You may know Tim Haft from Punk Rope at the Greenpoint YMCA or early morning butt kickings at Beastanetics in McGolrick Park. Now Greenpoint’s favorite fitness guru is a competitor on […]
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Beauty Liberation Party at BK Groove on Saturday! (3/29)
(sponsored) Free yourself from the toxic chemicals you put on your skin everyday at a Beauty Liberation Party this Saturday from noon-8pm at Brooklyn Groove (102B Nassau Ave). Spring cleaning […]
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Will Greenpoint Become the Next Williamsburg? BKLYNR Investigates
We recently came across a great piece from BKLYNR that traces the emergence of Greenpoint Landing from its Bloombergian roots to the looming tension today, investigating how the proposed paradise […]
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Leech Therapy, Drag Pageants, & Paulie Gee – The Hook Up (3/21)
Leech therapy is a thing now. Andrew Plucinski, is apparently running a leeching therapy service out of his Greenpoint loft, which he’s dubbed the “Silesian Holistic Center.” It’s like […]
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Street Art With Saving Lives in Mind – Right Of Way
After traffic tragedy after tragedy after tragedy in North Brooklyn, we all agree that something has to be done (aside from ticketing jaywalkers) about speeding – (especially on McGuinness Blvd) […]
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10 Incredible Photos From Last Night’s Fire in Greenpoint
The sky over Greenpoint was lit up last night and the dark plume of smoke from the fire that burned over a 600 sq. foot industrial area could be seen […]
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Huge Fire Happening Now in Greenpoint (Greenpoint Ave & Humboldt St)
Firerighters are working right now to put out a HUGE fire at a Greenpoint recycling facility on Humboldt St. and Greenpoint Ave – right across from the Newtown Creek Sewage […]
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What’s that Smell? Dredging Party Boat!
How many people can say that they live in a neighborhood that has scheduled dredging? That’s something to brag about, kind of like when you have a really disgusting, oozing […]
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B48 Bus Wrecked 15 Cars After Driver Had A “Medical Emergency”
Around 7:30pm last night a B48 driver had what NBC is describing as a “medical emergency” that caused the driver to lose control of the bus, which crashed into over […]
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New Proposal Wants to Map Greenpoint’s Toxic Sites
One of the first things I learned after moving to Greenpoint in 2011 was that The Mark Bar gives out free bagels on Sundays. Or at least they used to. […]