The clapboard menace has ruffled enough feathers to generate a “no-film zone” proposal, but some are sensing a recurring plot line. This year, many locals have been wishing for a […]
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The Locals Have Spoken: We’re Not out of the Woods yet with the Clay St. Shelter
The swell of crime in North Greenpoint is still not the type of thing we’re discussing in yesterday’s terms, but things, on some level, appear to be happening. The fact […]
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Is the Gas Leak on Moultrie Street a ‘Disaster Waiting to Happen?’
An ongoing gas leak on Moultrie Street isn’t just a literal and figurative headache to neighbors. It’s also raising concerns over the prospect of worse complications, including the ghost of […]
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We’re Thankful for this Pizza-Themed Space Invader at Vinnie’s
Judging by the consistent theme of pizza and Ninja Turtles in his work lately, legendary street artist Invader is hungry for freedom slices. We’re happy to say that Greenpoint’s very […]
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This Greenpoint Barber Defies His Tourette’s in the Name of Great Hair
If there were ever a place to trust a twitchy man with a straight razor, it would be at the workstation of Tomcats Barbershop savant David Arce. Arce has Tourette’s […]
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NuHart Superfund Cleanup Plan on the Way
Now that the smoke has cleared from the attempted Halloween dance party incident at the NuHart Superfund site, we’re back to the perennial and even messier topic of the proposed […]
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From Vaudeville to Oil Slicks to Premium Condos — The Hook-Up 11/20
Though Greenpoint’s industrial history gets dredged up on the regular, it’s less often that we talk about its former status as a thriving hub of theatre and vaudeville. Today, the […]
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The Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund in Action (More Action)
Last week, we bore witness to the first visible evidence of a benevolent tree invasion overtaking our neighborhood. That, if you recall, is one of several projects brought to us […]
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A Tree Grows in Greenpoint, and We’re About to Get 499 More
Last Friday, Greenpoint took a small step in the direction of better living up to its name. With one tree planted out of a proposed 500, the “Greening Greenpoint” project […]