As the sweltering pandemic summer is now officially over and the brisk fall weather has arrived, Watching New York is back with Episode 43 to showcase the styles spotted in the […]
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Espresso Paloma Opens Coffee Window in Greenpoint
A new small business is serving socially distant coffee with a concept that was brewed up amidst the pandemic. Espresso Paloma (117 Meserole Ave.), opened in a tiny storefront just […]
Pop Up Grocer Is Opening in Williamsburg
North Brooklyn has no shortage of specialty grocery stores and markets that have kept neighbors well-fed during the pandemic, and yet another will open this fall. Pop Up Grocer, the […]
Thursday Spotlight: La Merced, Greenpoint’s New ‘Immigrant-Owned’ Juice Bar
La Merced, the delicious new juice bar at 1008 Manhattan Ave., opened two weeks ago, and the smoothies are as rich and colorful as the vibrant colors seen on the […]
Brooklyn Label Relaunches With Focus on Takeout
The ominous newspaper covered windows at Brooklyn Label’s (180 Franklin St.) corner space may have worried regular diners earlier this month, but the beloved restaurant was merely remodeling and prepping […]
Meet Ewa Winnicka, a Polish Journalist Writing About Greenpoint
Ewa Winnicka, a Polish journalist living in Warsaw, has always been interested in migration, “I think it’s one of the strongest experiences one can have,” she says. Her previous books […]
Other Half Brewing Opening at Domino Park This October
Williamsburg is getting another brewery! Other Half Brewing, the Brooklyn-based craft brewery that has since expanded to Washington D.C. and the Finger Lakes since opening in 2014, is opening a […]
Midriff Hole Serves Socially Distanced Gelato in Williamsburg
Joshua Schwartz missed the old Williamsburg. That is, the neighborhood he remembers from living in North Brooklyn for the past 15 years, where experiences were more crucial to the area’s […]
Magazine Bar To Close At End Of September
The pandemic’s ongoing devastation is taking its toll on local and independently-owned businesses, including popular spots that seemed to rebound when New York reopened in June. Franklin Street’s latest casualty, […]
Greenpoint This Week: Artists Pushed Out, District Leader Selected, Amazon Comes to Town and More!
Happy weekend Greenpointers! This week students returned to classrooms for in-person teaching for the first time since winter, and NYC restaurants were given the green light for indoor dining at […]