The Greenpoint post office (66 Meserole Ave.) is currently operating on a reduced schedule due to a staffing shortage as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. A note taped to […]
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Musician Nate Palan’s Greenpoint Balcony Transforms Into a Stage During the Pandemic
Nate Palan is a musician and songwriter who has seized the quarantined moment to help entertain his neighbors from his Greenpoint apartment balcony. With the help of his acoustic guitar […]
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Greenpoint Hunger Program Launches Campaign to Support Outdoor Food Pantry
The Greenpoint Hunger Program is seeking support for their new outdoor set-up in response to social distancing guidelines meant to slow the spread of coronavirus. With the launch of a […]
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Delivering Sandwiches in Greenpoint, Blue Light Speak Cheesy Helps Fill Gap Left by Shuttered Restaurants
The abrupt arrival of coronavirus changed the state of restaurants and how people access food overnight, and independent entrepreneurs who are pushing through the pandemic to prepare and deliver food […]
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Greenpoint Laundromats and Grocery Stores Decrease Hours and Temporarily Close Due to Coronavirus
New York is on pause keeping non-essential workers at home while slowing the spread of coronavirus, but many grocery stores and laundromats, which are considered essential, are now operating on […]
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Hand Sanitizer Donated to Sanitation Workers by Greenpoint-Based Greenhook Ginsmiths
The Greenpoint-based distillers Greenhook Ginsmiths (208 Dupont St.) are helping out the Department of Sanitation’s Brooklyn North 1 Garage with a donation of more than 100 bottles of their new […]
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Quarantine Portraits Show Greenpointers From Their Apartment Windows and Fire Escapes
Waiting out the pandemic, photographer Johnny Cirillo has spent recent weeks indoors along with the rest of his fellow Greenpoint neighbors adhering to social distancing guidelines. His new photo series […]
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Campaign to Feed Hospital Heroes and Employ Restaurant Workers Launched by North Brooklyn Angels
The North Brooklyn Angels launched a new initiative this week to help laid off restaurant workers and front line health care heroes. The “Neighbors Feeding Heroes” crowdfunding campaign began accepting […]
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Gimme! Coffee Permanently Closes Williamsburg Shop
The Williamsburg location of Ithaca-based Gimme! Coffee will not reopen after closing in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the business announced on Tuesday. The local independent coffee roaster […]
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Children’s Sing Along Connects Socially Distant Greenpoint Neighbors
Schools have been closed for nearly a month and virtual classrooms are the new normal as quarantined parents in Greenpoint are finding new ways to connect their kids in these […]