If you live anywhere near McGolrick Park, you have seen the mysterious old Chinese guy who runs everywhere donned in a marathoner’s outfit. Well, the New York Daily News […]
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“Get To The ‘Point” 5K Run This Sunday (10/13)
This Sunday, a number of major streets in Greenpoint will be closed down to traffic to allow for the annual “Get to the ‘Point”5K run to take place. Now in […]
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Greenpoint Landing Public Hearing (10/9)
Tomorrow is the 2nd to last public hearing on Greenpoint Landing and 77 Commercial St. The City Planning Commission will cast a vote on the project. Residents will be able to […]
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Food Critics Take Over, Greenpointlandia, EMS Opens, The Pulaski Shuffle, Selling Trees — The Hook Up 9/7
Seems like the Greenpoint food scene is featured every week in the bigger news outlets. This week, Greenpoint’s newbie, Lake Street was included in a Daily News article about the […]
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Got A Fitness Question? Ask a Trainer!
Ever wonder what it takes to really get a six pack (and we don’t mean of PBR)? Not sure why you still have a pot belly, even though you exercise? […]
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Victory for Airbnb in NYC
You may remember the administrative ruling back in May that rendered Airbnb illegal in New York City–that ruling has just been reversed, making it A-OK to rent out your room […]
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Greenpoint Landing “One Gigantic Brownfield Site”: If You Care About Greenpoint – Sign This Petition Now!
New York City is a place where change is inevitable, and where change comes, real estate development follows. It would not be the place it is without it. However the […]
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11222 Is Getting $19.5 Million – Greenpoint Environmental Funding
Last Thursday was Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund’s third meeting since the $19.5 Million settlement with ExxonMobil – funding which will be granted to environmental projects only within the 11222 area […]
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BEWARE the Gritty South!
Oh New York Times Style Section, how you love to make generalizing statements about this mysterious land called Williamsburg, a mystical place where millennials and yuppies hold hands and […]
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Serious Food, Trucks & Buses, Stabby Local, Tower Impact, Texas Gold — The Hook-Up 9/30
The New York Observer gives 5 stars to Luksus, a tasting-menu-only eatery inside Torst Bar on Manhattan Avenue. And another newish Greenpoint restaurant that I personally love, Selamat Pagi, […]