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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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Vigil for Cyclist Sarah Pitts to March From Fort Greene Park to McCarren Park Friday Night
A vigil and march in memory of the 35-year-old prosecutor, who worked in the Brooklyn D.A.’s office and died after she was struck by a bus in Williamsburg on September […]
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The Diamond Bar Adds Taco Brunch, Beer Film Fest, To Fall Programming
Local bars and restaurants are continuing to get creative attracting clientele to go out during a pandemic. And The Diamond Bar (43 Franklin St.) is no exception. The popular spot […]
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Chiko Introduces New Taiwanese Menu
At the start of the summer Chiko (954 Manhattan Ave.) pivoted from an upscale sushi restaurant with a 13 course omakase menu to a takeout-only format serving affordable Sichuan-inspired dishes […]
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Amazon Leases Williamsburg Space for Live Music Studio
Amazon will expand its presence in Williamsburg with a planned live-streaming music studio at 25 Kent, the new Bushwick Inlet Park-adjacent office and retail building owned by Rubenstein Partners. Amazon […]
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Greenpoint Studio Spaces Empty As Landlord Offers Few Concessions
Offices and studios at 67 West Street were quiet, dark and empty on a Friday afternoon in early August. Motion-sensor lights in the long hallways flickered as feet clacked against […]
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Neighborhood Bar Minnows Opens on Nassau Avenue
The corner of Nassau Avenue and Diamond Street is home to Greenpoint’s newest neighborhood bar, which opened last weekend with a laid-back watering hole vibe in the former Good Move […]
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Kestane Kebab To Open In Former Ramen Mafia Space
The restaurant space at 208 Franklin St. has seen plenty of turnover over the past few years, but will a local business expanding to a second location finally stick? Greenpoint-based […]