• It’s Rental Season, 5 Things to Look Out For In Your Lease (Brokelyn) • Riding through a fire hydrant on your bike in the heat is fun, right? 10 […]
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“Art is Hardware, Hardware is Art” Chat With Joe Franquinha of Crest Hardware Art Show
It’s not your typical art show, nor it is your typical hardware store. Walking down the aisles of Crest Hardware Store (558 Metropolitan Ave) while the annual Crest Hardware Art […]
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Chinese Guardian Lions AKA Foo Dogs at SMC Stone & Mr. Pi’s Treats
Walking around Greenpoint, it’s hard to miss the stone importers – with giant slabs of marble and granite lining their lots. You can usually just walk in the lots or […]
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Write A Song, Win A Trip To Stockholm
Via Brooklyn Brewery: Hark! Up-and-coming songwriters, bedroom recorders, dayjob artists, would-be hip-hop icons, listen up. This contest is for you. All unsigned, amateur drinking-aged souls with a love for beer and […]
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Reminder: No G Between Greenpoint Ave & Court Sq. This Weekend
From MTA Weekender: Reminder: due to Sandy Recovery work there are no trains between Nassau Av and Court Sq. Free shuttle buses provide alternate service. Manhattan Ave shuttle buses run […]
Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint, Culture
(Not) Forgotten Greenpoint: Transmitter Park – Attack of the Killer… Mockingbirds?
Okay, “killer” is an exaggeration. A reader wrote in to tell us a funny, but at the same time a little frightening story about her recent run in with an […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Reviews
Greenpoint Veggie Burger Diaries: Mother’s
While Mother’s (347 Graham Ave) is technically NOT in Greenpoint – it is the veggie burger that inspired the new Greenpoint Veggie Burger Diaries series, in which I review all the […]
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A Magical Evening, Stomps & Claps, LIC Immersion, Sicilian Supper, Body Maps, Pizza Party: What’s Happening Greenpoint? (7/10-7/14)
(sponsored) ♫ A Magical Evening @ Secret Loft (247. N. 10th St @ Union Ave) Sat. 7/13, 9pm, $10, 21+, Free Kegs & Performances by Lilly Wolf / Ra Ra Rasputin / Ichicuts […]
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July Bicycle Sale & Keg Fundraiser (7/13) at Silk Road Road Cycles
(sponsored) The G Train is down for many weekends to come – so why not get on a bike? Since you can’t rely on the subway, rediscover NYC on a […]
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Tonight The Mount Carmel Feast Begins! (7/10) – And there’s a Meatball Contest! (7/15)
This is a tradition my crazy Italian family looks forward to every year, but you don’t need to be crazy or Italian to enjoy the Our Lady of Mount Carmel […]