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Tag: GCEF

Greenpoint Soil Safety Workshop Teaches How to Test for Lead

by Greenpointers Staff April 16, 2019

As a result of Greenpoint’s rich industrial and manufacturing history, significant contamination of the local soil with toxins such as lead remains a problem. A soil safety workshop from the Greenpoint […]

Newtown Creek Alliance Partners with Greenpoint Students this School Year

by Lucie Levine September 5, 2018September 5, 2018

Happy first day of school, Greenpoint! This year, the local conservationists at Newtown Creek Alliance are bringing the creek to the curriculum as part of the National Wildlife Federation’s Greenpoint […]

Ecology to Take Center Stage at Monitor Museum Site

by Lucie Levine June 15, 2018June 15, 2018

The USS Monitor, built here in Greenpoint by Continental Ironworks in 1862, was one of the first iron-clad battle ships in the US Navy. During the Civil War, the Monitor […]

FREE Perennials in Greenpoint! Pick Yours Up Next Week (6/13)

by Greenpointers Staff June 6, 2018June 6, 2018

Greening Greenpoint is giving away free flowers for you to plant in neighborhood tree beds! You can register online for your free flowers and pick them up at the Monitor […]

Make Greenpoint Greener by Submitting a Project Proposal to GCEF!

by Lucie Levine January 29, 2018January 29, 2018

Have you ever explored the Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roof? Paddled along with the North Brooklyn Boat Club? Relaxed in the Urban Oasis in McGolrick Park? Worked in the Java Street […]

Notes from Wednesday’s Community Development Meeting

by Lucie Levine November 10, 2017November 10, 2017

On Wednesday, Greenpoint residents came together at the Polish and Slavic Center (176 Java Street) for a community development meeting organized by Councilman Stephen Levin. The meeting promised information about […]

Construction on Greenpoint’s New Library and Environmental Education Center is Officially Underway!

by Lucie Levine October 25, 2017October 24, 2017

The Greenpoint community, including students from PS 34, joined Brooklyn Public Library President and CEO Linda Johnson and a host of local elected officials, to break ground on Greenpoint’s new […]

Green Thumbin’ It: North Brooklyn Community Garden Roundup

by Lucie Levine October 16, 2017October 15, 2017

It’s planting season, and North Brooklyn’s giving us lots of opportunities to play in the dirt. This past weekend community members turned out for OpenHouseGCEF, Bushwick Inlet Park’s Daffodil Planting, Free Garden […]

Cutest Dog Contest (+ More From The GCEF) in McGolrick This Weekend! (10/14)

by Greenpointers Staff October 9, 2017October 11, 2017

WHAT: OpenHouseGCEF! WHERE: McGolrick/Winthrop Park, Russell St. and Driggs Ave. WHEN: Saturday, October 14, 11am-3pm (NOTE: If heavy rain the 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. event will be cancelled!) If […]

Who Sees the Trees? Greenpoint’s Citizen Pruners!

by Lucie Levine September 22, 2017September 22, 2017

We might live in the concrete jungle, but according to this fantastic interactive tree map made by the New York City Parks department, Greenpoint is blessed with arboreal abundance. Our […]

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