For eight minutes and 46 seconds last Tuesday, McCarren Park was meditative. Amidst the evening sunlight, crickets chirped and a cool breeze lapped at lingering sweat. Dozens sat quietly in […]
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Fashion Sundae Episode 37: Summer of The Mask
For Episode 37 of Fashion Sundae from Watching New York, the Bedford Avenue runway is back in near pre-pandemic style, that is with the addition of the ubiquitous face coverings […]
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Greenpoint This Week: Restaurant Openings Continue, Toxic Soil Raises Concerns, Great Map of Williamsburg Arrives, and More!
Happy weekend Greenpointers! While many local businesses are hurting due to the on-going economic fallout caused by the global pandemic — an issue that brought Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney to the […]
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Greenpoint Residents Testify on Air Quality During City Council Hearing
Greenpoint residents testified Friday during a City Council hearing on a package of environmental legislation, which included two bills aiming to regulate and monitor city air quality. One law clarifies […]
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Bronx Ice Opens on Manhattan Ave. with Plans for Expansion
“Brooklyn makes the best pizza, but you can’t go wrong with Bronx Italian ice,” says Gene Raphael Miller, a filmmaker turned frozen dessert entrepreneur with his latest venture, Bronx Ice. […]
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How a Photo of Trash in Greenpoint Became a Photo of Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone’
Hastings’s tweet is one of many social media posts that have repackaged the likely aftermath of a trash fire on the corner of West and Huron Streets in Greenpoint as a scene from Seattle’s protests. The image has spread throughout Twitter, Facebook and meme websites since early July, shortly after police re-entered Capitol Hill, a neighborhood in Seattle.
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‘Great Map of Williamsburg’ Follows Artist Alex Russell’s Greenpoint Pictorial
In illustrating The Great Map of Williamsburg, neighborhood artist Alex Russell knew that he was creating a time capsule of an ever-evolving piece of the borough he’s long called home. […]
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Jewish American Eatery, Edith’s, Pops Up at Paulie Gee’s
A new Jewish diaspora restaurant is popping up at Paulie Gee’s through October. Founded by Brooklynite Elyssa Heller, Edith’s, named after her great aunt, will serve wood-fired bagels, salted caramel […]
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North Brooklyn Neighbors Celebrates 26th Anniversary
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 […]
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Polish Anti-Authoritarian Signs Pop-Up in Greenpoint
Posters, street art and murals continue to pop-up around the city in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the signs in Greenpoint have their own local flavor. A […]