On Sunday Greenpointers hosted one of my favorite of all the events that we organize, first because it supports my favorite local cause the Greenpoint Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen […]
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ULURP MEETING TOMORROW (9/17) – Comment on Greenpoint Landing & 77 Commercial St
Tomorrow – Tuesday 9/17/13 at 5pm at Borough President’s Courtroom (209 Joralemon St) there will be a Brooklyn Borough President ULURP Public Hearing on Greenpoint Landing & 77 Commercial. If you […]
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Box St. Park Closer to Reality – MTA Moves Vehicles
The Daily News is reporting that the MTA has finally agreed to move their vehicles from a parking lot at 65 Commercial Street to City-owned land in the Westchester Village […]
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Points of View, Literally: Save Greenpoint and Reasonable Development
On Wednesday’s crisp afternoon, a crowd that estimated itself at somewhere between 65 and 100 gathered to renew the call to action to prevent two (literally) looming developments from progressing […]
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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 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 […]
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Date Change – Meeting on Crime (8/27)
The Meeting on Crime will has been moved to 8/27. Save the date! Where: Polish Slavic Center (176 Java St) When: 8pm Join the Greenpoint Neighborhood Watch to discuss 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 […]
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First the G Down Weekends – Now The L Not Running Late Nights in August
Better grab a bicycle or get a new pair of walking shoes. Our weekend and late night subway access is becoming limited in North Brooklyn on the G and the […]
Posted inCulture
Ask El Padre: Displaced Disciple
Question: What do you do when you have very deep roots within a church that you love and sacrifice for, and then in comes a new honcho who stops ALL […]