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Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint, Community, Historical Greenpoint

Hey North Brooklyn, Here’s Our Toxins Mapped

by Aaron Simon October 26, 2015October 26, 2015

To shine a light on Brooklyn’s murky legacy of contamination, the Neighbors Allied For Good Growth (NAG) and Pratt’s Spatial Analysis and Visualization Initiative (
SAVI) released a beta version of a ToxiCity […]

Posted inCommunity, News

Tomorrow (10/20), ToxiCity Map Reveals Greenpoint & Williamsburg’s Contamination Trail

by Aaron Simon October 19, 2015October 19, 2015

Did you know that North Brooklyn’s industrial legacy left behind an alphabet soup of toxins – TCE, PCBs, phthalates, benzene, and many other chemicals – that’s lingering beneath the surface in many sections […]

Posted inCommunity, News

Want Green Space? Occupy the Inlet this Sunday!

by Kim M August 5, 2015August 5, 2015

Got your kayaks and kites ready? If you don’t, better hurry up! This Sunday, the Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park are about to make history and they want you in […]

Posted inCommunity, News

BRC Homeless Shelter will NOT be getting 16 new Sex Offenders

by Kim M April 24, 2015April 25, 2015

  Yesterday morning I received an email with the words WATCH OUT in big bold letters. Sitting in my inbox, like a sack of rotting onions, was a link to […]

Posted inCommunity, News, Uncategorized

Newtown Barge Park is about to get a makeover and needs our help!

by Kim M January 6, 2015January 7, 2015

Parks. Everybody loves them. They are green, full of trees, and the perfect escape for people seeking refuge from NYC’s concrete jungle. But these days the word ‘park’ is unfortunately […]

Posted inCommunity, News

A Message to Greenpoint from Council Member Stephen Levin

by Jen G December 24, 2013

A week or so ago we published an article titled The Conspiracy Against The People Opposed To Greenpoint Landing, after the painful and last public meeting about the high rise towers inevitably […]

Posted inCommunity, News

The Conspiracy Against The People Opposed to Greenpoint Landing

by Avery December 13, 2013December 16, 2013

I hate the term conspiracy theory. It irks me. Often valid ideas get this moniker, as well as ideas that clearly deserve the term. That said, if Joe Blow murders […]

Posted inCommunity, News

Greenpoint Landing: The Story of the School and the Sludge Tank

by Gina December 12, 2013December 29, 2013

The Framework Plan for Greenpoint Landing actually shows the school one block East of the location where they plan to build. The school building will be located at 219 West […]

Posted inUncategorized

This is your last chance to stop Greenpoint Landing! Last Meeting! Get Active. Do it now! (12/5)

by Avery December 3, 2013December 5, 2013

Ok, here we are.  This is your last shot. I’m not playin’.  Either are the developers who  will soon turn Greenpoint into a Disneyfied vision of Brooklyn.  The last of the […]

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