Is it the Streetcar Named Desire for the people of New York, or is de Blasio’s proposed streetcar linking Brooklyn and Queens a developer’s fantasy in the making? In either […]
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What Jonas Wrought — The Hook-Up 1/29
Weird to think that all that white stuff on the ground is half melted less than a week later, but here’s the low-down on that $200/night igloo that you’ve probably […]
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All That Sparkles is Gold Donuts & the Promise of a Better Newtown Creek — The Hook-Up 1/22
The treasure that is Peter Pan Donut & Pastry Shop is not a secret to anyone who’s lived in Greenpoint for more than two months, but it was recently given […]
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Hot Sauce, Hot Rents & Hot Accolades — The Hook-Up 1/8
Two Greenpoint Landing buildings have reached a construction milestone — a vertical one. Both 33 Eagle and 21 Commercial Street have topped out. Greenpoint is on the map for hot […]
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Merry Christmas, Greenpoint — The Hook-Up 12/25
You’ve seen the gingerbread house on Humboldt Street — now meet the man behind the candy cane trim. It may be too late to look, but it’s not too late […]
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The Clapboard Menace, the St. Nick Scourge, & More of the Same — The Hook-Up 12/11
The clapboard menace has ruffled enough feathers to generate a “no-film zone” proposal, but some are sensing a recurring plot line. This year, many locals have been wishing for a […]
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The Horsemen of Gentrification Could at Least Bring Some Trash Cans with Them — The Hook-Up 11/6
Is “Greenpoint” becoming synonymous with “gentrification?” This week, Forbes spotlighted the decline of Polish businesses, and McSweeney’s did a McSweeney’s. Curb Your Litter is tackling Greenpoint’s abysmal person-to-garbage-can ratio with […]
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Meet Greenpoint’s Drug Lords, Then Look Wistfully At the Changing Waterfront — The Hook-Up 10/30
Greenpoint might not need a Breaking Bad cafe after all. Turns out a local mom-and-pop pharmacy was host to “one of the biggest illegal prescription pill rings in New York […]
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Walter White Coffee, Development Sagas, & Life in Newtown Creek — The Hook-Up 10/16
Greenpoint Avenue is a Bike Blockers clusterfuck, according to WNYC. Most of us might be willing to make exceptions for vans delivering smoked salmon, however. Perhaps fitting that owner Deniz […]
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Kickball Feuds, Hostage Fashion & Celebrity Lambs — The Hook-Up 10/9
Everyone knows about the unrivaled people-watching potential of McCarren Park, but not everyone lives to see a standoff between a kickball bro and an indignant nap queen. Is she “the […]