Attention dumpster divers, sidewalk scavengers, and lovers of cool rusted metal objects! Anyone see this sculpture? It was accidentally thrown out over the weekend and its owners desperately want […]
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Where’s our park? In the hands of another developer if CitiStorage owner has his way.
Last month Greenpoint and Williamsburg neighbors broke out of North Brooklyn and headed down to City Hall to fight for Bushwick Inlet Park. We joined hands, sang songs, screamed our […]
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Who wants to spend $1 million dollars?
Tax season has come and gone, and hopefully by now, your nasty W2’s and 1099’s have been neatly filed away until next year. While you are sitting pretty, dreaming […]
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Another one bites the dust. 30 yr old Woodworking co-op priced out of Greenpoint
In the fast-paced shell game of who is making money off of Greenpoint’s real estate scene, carpenters are getting no love these days. The Brooklyn Woodworkers Co-op–a Greenpoint carpenter collective– […]
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Greenpoint Chamber of Commerce Kicks off First Annual Meeting at Kickstarter HQ
Tuesday night, the newly revitalized Greenpoint Chamber of Commerce held its first annual meeting inside the Kickstarter Headquarters, Greenpoint’s pencil factory for the digital age. More than 200 of the neighborhood’s foremost capitalists, investors, […]
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Russian Oligarch to build 90 story towers on waterfront
Here we go again Greenpoint. You know the real estate bubble is sure to burst when a Russian Oil company has snapped up the last bit of waterfront to […]
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Watch out! Two sexual predators are on the loose in Williamsburg!
That’s right Greenpointers. We need to be on high alert. There are two different predators on the loose and they are targeting their victims in our sister neighborhood of […]
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Important Meeting Tonight: Update on Nuhart Superfund Site! Psst, the plume is migrating.
A few months ago, Greenpointers were alarmed to hear that Nuhart Plastics on the corner of Dupont Street had been sold to a Chinese developer who plans on turning the site […]
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Spiritual Minds grow in Greenpoint. Golden Drum celebrates its 4th Birthday
Brooklyn Raga Massive playing at the 4th Year Anniversary Celebration of Golden Drum Two weeks ago Greenpoint’s spiritual center, The Golden Drum, celebrated its fourth anniversary and invited Greenpointers along […]
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Save your Food Scraps! Composting is Coming to Greenpoint
Americans waste A LOT of food–35 million tons a year! In fact, we throw out more food than plastic, paper, metal, or glass. If that wasn’t scary enough, this disturbing trend is […]