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Greenpoint and Williamsburg Will Have “Open Streets” Starting Thursday

by Greenpointers Staff May 13, 2020

12 miles of additional streets that will be temporarily closed to vehicles were introduced on Wednesday by Mayor Bill de Blasio as part of NYC’s Open Streets initiative to provide […]

Greenpoint Landing Developers Broke State Law With de Blasio Donations

by Greenpointers Staff September 19, 2019September 19, 2019

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s political fundraising tactics are facing an ethics probe as real estate developers will have to pay fines for donating to de Blasio’s non-profit while seeking contracts […]

Williamsburg at Center of NYC Public Health Emergency

by Greenpointers Staff April 9, 2019April 9, 2019

Since September of last year, more than 250 measles cases have been documented in Williamsburg, and today New York City declared a public health emergency mandating that all residents receive a […]

Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found in Nassau Avenue G Subway

by Aaron Simon March 13, 2019

A Ruth Bader Ginsburg poster was vandalized in Greenpoint on Tuesday inside the Nassau Avenue G subway station with the words “Die Jew Bitch” along with a drawing of a […]

Nomiki Konst Will NEVER Accept Real Estate Money in NYC Public Advocate Race

by Aaron Simon December 4, 2018December 5, 2018

The New York City Public Advocate race grows more crowded by the week as Melissa Mark-Viverito has joined the growing candidate list that includes Council Member Jumaane Williams. The race […]

NYC Historian Mitch Waxman Discusses Amazon HQ2

by Aaron Simon December 3, 2018December 3, 2018

Mitch Waxman is a lifelong New Yorker and historian who for the past decade has traversed the area near the Long Island City waterfront at Anabel Basin where Amazon’s HQ2 […]

Lyft Buys Citi Bike, Plans Electronic Bike Expansion

by Aaron Simon December 3, 2018December 3, 2018

The Citi Bike presence in North Brooklyn and New York City as a whole will continue to grow at a time when the program’s parent company Motivate will be acquired […]

City Unveils North Brooklyn Industry Plan To Grow Manufacturing Sector

by Aaron Simon November 20, 2018November 20, 2018

North Brooklyn’s industrial business zone is undergoing a further rezoning push by Bill de Blasio’s administration just a week after the announcement of the tentative Amazon HQ2 move to Long Island […]

Pigeon Pets, Greenpoint Garbage Moves Away, and Back Stabbing — The Hook-Up 4/21

by Megan Penmann April 22, 2017April 22, 2017

Omg! A pigeon flew into someone’s kitchen near the Lorimer stop and made a nest inside a pasta strainer. Follow Adelaide the pigeon on Instagram. This Fall, some of our Greenpoint […]

Mayor de Blasio Helps Community Celebrate Bushwick Inlet Park Victory

by Geoff Cobb December 20, 2016December 20, 2016

This past Saturday, December 17th, Mayor de Blasio came to Bushwick Inlet Park to praise the community activists who after ten years of struggle finally prevailed and forced the city […]

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