Greenpointers, get your helmets ready. The bicycle share company, Citi Bike, is doubling in size and Greenpoint is one of the first places on the list to receive the new […]
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Brooklyn Meat Club Comes to Greenpoint – Pre-Order Your Thanksgiving Turkey!
(sponsored)Brooklyn Meat Club is a neighborhood butcher shop, without the shop. Targeting home chefs, the newest addition to the Brooklyn business scene provides restaurant quality meat at below market prices. […]
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New Homeless Shelter Could be Coming to Greenpoint
New York City just hit a milestone you might not have heard about. The amount of homeless people living in shelters is 57,665 people – a new record. According to […]
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Q&A: Mike Schade talks toxins at Nuhart Plant. Everyone needs to read this!
The other day I sat down with my friend, fellow Greenpointer, and hardcore environmental justice advocate, Mike Schade, to get the skinny on Nuhart Plastics–one of the most toxic sites […]
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Autumn News from the McGolrick Park Farmers Market
(sponsored) Happy Autumn, Greenpoint, from Down to Earth Markets, the crew behind the McGolrick Park Farmers Market. We’re writing with the latest market news, including an important announcement: On Sunday, […]
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Pot is Legal in Oregon & Greenpointers is For Sale
Dear Greenpoint, I moved to Oregon! And I couldn’t think of a better morning to announce it because after yesterday’s election recreational marijuana is now legal here. While that is […]
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Screw the Governor’s race. There are 3 more important issues that need your vote this Election Day!
Yes, it’s that time of the year again–big old Election Day. For those of us living here, this day seems rather arbitrary. Since we’re such a blue state, it’s usually […]
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Ghosts of Greenpoint alive and well!
Happy Halloween Greenpoint!!! Before you head out to play trick or trick tonight it might be fun to arm yourself with some ‘real’  ghost stories to spook out your […]
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Slain pedestrians & cyclists get loving memorials
Anyone who rides a bike knows cycling in the hood can be treacherous business. But did you know roughly every 48 hours a pedestrian or cyclist in NYC is killed […]
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Getty To Pay $16 Million Towards Clean Up Of Toxic Newtown Creek
In 1978 a US Coast Guard helicopter on a routine check spotted oil spilling into Newtown Creek. An estimated 30 million gallons leaked into the soil and water, causing health […]