Last week I spoke about Brooklyn’s great poet Walt Whitman who served as the editor of Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Daily News in the late 1850s, but I also mentioned the name […]
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A Fruit Salad More Than a Decade in the Making
His first day in Brooklyn, Joon Yoon was baptized in true New York City fashion—with bird poop. While others would consider this an ill omen, Joon saw his unexpected baptism […]
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Amazon Cancels Long Island City HQ2 Plans
After Governor “Amazon” Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio offered the trillion-dollar company, Amazon, upwards of $3 billion in tax subsidies to locate part of its HQ2 campus in Long […]
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Floating Timber Bridge Proposed to Span Newtown Creek
Williamsburg-based CRÈME introduced renderings of Timber Bridge at LongPoint Corridor: A 275-foot-long, 16-foot-wide, floating pedestrian and biking bridge made of sustainable glue-laminated and pressure-treated timber, to span Newtown Creek from Manhattan […]
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Northbound Trains Will Skip Greenpoint Avenue in March
Service changes for the G train are slated to begin March 1, to make way for construction crews to install three elevators at the Greenpoint Ave stop, Councilmember Stephen […]
Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint
The Unlikley Story Behind Williamsburg’s Washington Statue
These last bone-chilling, frigid days have been hard to bear, but these freezing days have reminded me of the horrible cold the Continental Army endured during the darkest moments of […]
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L Train Petroleum Stench Linked to Bushwick Avenue Gas Station Spills
A shuttered Shell gas station at 2 Bushwick Ave. where five spills were reported from 1989 – 2006 is being identified as the potential source of the L train petroleum […]
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Brooklyn Community Board 1’s Monthly Public Meeting is Tomorrow (2/12)
It’s that time of the month again for Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 to convene for its monthly public meeting. You can attend in person on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the […]
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Could the Next President of the United States Be an Ex-Williamsburg Bohemian?
When people make shortlists for the Democratic Party’s likely nominees to run against Donald Trump in the 2020 election, Beto O’Rourke’s name is often near the top of those lists. […]
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See You Sunday at the Greenpointers Vintage Rose Valentine’s Market!
Rain or shine our Vintage Rose Valentine’s Market is happening tomorrow February 10, from 1-7pm. As a reminder, we have a ton of free stuff happening at the market to keep you […]