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Posted inEnvironmental
The Programming at Greenpoint Library Offers Something for Everyone
A dream space for the environmentally conscious.
Posted inCommunity
Greenpoint Tree Corps Launches Adopt-a-Tree Program
The next date to pick up tree-care kits will be this Saturday, June 19.
Posted inEvents
Greenpoint Monitor Museum Hosts Open House Saturday (6/15)
The Greenpoint Monitor Museum will hold an open house this weekend to provide updates on the plan to build a museum in honor of the historic USS Monitor, the Civil […]
Posted inNews
Greenpoint Soil Safety Workshop Teaches How to Test for Lead
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 […]
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Newtown Creek Alliance Partners with Greenpoint Students this School Year
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 […]
Posted inEvents
Explore Kingsland Wildflowers’ Flourishing Green Roofs this Saturday (9/23)! Food, Beer, Talks, Tours & More!
Join The Kingsland Wildflowers Festival this Saturday, September 23rd (12-4pm) and explore three flourishing green roofs! Entering into its second year, the 22,000 square foot Broadway Stages’ rooftop space has been planted with […]
Posted inCommunity, Culture, News, Reading
Construction to Begin on New Greenpoint Library Later this Year
Those of you who have ever laid eyes on the public library in Greenpoint know that it is a bit of an eyesore in an otherwise picturesque neighborhood. But not for […]
Posted inNews, The Hook-Up
Merry Christmas, Greenpoint — The Hook-Up 12/25
You’ve seen the gingerbread house on Humboldt Street — now meet the man behind the candy cane trim. It may be too late to look, but it’s not too late […]
Posted inCommunity, News
A Tree Grows in Greenpoint, and We’re About to Get 499 More
Last Friday, Greenpoint took a small step in the direction of better living up to its name. With one tree planted out of a proposed 500, the “Greening Greenpoint” project […]