Firefighters are suing the city because they allege that Ladder 146 in Greenpoint is anti-Muslim and anti-Hispanic. Brooklyn’s first dinner boat, “The Water Table” a World War II-era ship […]
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Rough Trade Opens in Williamsburg
On Monday, Brooklyn’s newest record store opened its doors at 64 North 9th Street. It’s the New York home of famed British store/label Rough Trade and it seems like it […]
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365 Green Living Pointers: GCEF Fund Proposal – Share Your Tips & Get a FREE Raffle!
UPDATE: all Greenpointers who fill out our Pledge Form below (which requires no purchases AKA FREE!) gets entered into our Raffle for our Holiday Market! (Deadline to enter: 12/8/13, 11:59pm) You […]
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Mega-Records, Future Hotel? Local Relief, Pee Wee, Drinking Agists — The Hook-Up (11/25)
Vinyl is alive and well. Besides a smorgasbord of little and medium-sized record stores throughout north Brooklyn, today marks the opening of Rough Trade, a 10,000 square foot […]
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GIRLS Trailer Hits the Internet
Have you guys heard of this show, GIRLS? No one ever talks about it. Oh wait, sorry my brain just traveled back to the early 2012 for a minute–what I […]
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With No Local Homeless Respite Man Freezes to Death in McGolrick Park
Last year I sat in a community meeting at Greenpoint Church on Milton St and listened to neighbors argue for and against the 10 bed homeless respite that had opened […]
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Police Are Still Hunting for Suspect in Attempted Rape
The Brooklyn Special Victims Unit is still searching for the suspect in an attempted rape that happened in Williamsburg just past 4pm on Friday 11/8. The victim, 27, was walking […]
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UPDATED: RIP Christopher Meyer – Victim of (Possible) Hit & Run On Meeker Ave
Update #3: According to DNAinfo, Christopher Meyer was NOT the victim of a hit and run because, “the NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad later found that Meyer fell under the Brooklyn-Queens […]
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Yellow Dogs Tribute Show TONIGHT at Brooklyn Bowl (11/18)
If you were reading Greenpointers last week or keeping up with the news in general, you probably haven’t been able to shake a general feeling of shock and horror in […]
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Hit & Run Under BQE – Cyclist Killed
It is sad to report that early this morning a 32 year old man was hit on Meeker Ave between Frost and Manhattan Ave and died from injuries to his […]