Last night, I received a text from a friend and trusted local resource – Meg from Dandelion Wine, “Dude. They just found a body floating in the river off the […]
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Help Greenpoint Feral Cat Colonies & Lost Cat in Winthrop Park?
Some of the best posters I find are scotch taped to in bodegas. This one is a call for feral cat colony feeders in Greenpoint. If you want to pitch […]
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Public Pools, Church Condos, & VICE’s $$$ – The Hook Up (6/27)
A 21-year-old jumped off the Kent and N. 1st Street pier around 5am on Thursday and was immediately carried away by the current. Police are continuing to search the […]
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Farmers, Fishers, Bakers, Makers: Meet Scott Bridi of Brooklyn Cured
Brooklyn Cured is this week’s featured vendor at Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park Down-to-Earth Market, (open Sundays, 11 am- 4pm). This week, I caught up with BK Cured’s top dog, Scott Bridi, […]
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Summer Safety Tips For Your Dog! Plus FREE Workshop this Thurs (6/26)!
Our friends at Empire of the Dog, who have helped my little mutt D become a more refined and less-barky lady, have pulled together super important Summer Safety Tips so […]
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Couples Use Newtown Creek As Dog Beach
Warning: These photos are horrifying. When I came across these images on the Facebook feed of local environmental activist Laura Hofman, depicting a couple playing fetch with their dog off the […]
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Sinkholes, L Train Rents, & the Invasion of the Chain Gyms– The Hook Up 6/20
It’s like India Jones out there, guys. A 6-foot sinkhole opened up on Driggs and Metropolitan on Wednesday, to the horror of passerby’s. Thankfully, CBS had a live chopper that had no […]
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Farmers, Fishers, Bakers, Makers: Meet Stone and Thistle
Happy Friday, neighbors! This post is the first in a new summer series highlighting the growers and food producers that come to Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park Down-to-Earth Market each Sunday (11 […]
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Assembly Passes Series of Tenants’ Rights for Out Of Control Rents in Brooklyn
The rent is too damn high! We hear this phrase as a catch-all these days, ad nauseum, to describe New York City’s hostile housing situation. But cost of living in […]
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Shrunken Heads, Quooklyn, & More G Train – The Hook Up 6/13
This bone collector lives just around the corner, as does his creepy collection of deformed cats. He also has a preserved monkey, a 2,000 year old mummy head, and an […]