Back for its sixth year and stronger than ever, Greenpoint Open Studios will bring the neighborhood an art-filled weekend this Saturday and Sunday (June 8th & 9th) with more than […]
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COUNTDOWN: One Week Until Greenpoint Open Studios (Sat 6/8-Sun 6/9)
Get ready because in just one week Greenpoint Open Studios (GOS) is returning to the neighborhood June 8th – 9th with more than 350 local artists opening up their studios […]
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Lack of Drainage Under India Street May Take Years to Fix
The routine flooding of the India Street entrance to the NYC Ferry is finally receiving attention from city officials, but the lack of sewage and drainage infrastructure underneath the street may […]
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Brooklyn Board Manager Defends SUV Splurge: ‘I’m Not Going to Parties’
This story was originally published on 5/30/19 by THE CITY. The manager of a community board under fire for buying a $26,000 SUV with public funds defended the purchase Wednesday night — […]
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1,000 Electric Mopeds Released Onto Brooklyn and Queens Streets
A fresh fleet of 1,000 rentable electric mopeds were released in Brooklyn and Queens on Wednesday by Brooklyn-based electric moped tech company Revel, the NY Daily News reports. To access […]
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In “Cabin,” A Queer Thriller Takes Over The Bushwick Starr
We’re always voyeurs, as audiences in a theater, but the three-paneled walls we peer through in Cabin only heighten our perverse role. In this titular cabin, men are spied on […]
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Box Street Park Redesign to Be Presented 5/29
A new design for the planned Box Street Park is set to be revealed this week. NYC Parks will present the new Box Street Park design on Wednesday, May 29th, […]
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Greenpoint Car Arsonist Caught
The man who set a car on fire in Greenpoint on May 12th has been caught, according to the NY Daily News. Jonathan Perez (pictured above) was caught on a […]
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Teenager “Found Dead” in Leonard Street Home on Thursday
A teenaged girl was “found dead” inside a Greenpoint home on Thursday, NBC NY reports. 16-year-old Skylar Darragh was found “unresponsive in the home on Leonard Street,” at around 3:15 […]
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Gas Odor Causes Greenpoint Preschool Evacuation
Gas odors resulted in the temporary evacuation of preschool children from the Greenpoint YMCA’s Early Childhood Center in the Polish and Slavic Center at 176 Java St. on Thursday morning, […]