In case you hear some loud bangs or explosion noises going off in Greenpoint this afternoon, it’s due to scenes being filmed for Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The planned explosions […]
Tag: Filming
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Manhattan Ave Ticket Trap, Bearded Burglars, & Williamsburg Hate Crime — The Hook-Up 4/17
The L Train shutdown could totally transform 14th Street as we know it. Think twice before you try parking on Manhattan Avenue between Huron and India. It’s a “ticket trap”. Shooting […]
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Brooklyn’s Katy Perry, Gentrification Thoughts, & de Blasio on Colbert–The Hook Up 7/18
If you want to be irritated, watch this cringe-worthy music video, which is basically a knock off of California Girls, sung by a party girl who dances around Williamsburg […]
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Kickstarter Alert—Reel Works Teens’ Original Feature Film
Heads up, Brooklyn! There are just 47 hours left in this Kickstarter campaign to support a made in Brooklyn production—an original feature length film called “72 Hours, a Brooklyn Love […]
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Greenpoint Filming The Knick: Horses on Milton St – Today!
An awesome reader tipped me off that Milton St is covered in dirt for a movie shoot so I stopped by on my way to the office. I know some […]
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EXPLOSION IN GREENPOINT TOMORROW NIGHT: 8/16
A Greenpointer gave us a heads up about a “note” from city hall about a “rather large” explosion tomorrow night 8/16 around 10pm-11pm – near Commercial St & Franklin St […]
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Brooklyn Community Board #1: Meeting 10/5/11
Coverage of Brooklyn Community Board 1’s Public Hearing & Board Meeting 10/5/2011 Waterfront Concerts The waterfront concerts by Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn, was a main topic. The concerts […]
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I Just Want My Pants Back, Tommy
Reader and friend from the ‘hood Marisha emailed me this hysterical little tidbit from The Wall Street Journal on a new MTV show being shot almost exclusively in Greenpoint and […]
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Blog Buzz: Barbie Cars, Chocolate and Shia LaBeouf
Greenpoint gossip from people who are better bloggers than I. Someone lost their friend on Devoe. The really strange thing is I was born on Devoe and my last name […]
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It’s Raining Production Assistants
Something has been pissing me off since I’ve moved in. I feel horrible even complaining about it considering other residents are dealing with bedbugs and toxic molds, but it just […]