Stroll through McCarren park on any given day and you’ll see sun worshipers, book readers, parents and kids tossing Frisbees, even an occasional Dust Devil. What most of us don’t […]
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G Train is back on track.
Five weeks ago, we all bemoaned the G Train closure and the anxious questions that came along with it: How are we going to get around? Will that damn Ferry […]
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Ovenly Creates Opportunites within Community
Very few Greenpointers can resist the sweet smell of Ovenly’s signature cakes and cookies while walking by the bakery. Ovenly’s founders, Agatha Kulaga and Erin Patinkin, have not only have […]
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Brace yourselves. Greenpoint is getting more towers.
Believe it or not, it’s true. Developers think Greenpoint is the capital of cool. So cool in fact, even a London-based private equity firm called Quandrum Global, is the latest […]
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Mr. Gray Needs A Home / Sweetest Cat Ever
Have you ever met my dog D? She is amazing and we found her at the Ridgewood Reservoir – an amazing place I highly recommend you visit. This past weekend […]
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Newtown Creek polluters alive and well. State officials investigate fresh oil leak.
Anyone living in Greenpoint knows whatever lies in the murky waters of Newtown Creek is filled with some seriously nasty cancer-causing stuff: PCBs, VOCs, oil, anti-freeze—the list is endless. In […]
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Say it ain’t so! Permanent Records is closing…
One of my fondest memories as a kid was walking into my local record store—Numbers, Records and Tapes, in Jackson Heights, Queens—hard-earned allowance of sweaty dollar bills in one hand, […]
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Wtf?! Dust Devil hits McCarren Park?
Now a lot of weird weather has splashed headlines recently–Supermoons , droughts, even rumors of a Polar Vortex September visit–but none of […]
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Look in the sky! Supermoon arrives this weekend!
Take note Greenpoint, this weekend as the moon rises we will be in for a cosmic treat. Look up in the night sky and be greeted by a supermoon, the […]
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Someone smashing windows? Glasserie gets hit with a brick.
Some angry person has a serious gripe with the Glasserie. Wednesday night, the eatery was shocked to discover a brick had been launched straight through their glass front entrance. The […]