Firefighters are suing the city because they allege that Ladder 146 in Greenpoint is anti-Muslim and anti-Hispanic. Brooklyn’s first dinner boat, “The Water Table” a World War II-era ship […]
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Mega-Records, Future Hotel? Local Relief, Pee Wee, Drinking Agists — The Hook-Up (11/25)
Vinyl is alive and well. Besides a smorgasbord of little and medium-sized record stores throughout north Brooklyn, today marks the opening of Rough Trade, a 10,000 square foot […]
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Greenpoint Walks, More Trains, Toxic NYC, Bipolar & Monogamous, ‘Wiches — The Hook-Up (11/18)
New website, Walkscore, gives Greenpoint a 94/100 rating for walkability in NYC, but also ranks it as the 58th most walkable neighborhood in NYC. This site says that Washington […]
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Greenpoint Skinheads, Delicious Donuts, Local Kickstarting, Violent Apple Thief, Pinball Marathon — The Hook-Up (11/11)
Adam Krause is a photographer who shot these incredibly intense, and if you’re local, horrifying, photos of “Greenpoint Brooklyn Nazi Skinheads.” from 2009 that was featured on Slate.com last […]
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Film Crew Polluters, Pulaski Lane Shift, Blocked Messages, The Noise Police, Sweet Buns — The Hook-Up (11/4)
Just when you thought film crews on our streets couldn’t get any more annoying, the producers of “The Knick” decided to dump all of their waste into the sewers […]
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Serious Coffee, Happy Anniversary, Man vs. Bus, Transfer Turmoil, Toxic Horror — The Hook-Up (10/28)
Greenpointers.com contributor, Chérmelle D. Edwards has a very cool site called smdlr and was featured this week on Serious Eats as one of the best 5 coffee blogs! A […]
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Let’s Go Ice Skating! Beer vs. Wine, Greenpoint’s Architectural Varieties, Markowitz Loves Developers, Not Greenpoint, The Hook-Up — 10/21
The McCarren Park Ice Skating Rink is real and happening next month! Gothamist is reporting that it will open on November 15 and stay open 7 days a week through January. […]
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Marathon Man, To The Bank With Banksy, Bazaar Comes To Town, Less Trash, Worst. Dentist. Ever. The Hook-Up — 10/14
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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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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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, […]