Hope everyone is preparing for the big hurricane coming our way this weekend. Thought I’d post a map of the Greenpoint evacuation zones for a Category 2 storm like Irene, […]
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Garden Spot
As Greenpointers reported on Monday, a duo of designers on India Street is attempting to raise funds to create a community space where a parking lot is destined to go. […]
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McGuinness [Shelter], Sharing
On August 19th, The Brooklyn Eagle speculated that an empty building near the northernmost point of McGuinness Blvd in Brooklyn had been bought by a developer, Triumph Hotels, in the knowledge that […]
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Fire On Moultrie
A fire at 43 Moultrie Street on Friday, August 19th, went to 2 alarms before being controlled by the FDNY. On Sunday, August 21st, the building’s sole tenant, Doris Yao, […]
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A Warehouse of Vintage
I have loved vintage clothing since I was in junior high. I have collected and sold it in all different shapes and forms for the last 13 years. It supplements […]
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Greenpoint Heights, Onyx
<a href=”http://thegreenpointers.com/app/uploads/2011/08/onyx1.jpg”><img src=”http://thegreenpointers.com/app/uploads/2011/08/onyx1-225×300.jpg” alt=”” width=”225″ height=”300″ /></a> The first time I entered the newly-managed Onyx on Morgan & Nassau in Greenpoint, I heard one of the barkeeps refer to the […]
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Quickie: Organic Deli & Grocery
According to a recent permit application it appears the bodega located at 1018 Manhattan Avenue that has been closed for the last couple of months is revamping itself to become […]
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Summertime and Fresh Road
New pavement is being laid south of the BQE, in either southern Greenpoint (historically) or East Williamsburg (presently). (Given that the old Greenpoint Hospital was at 300 Skillman Avenue, the […]
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Studio Jewelry Robbery
Update 8.4.11: The Brooklyn Paper reports they nabbed the suspect Felix Lagoa. Studio Jewelry on Nassau Avenue was robbed early this afternoon and the owner, Richard Sanocki shot in the […]