👻 🎃 👾 👹 🍂 Sultry weather falls across the land—yet Halloween hour is close at hand. Creatures crawl in search of blood to terrorize our North Brooklyn ‘hood. And […]
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Green Thumbin’ It: North Brooklyn Community Garden Roundup
It’s planting season, and North Brooklyn’s giving us lots of opportunities to play in the dirt. This past weekend community members turned out for OpenHouseGCEF, Bushwick Inlet Park’s Daffodil Planting, Free Garden […]
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A Stamp Heist, A Soup Princess and Some Slavic Pride — the Hook-up (10/13)
The James A. Farley Post Office in Manhattan is the largest post office in the nation. The building bears a rousing inscription — taken from Herodotus’ Histories — which reads, […]
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Yoga Sessions Greenpoint Loft’s Roof Deck with Hosh Yoga this Sunday (10/1)!
After almost being priced out of the neighborhood, longtime Greenpoint yoga studio Hosh Yoga made an amazing comeback after raising enough money to move to a new space in the […]
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Family-Friendly Fundraiser for BK Story Voyager This Weekend (9/30)!
What:North Brooklyn Touch-a-Truck When: Saturday Sept 30th, 11am-2pm Where: Behind McCarren Park Pool, Leonard St. Between Bayard & Manhattan Tickets/info: $10 for the first child and $5 for additional children; […]
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Who Sees the Trees? Greenpoint’s Citizen Pruners!
We might live in the concrete jungle, but according to this fantastic interactive tree map made by the New York City Parks department, Greenpoint is blessed with arboreal abundance. Our […]
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Sofar Sounds, Metal Yoga, Cindy Wilson, Goldie Awards — What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (9/6–9/12)
WEDNESDAY 9/6 * Awaken + Activate with Rockstar Shaman @ The William Vale (111 N 12th St), 7pm, $20, Join us as Alyson Charles guides a meditation, card reading & […]
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Sinkholes, Summonses and the City Council — The Hook-Up 9/1
Pedestrians in North Brooklyn have been Walking on the Wild Side this week, since our thoroughfares are more treacherous than you thought. On Tuesday, a sinkhole opened on Myrtle Avenue […]
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SING BKLYN Launches Neighborhood Children’s Choir
Kids…gear up for fall! A new, exciting afterschool activity is coming to Brooklyn. SING BKLYN children’s choir is inspiring young musicians, grades k-4, to blend their voices and talents to […]
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Moon Over Greenpoint — Pics From The Solar Eclipse
Yesterday, Greenpoint residents gathered in Transmitter Park, McCarren Park and on rooftops and sidewalks to witness the solar eclipse. People crafted eclipse viewers and camera obscuras out of junked up […]