Just the name “Participatory Budgeting” might want to make you hit the snooze button, but it’s actually a unique opportunity to vote on a project that YOU want to see […]
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Will Punk Rope’s Tim Haft – Fit or Flop? Vote!
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 […]