New York City Council Member Stephen Levin is hosting a North Greenpoint Development meeting at the Polish Slavic Center (176 Java Street) on Wednesday, 11/8 at 6:30, where community members […]
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Review: Josh Ritter and The Royal City Band at Brooklyn Steel
Brooklyn-based singer songwriter, Josh Ritter and his Royal City Band, provided safe harbor from the storm at Brooklyn Steel (309 Frost St) during Sunday’s torrential downpour. The weather was a nice […]
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Standards Manual in Greenpoint Finds Success in Reissuing Relics
“We had a hint there might be an interest in this book.” That hint was raising over $800,000 on Kickstarter to reissue the New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards […]
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Greenpoint’s Haunted House On Oak Street
If I had to pick one house in Greenpoint to set a horror movie in it would be the big old house set back off the street at the corner […]
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Get Ready to Shake It Tonight! NYC Repeals “No Dancing Law” Today
The City Council is set to repeal New York’s “No Dancing” law today. Formally known as the “Cabaret Law,” the 1926 statute forbids dancing in bars without a cabaret license. […]
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Nassau Ave’s Got a New Vintage Shop for Adults AND Kids!
Shop owner and longtime Greenpoint resident Brittany Mahps has just opened her second vintage boutique on Nassau Avenue. You may recognize her first neighborhood vintage clothing shop Mahps (110A Nassau […]
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Digester Eggs Bring “Elegant Combination of Engineering and Art” to Newtown Creek
While the North Brooklyn Boat Club inspects what lurks beneath the waters of Newtown Creek every Halloween, we thought we’d take a deep dive (theoretically) into what looms above them: […]
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Plan to Ease L-Pocolypse at Lorimer Street Calls for Opening Long-Shuttered Entrances
As L-Pocolypse looms, various civic groups, like Riders Alliance and the L Train Coalition, are looking for ways to help riders weather the shutdown, and improve New York’s transit system […]
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Heather Christian Unleashes a Ravishing Tour de Force in The Bushwick Starr’s “Animal Wisdom”
The richest musical score this season might not be found on Broadway. To add to its allure, it’s created by a “migraine-suffering musician who talks to dead people.” It’s a […]
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Improve Our Parks! OSA & NYC Parks Town Hall Meeting Thursday (11/2)!
The Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn is hosting a Town Hall meeting this Thursday November 2nd from 6:30pm-8pm, where folks can pow-wow about ideas for improving our parks, as […]