WEDNESDAY 5/8 *Dharmahuasca: Buddhist Dharma, Ayahuasca, and Sacred Medicines @ Park Church Co-op (129 Russell St), 7pm, $20, learn about sacred medicines with the practice of Buddhist Dharma, Buy Tix ♫ The […]
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Is This Board Game Shop a Front For a Gambling App?
Greenpoint has a new gaming store—with very few games. Nestled into a line of boutique shops inside a repurposed warehouse on West St., Winners Corner has an airbrushed, dystopian feel. […]
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Greenpoint Oil Vapor Meeting Prompted by Multiple Complaints
A group of Greenpoint residents have reported smelling oil and petroleum vapors recently in their apartments and will hold a meeting this week with local elected officials and concerned neighbors […]
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Public Rally for Locked-Out Key Food Workers Happens on 5/19
UPDATE: The rally has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 19th, from noon- 1 p.m. at the Greenpoint Key Food. Approximately 40 Key Food meat department workers at seven local stores, […]
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Williamsburg Starbucks Whistleblower: “Mice poop was everywhere”
Following our post yesterday that highlights the closure of Starbucks at 154 N 7th St. by the Health Dept., a former employee contacted us with disturbing details on the extent […]
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Williamsburg Starbucks Closed by NYC Health Department
In North Brooklyn, a region overflowing with stellar independently owned coffee shops where the drip coffee doesn’t taste characteristically burned, it can be perplexing to see a packed Starbucks (we […]
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The Tragic Death and Lasting Legacy of Five Pointz
Just across Newtown Creek in Long Island City stood an abandoned industrial site that many considered the world’s greatest treasury of graffiti art. Tragically demolished in 2013, the world-famous Five […]
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New Greenpoint Library Expected to Open This Fall
The Greenpoint Library (107 Norman Ave.) closed in July 2017 for demolition, and construction on the new library was estimated to finish in the winter of 2018, but the discovery […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Buket Savci on Creating “Fleeting Moments of Pure Joy”
These are dark times, there’s no denying it. From political unrest and environmental crisis to smaller gripes like seasonal allergies and MTA woes, it’s easy to get bogged down […]
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Greenpoint Soil Safety Workshop Teaches How to Test for Lead
As a result of Greenpoint’s rich industrial and manufacturing history, significant contamination of the local soil with toxins such as lead remains a problem. A soil safety workshop from the Greenpoint […]