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Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Tag: environmental activism

Posted inNonprofit

North Brooklyn Neighbors Celebrates 26th Anniversary

by Julia KottAugust 11, 2020August 18, 2020

North Brooklyn Neighbors celebrates their 26th anniversary this week, but the pandemic poses a major challenge to the fundraising efforts, boardmembers say. The grassroots nonprofit began in 1994 as a […]

Posted inCulture

Sister Francis Kress, Pioneer in Greenpoint Environmental Movement, Has Passed Away

by Geoff CobbJanuary 21, 2019March 3, 2022

Sister Francis Gerard Kress who Greenpointers profiled last year in its series on important local women passed away on January 17th in Brentwood, Long Island. She was 104 years old […]

Posted inNews

Art, Urban Equity and Brooklyn in Albany — The Hook-up 12/15

by Lucie LevineDecember 15, 2017December 15, 2017

Last week, I had the privilege to see a remastered print of Ken Burns’ 1981 film, Brooklyn Bridge, at the Brooklyn Museum. The documentary had me feeling all the feelings […]

Posted inEvents

Community Visioning, Newtown Creek History, and Green Roof Tour at Kingsland Wildflowers this Saturday (6/3)

by SponsoredMay 30, 2017

This Saturday (June 3rd), you can tour the beautiful rooftop at Kingsland Wildflowers (520 Kingsland Ave), learn about the future of Newtown Creek at a community visioning workshop, and take a look […]

Posted inCommunity, News

New Proposal Wants to Map Greenpoint’s Toxic Sites

by storresMarch 13, 2014March 12, 2014

One of the first things I learned after moving to Greenpoint in 2011 was that The Mark Bar gives out free bagels on Sundays. Or at least they used to. […]

Posted inCommunity, Historical Greenpoint

“Presumed Inevitability of Gentrification” in Greenpoint: Not The End Of The Story

by JoelMay 20, 2013May 20, 2013

Two new articles about gentrification and environmental activism in Greenpoint, appearing in The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, argue that the neighborhood is challenging the typical narrative that gentrifying neighborhoods […]



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