A decrepit white limousine featuring plastic covered windows and loaves of bread overflowing from the trunk may have alerted your senses on and around Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint this week. […]
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How to Submit Your Comments on Toxic Cleanup of NuHart Plastics
A two-month public comment period is now open for you to submit feedback on the proposed cleanup of the NuHart Plastics Superfund site, where two large plumes of phthalates and trichloroethylene (amongst […]
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Greenpoint Gigs: Game Masters, Massage Therapists, Engineers, and more (Week of 9/28)
Looking for a new job? Check out these fresh picks in Greenpoint and North Brooklyn. Are you the game master? Escape Room needs one. A clinic on Greenpoint Ave seeks […]
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Man Arrested for Williamsburg Hate Crime Beating
After two men were violently attacked late Saturday night in Williamsburg in an apparent hate crime, the suspect—whose photo has been spread all over news and social media—has turned himself in […]
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Get Ready: No L Train Every Weekend in October
File this one under doomsday prep: as we announced previously, the MTA is shutting down the L train every single weekend in October between Eighth Avenue and Broadway Junction (the […]
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Police Searching For Man Accused of Hate Crime Beating in Williamsburg
Police are on the lookout for a man who beat two men unconscious in Williamsburg after calling them a homophobic slur. The men, aged 29 and 34, had left the gay […]
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Election Op Ed: Who Judges the Judges?
Editor’s Note: Tomorrow, Thursday September 13th is our state’s Primary Election day. We will be voting for candidates for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and Civil Court Judge. As this […]
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Vote this Week! Election Day is Thursday!
Hey Greenpoint, it’s time to get out the vote! Traditionally, elections are held on Tuesdays but this week’s Gubernatorial Primary will take place on Thursday, 9/13 (TOMORROW) so as not […]
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Greenpointers is Hiring! Part-Time Managing Editor Wanted!
Part-Time Managing Editor Wanted Are you a writer who can edit and manage content? Are you creative, self-motivated, Greenpoint-obsessed, extremely organized and detailed-oriented? Do you want to contribute to the community […]
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Bullied in Greenpoint to Undefeated Heavyweight Contender: Boxer Adam “Babyface” Kownacki Fights Towards World Champion Title
In 1996, when his family emigrated from Poland with hopes of a better life, 7 year old Adam Kownacki started life in America in a house on Russell Street and […]