This week I’ve been consumed by two things: A) finding ways to use all the delicious figs (in season in Greenpoint now!) and B) 90s hip hop slow jamz.
Tag: Brooklyn
Posted inCommunity, News
Greenpointers Block Watch Program – Get Involved!
The Block Watch Program is being relaunched in Greenpoint, and if you would like to join the program here’s how: Contact Police Officer Steve Truglio of the 94th Precinct at […]
Posted inThe Hook-Up
Historic Greenpoint Drama, Color Wars, NBBC, Civilian Patrols – The Hook-Up 9/2
Always classy New York Post did an article on new restaurants in Greenpoint. Actually, their choices were pretty good. Read about the drama and hanky panky that transpired at […]
Posted inEat & Drink
“Blue Gas Flames And Birds Twirling” A Chat With Ed Raven On Dirck The Norseman and Grain Terminal Brewery
Ed Raven, of Raven Importing Company and owner of Brouwerij Lane, promised that the new brewery he is opening called Grain Terminal, along with a bar/restaurant called Dirck The Norseman […]
Posted inNews, The Hook-Up
Nail Art, Greenpoint the Song, CSA Art Shares?, Hynosis in the Hood, Poor Doors Wars –The Hook-Up 8/26
Apparently nail art is high art these days. (Blouin Art Info) Indie Rockers, Bridges And Powerlines, have a new song called “Greenpoint” CSAs for Art. The business model works great […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Recipes, Uncategorized
Recipes Gone Wild: Drunken Chicken of the Woods
Brooklyn’s been squawking a lot about chickens lately, but you hear more about the trend of raising backyard birds than you do about foraging for the fungal variety. Chicken of the […]
Posted inNews, The Hook-Up
$3.75 Million Condo, BK Mag Hates & Loves on GP, Mayoral Debate, No Light, No Lycra, The Elm – The Hook-Up 8/19
• If you have $3.75 million – you can buy this Greenpoint Condo on West St (Brownstoner) • Kicking us while we’re down, the Brooklyn Magazine reported on a poll that ranked […]
Posted inCulture
No Cars On McGuinness Blvd – A Virtual Reality with Streetmix
I’m just going to go out on a limb and say it. I hate cars. See the above image? It’s my vision for McGuinness Blvd using an online App called […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Recipes
Recipes Gone Wild: Roasted Corn Salad – What to do if you see a raccoon or have an adundance of corn…
There’s nothing much cuter than a fuzzy raccoon, even when it’s peeking out of a greasy dumpster in the summer heat. Case in point here. But if you have the […]
Posted inEvents, News
REMINDER: Public Hearing for Waterfront Development Tonight! (8/13)
Have you heard about the approved plan for the Greenpoint Landing development yet? Need another visual? Pretty crazy, right? Like it or not, the Greenpoint Waterfront will soon be drastically transformed […]