Let me tell you Greenpointers, it’s no fun being the bearer of bad news. And yet here I am, again, to warn you about the latest doozy to hit Bushwick […]
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Northside Innovation 2015: A Welcome Return for Any Respectable “Yuccie”
Every summer, the activity in McCarren Park and the surrounding area gets a bit amplified, not just with music but with a variety of Northside Festival related revelry, including what […]
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Can Small Businesses Survive in North Brooklyn? Not Without Our Help
In the past year covering Greenpoint happenings, I have written about more local businesses closing than I care to remember. A simple peek on Manhattan Avenue shows a smattering of […]
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Anyone Missing A Cat?
A good samaritan working on Java Street wrote in to let us know she has found the “friendliest lost cat”who is looking to get back home. Â According to the vet, […]
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Gay Pride Festival Coming to Williamsburg!
If the landslide victory in Ireland is any indication the movement for gay rights is finally getting the respect it deserves, North Brooklyn will continue to carry that torch this […]
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Adios BK Night Bazaar. Willkommen BMW.
Well, well, the tide of gentrification is officially churning over in our little pocket of Brooklyn. Less than two years after its launch, our very own fun house The Brooklyn Night […]
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Block Party this Saturday! Save Bushwick Inlet Park Before CitiStorage is Sold to Developers!
Ok Greenpointers, we really need to step up our game. In the months since CitiStorage mysteriously went up in flames,we were warned that our promised 28 acre park was in […]
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Word on the Curb: Cowboy in Williamsburg & $16,000 Uber bill?!
Well Greenpoint, strange things are happening in the world of transportation these days. Whether you are hoofing it on NAG’s Industrial History walking tour this Saturday, or simply looking for […]
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Spring is Here: McGolrick Park Farmers Market Returns to Park this Sunday, May 3rd
Happy springtime, Greenpointers! Down to Earth Markets, the crew behind the McGolrick Park Farmers Market, is happy to announce that this Sunday brings an annual rite of passage: the farmers market moves […]
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BRC Homeless Shelter will NOT be getting 16 new Sex Offenders
Yesterday morning I received an email with the words WATCH OUT in big bold letters. Sitting in my inbox, like a sack of rotting onions, was a link to […]