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Q&A With Greenpoint Author Melissa Faliveno

by Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner August 11, 2020August 18, 2020

New York City is full of two things: Transplants and artists. Often, they (we), overlap, and many transplant-artists can be found in Greenpoint, practicing their craft in public (at least, […]

Booklyn is Moving to Sunset Park—Say Goodbye Next Weekend (2/22-2/24)!

by Stephanie February 15, 2018January 23, 2018

One of my favorite things about Greenpoint is its literati culture: WORD (126 Franklin St) for its impeccable catalogue and ongoing readings, Archestratus (160 Huron St) for its love of cuisine, connection, […]

Beloved indie bookstore McNally Jackson gets a Williamsburg branch

by Lucie Levine February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

For the last four years, McNally Jackson, the beloved indie bookstore at 52 Prince Street, has been in the process of opening a branch in Williamsburg. Now, the wait is […]

Greenpoint Winter Survival Guide: Get Your Lit On This Winter

by Melissa Loseby January 30, 2018January 29, 2018

What types of books are your fellow Greenpointers curling up with this winter? More winter survival tips are coming your way this week, this time we get some solid literary […]

Leonard Library Book Sale & Bake Sale This Saturday (10/21)!

by Greenpointers Staff October 20, 2017October 18, 2017

WHAT: Friends of Leonard Library Book Sale & Bake Sale WHERE: Leonard Library, 81 Devoe Street WHEN: Saturday, October 21st, 12-4pm Leonard Library (81 Devoe Street) is having their Friends of […]

Hot off the Press: Pics From The Brooklyn Dirty Book Fair

by Greenpointers Staff July 17, 2017July 17, 2017

This weekend, Greenpoint played host to the first ever Brooklyn Dirty Book Fair. The event, presented by MATTE Magazine, lasted all day Saturday and Sunday at Point Green Studio (260 Java […]

Lit + Libidos at the Brooklyn Dirty Book Fair This Weekend (7/15-16)!

by Greenpointers Staff July 11, 2017July 11, 2017

It’s mid-July and hopefully by now you’ve had the chance to get some proper summer lovin’. If not, then Greenpoint’s first ever erotic book fair and sexy afterparty this weekend might […]

Greenpoint Reads: The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker

by Stephanie February 27, 2017February 21, 2017

Perhaps you just heard of The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker – either randomly browsing the shelves at Word Bookstore (126 Franklin St.) or you stopped by the author’s reading at […]

Top 10 Summer Reads About Greenpoint

by Geoff Cobb July 14, 2016July 14, 2016

Want some Summer reading about our neighborhood? Here’s a list of books related to Greenpoint. People ask me how I researched my account of local history Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past. The […]

Status Update: Archestratus Books & Foods

by Dakota February 4, 2016June 15, 2016

Archestratus, the food bookstore and cafe on Huron Street, has been open for a few months now. We last updated you upon its opening in October 2015, so we thought […]

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