Last Saturday, Kingsland Wildflowers (250 Kingsland Avenue) held its second annual Festival, an afternoon of food, drinks, music, family activities, bird watching, face painting, flowers and green roof tours, all […]
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Cabaret, Cuomo and Climate Change — The Hook-up 9/22
A great New York Story occurred August 17th, 1858, when New Yorkers celebrated the first successful transatlantic cable between The United States and England with a party at City Hall. […]
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Who Sees the Trees? Greenpoint’s Citizen Pruners!
We might live in the concrete jungle, but according to this fantastic interactive tree map made by the New York City Parks department, Greenpoint is blessed with arboreal abundance. Our […]
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Fundraiser For The Greenpoint Soup Kitchen This Saturday (9/23)!
WHAT: Appetite For Arts: Fundraiser for the Greenpoint Hunger Program WHEN: Saturday, Sept 23rd, 7pm-10pm WHERE: Greenpoint Reformed Church, 136 Milton St DONATION: $50+, tickets and more info here If you […]
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Participatory Budgeting Meetings Tonight & Next Week (9/20 & 9/27)
For the past few years, City Council Member Stephen Levin has allowed the residents of District 33 to decide how to allocate at least $1 million of discretionary funds. And […]
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Achievable Goals: The New York Sorta Marathon Comes to McCarren Park 11/12
Why run when you could walk? That seems to be question guiding this fall’s newest athletic not-quite-feat: The New York Sorta Marathon. Organized by comedian and former Greenpointer Zach Broussard, […]
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Future of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector Streetcar BQX is Uncertain
After a recently leaked city hall memo suggested that Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed streetcar connecting Brooklyn and Queens may be both “unaffordable” and “unfeasible,” the future of the project […]
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Pricey Penthouses, Historic Preservation and a Panel on the L-Pocolypse — The Hook-up 9/15
Even though The New York Times has decreed that 2017 is the “Year of the Renter,” The developers over at 868 Lormier on the Park are hoping you’re in the mood […]
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Bugs, Bulls Fans and Back to School — the Hook-up 9/8
Even though Labor Day began as a New York City tradition, lots of us like to get out of town over the holiday. If you were off soaking up the […]
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Newtown Creek Alliance is Looking for Volunteers this weekend
Didn’t Catch the match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor? No worries, you can have a knockout of your own this weekend! Newtown Creek Alliance is looking for volunteers to help […]