of the rising tide of hate and extremism in American politics and public life, several parking meters along Manhattan Avenue have been defaced with hand-drawn Swastikas. […]
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Anella to Reopen Thursday
Anella (222 Franklin St.) will re-open on Thursday, Oct. 25, after months of rebuilding due to extensive fire damage last July. Owner Blair Papagni and her husband, Josh Cohen, opened […]
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Vanishing Polish Greenpoint
Green Farms Supermarket (918 Manhattan Ave.) was one of the local stores my Polish-born wife and I regularly shopped to get authentic Polish food, but the store’s last evening of […]