It’s a beautiful day Greenpoint and we’ve got a lunch date at City Hall. Come on down and let’s make some noise! Let’s tell the mayor we want our park […]
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Light show hits CitiStorage. Activists gear up for Thursday’s City Hall rally.
If any of you were strolling around Kent Avenue last Friday night you might have seen an interesting light show appearing on the wall of the CitiStorage building. Friends of […]
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Manhole covers explode along Norman Avenue!
Well there she blows–not once, not twice, but thirteen times! Yes folks, feel free to keep your dirty little minds in the gutter because that is where the […]
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Citi Bike map hits Greenpoint streets!
Its official Greenpointers, Citi Bike is coming to the hood and we’ve got the map to prove it! The gears in the long stalled Citi Bike expansion appears to have […]
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Flowers or Towers at CitiStorage lot? Activists plan City Hall Rally.
A couple of weeks ago we reported a war was brewing at the former CitiStorage site, and while the flames have died down, the heat is on to reclaim our […]
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Small Homeless Shelter opens on Russell Street
Looks like 10 lucky people are feeling much warmer these days thanks to Pastor Amy Kinezle of Greenpoint’s Lutheran Church of the Messiah, who quietly opened a 10 person homeless […]
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Grab your Pitchforks. A war is brewing over CitiStorage’s future.
Well I hate to say I told you so, but even as CitiStorage still burns, the 11 acre lot could be sold to private developers–as soon as tomorrow, warns City […]
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Celebrating the Future Environmental Stewards of Greenpoint
What was there to celebrate on a freezing cold evening in the heart of winter in Greenpoint? The kickoff of the Greenpoint Eco Schools program, which was recently awarded funding […]
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Goodbye Bill. Famed Williamsburg Pizza Deliveryman Passes Away
Sometimes bad things happen to good people. Earlier this month, North Brooklyn lost another little snippet of its former self when local friend and famed Williamsburg pizza deliveryman, Bill Meier, […]
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Poor Air Quality and Conspiracy Theories remain after CitiStorage Fire
Now with flames under control at CitiStorage, FDNY and local city agencies have started the arduous task of cleaning up and assessing what remains from the damage. Yet for […]