On Wednesday March 12, 2014 at 7pm, the Greenpoint community is invited to a Public Meeting at Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) to discuss the cleanup plan at Former Paragon Oil […]
Category: News
Posted inCommunity, News
Another Traffic Death: Young Woman Killed By Bus in Williamsburg
Unfortunately, we have another tragic traffic death to report in the neighborhood. At 1:30am on Sunday (3/2), 21-year-old Marisol Martinez was struck and killed by an MTA bus at […]
Posted inCommunity, News
Big D Closing After 35+ Years!
With sadness many readers have written in to let us know their favorite discount shop on Manhattan Ave – big D – which has served Greenpoint for over 35 years […]
Posted inNews, The Hook-Up
Raekwon + Beard Transplants – The Hook Up (2/28)
This week in local news….. Raekwon showed up at a Williamsburg fried chicken restaurant to rap abut ice cream. Building owners are cheating the system by advertising “affordable” housing on obscure […]
Posted inCommunity, News
McGolrick Park Public Meeting Tonight (2/26) #OSOM
McGolrick Park is a hidden gem on the other side of McGuinness Blvd (#OSOM) but many local residents feel the park needs some major love, like updates to the playground […]
Posted inCommunity, News
It’s Happening: Photoplay is Closing TOMORROW!
Readers sadly wrote in to tip us on the news that Greenpoint’s video store Photoplay, on Manhattan Ave for over a decade, is shutting its doors. We popped in a […]
Posted inCommunity, News
Greenpoint Condom Fail
Well, this is embarrassing. Greenpoint took the prize as the neighborhood with the lowest condom use in all of NYC, according to the recently published findings of a 2012 NYC […]
Posted inArt, Community, News
Immerse your Child’s Imagination at Tumbleweeds Art Camp
(sponsored) The closest I ever got to art at summer camp was making friendship bracelets. Art camp didn’t exist when I was a kid – oh the things I would […]
Posted inNews
Spud Pile Failure Caused East River Ferry India St Pier Ramp Collapse
The biggest craziest news in Greenpoint last week was the East River Ferry ramp collapse at India St Pier. No one was injured thankfully, but their motto, “Relax, we’ll get […]
Posted inCommunity, News
We May Have Just Found the Worst Slumlord in Brooklyn
The first time I saw Malina Nealis, it was in a the video below, where she is recorded beating the cameraman with a file folder, yelling in a thick Eastern […]