With the summer months ahead and significant increase in pedestrian traffic to and from the East River Ferry and Transmitter Park, many Greenpointers are complaining that the Greenpoint Waterfront is […]
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Only In Greenpoint: Black Rabbit Painted Landmark Color and Transformed Into 1860s Bar
You may have noticed that the facade of Black Rabbit (91 Greenpoint Ave) was repainted from black to a muddy maroon in order to comply with NYC Landmark Commission. What do […]
Posted inEat & Drink, Reviews
“This is my New York!” Clare Spikerman of Propeller Coffee on Manhattan Ave
On May 3rd, Greenpoint gained a new destination for coffee with some special bells & whistles – most notably, the thoughtful outlook and welcoming sense of humor of its owner. […]
Posted inCommunity, Events
WTF is ULURP? Community Workshop on Greenpoint Landing and 77 Commercial St – Next Thursday 6/27
Many readers have been very concerned about the proposed Greenpoint Landing development on the waterfront. But you can’t just worry about it now – then complain about it later. As […]
Posted inEat & Drink
Van Leeuwen Vegan Ice Cream Rules! (And it’s GMO-FREE)
Attention all you ice cream freaks who happen to be vegan, Van Leeuwen (632 Manhattan Ave) just rolled out a new line of Vegan Ice Cream – and it rules! So […]
Posted inEvents, What's Happening?
War Correspondents, Senior Center Art Show, Brooklyn Castle, Eat Your Face Off, Five Windows, Daddies!: What’s Happening Greenpoint? (6/12-6/17)
Receive What’s Happening? via email! There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY (6/12) • OSA Community Committee Public Forum @ The Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) 7-8:30pm, our […]
Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint, Culture
Que Pasa, Greenpoint? Monitor Museum
Did you know that Greenpoint has a museum? Yes we do and at this time it serves as a traveling museum visiting local schools. Motiva Enterprises has donated waterfront property […]
Posted inEat & Drink
It’s a coffee shop! It’s a flower shop! It’s SPINA
It seems that every walk down Franklin St reveals another new business (usually a coffee shop or restaurant) in Greenpoint. Recently, SPINA, which means thorn in Italian, opened in the […]
Posted inCommunity, News
Update: Dog Attack Caught On Tape – Photo of (FAT & BALD) Attack Dog Owner & White Shepherd Attacker
While I have no interest in showing you a dog attack and will not, the nice folks at Napa Auto, where the recent dog attack took place last Wednesday June […]
Posted inCommunity, News
Morgan Betw Nassau & Norman Closed (6/13-14)
Via Joe Lentol: “Street closure advisory: On June 13-14 from 9am-4pm, Morgan Avenue between Nassau and Norman Avenues will be closed to vehicular traffic due to a crane operation.”