It’s beginning to look and feel a lot like winter, Greenpointers! Holiday lights were being strung along Greenpoint’s main avenues today just as the wintery air brought a reminder of […]
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Alchol-Free Bar Getaway Launches Weekend Coffee Shop This Saturday
Starting this weekend the alcohol-free bar Getaway (158 Green St.) will become a coffee shop (serving Intelligentsia coffee) during the morning and daytime hours.
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Van Dam Street Fire Contained Resulting in Two Firefighters Injured
Two FDNY firefighters were injured earlier this morning while battling a fire that took more than two hours to contain at a Greenpoint industrial building near Newtown Creek, the NY […]
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Art Show at Lost Retainer Features All Greenpoint Artists
The Greenpoint artist collective Lost Retainer (171 Calyer Street) is hosting an art exhibition from November 9th through 25th. The secret weapon? All ten of the featured artists will be members of […]
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Brooklyn Whiskers to Reopen on Box Street in 2020
The vegan cafe Brooklyn Whiskers will move to a new Greenpoint location on Box Street in 2020, the business announced the same week that their 1008 Manhattan Ave. space was […]
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12 Franklin Street Development on Hold, Listed for $50 Million
The former impending office and manufacturing development known as 12 Franklin St. is now on hold as the developer who purchased the lot three years ago for $24 million has relisted […]
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Thursday Spotlight: At HACO, Community Is as Vital as Art
There are lots of galleries and art spaces in Greenpoint; this is no secret. But HACO is attempting something fresher, bolder, and — most inherently — communal. In today’s Thursday […]
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2005 Rezoning Meeting, Other Art Fair, Change Our Air Community Forum — What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (11/6-11/12)
WEDNESDAY 11/6 * Transportation Committee Mtg — Community Board 1 @ Swinging 60’S Senior Citizens Center (211 Ainslie St) 630pm, FREE, monthly public transportation committee meeting, Calyer triangle intersection safety proposal and […]
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Fornino now serving signature dishes at The Springs this fall and winter
Ever the home to backyard shenanigans and yummy snacks, Greenpoint’s sprawling bar The Springs (224 Franklin St) will now exclusively serve food from Fornino this fall and winter. Fornino‘s Executive Chef and […]
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Non-Toxic Nail “Saloon” Lili and Cata Brings the Ultimate Mani-Pedi Experience to Greenpoint
When getting a mani-pedi is one of the few times in a week you can sit back and relax, you want it to be the ultimate “me time” experience. For […]