NAG’s beta-test for its ToxiCity Map is over. Now, take a gander at the fully complete version of this interactive guide to the environmental hazards lurking in your backyard. […]
Tag: G Train
Train Thoughts & Trash Talk — The Hook-Up 7/29
Though full-size G Trains are very much on the agenda for the coming L Train shutdown, here’s another thought: extending the E to run along the G track to take […]
MTA Introduces Two Major Plans for L Train Renovation
On Thursday, May 5, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) held its first community meeting to discuss two proposed plans for the Canarsie Tunnel renovation, the final step in the MTA’s […]
Speed Metal Speed Dating & the G Train Shocker — The Hook-Up 4/8
What are you doing next Saturday? If you can stomach planning more than two days ahead, come help clean up the neighborhood with Curb Your Litter and NAG on April […]
Local Industry Is Making Brooklyn Great Again — The Hook-Up 4/1
Everyone groaned when BMW leased the former Brooklyn Night Bazaar space, but it looks as though the dealership is actually doing something really cool with the space/probably trying a little […]
A Streetcar Named Whose Desire, Exactly? — The Hook-Up 2/12
Is it the Streetcar Named Desire for the people of New York, or is de Blasio’s proposed streetcar linking Brooklyn and Queens a developer’s fantasy in the making? In either […]
You’ve Heard About the L-Pocalypse. What About the G-Pocalypse?
The L Train is facing an imminent, extensive shutdown in the wake of lingering Hurricane Sandy damage, and North Brooklyn hasn’t taken the news very well. And why would it, […]
The Clapboard Menace, the St. Nick Scourge, & More of the Same — The Hook-Up 12/11
The clapboard menace has ruffled enough feathers to generate a “no-film zone” proposal, but some are sensing a recurring plot line. This year, many locals have been wishing for a […]
The Horsemen of Gentrification Could at Least Bring Some Trash Cans with Them — The Hook-Up 11/6
Is “Greenpoint” becoming synonymous with “gentrification?” This week, Forbes spotlighted the decline of Polish businesses, and McSweeney’s did a McSweeney’s. Curb Your Litter is tackling Greenpoint’s abysmal person-to-garbage-can ratio with […]
Meet Greenpoint’s Drug Lords, Then Look Wistfully At the Changing Waterfront — The Hook-Up 10/30
Greenpoint might not need a Breaking Bad cafe after all. Turns out a local mom-and-pop pharmacy was host to “one of the biggest illegal prescription pill rings in New York […]