If you’ve walked past the East River Skate Shop in the past couple of weeks, you’ve seen the tribute to Richard Oates outside his shop. Oates was tragically killed while skateboarding […]
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All That Sparkles is Gold Donuts & the Promise of a Better Newtown Creek — The Hook-Up 1/22
The treasure that is Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop is not a secret to anyone who’s lived in Greenpoint for more than two months, but it was recently given […]
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Following CitiStorage Victory, No Rest for the Bushwick Inlet Park Activists
North Greenpoint was treated to some unusually good news regarding the legal status of its waterfront right around the New Year, but as the anniversary of the CitiStorage fire approaches, […]
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Hot Sauce, Hot Rents & Hot Accolades — The Hook-Up 1/8
Two Greenpoint Landing buildings have reached a construction milestone — a vertical one. Both 33 Eagle and 21 Commercial Street have topped out. Greenpoint is on the map for hot […]
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Sorry to Do This, but Here’s a Quick Guide to Sticking to Your Resolutions about Town
You don’t really want to be reading this, but just in case you kind of do, here are a few relatively new players in Greenpoint’s health and fitness scene. Because […]
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Greenpoint’s Median Home Price Hit Record High in 2015
To absolutely no one’s surprise, 2015 was the year real estate hit an all-time high in Greenpoint, but we’ve got some data to back that up. At $950,000, this year’s […]
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5 Alarm Fire on Richardson Street Leaves One Dead and Another Missing
A fatal fire in 30 Richardson Street left one dead, one missing, and 10 displaced after it tore through the three story building up through the roof. It took nearly 200 […]
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Merry Christmas, Greenpoint — The Hook-Up 12/25
You’ve seen the gingerbread house on Humboldt Street — now meet the man behind the candy cane trim. It may be too late to look, but it’s not too late […]
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A Meeker Avenue Proposal Cometh in the New Year
Because we’re all natural skeptics, we’ll maintain the premise that no meek shall cross the pedestrian thoroughfare at Meeker Avenue. Then again, things in that area might get a little […]
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Newtown Creek Superfund CAG Meeting Tonight (12/16)
The Newtown Creek Superfund Community Advisory Group (CAG) will be having their quarterly meeting tonight, December 16th from 6:30-8:30pm at McCarren Play Center Community Room (776 Lorimer St.). The existing […]