Welcome to the weekend Greenpointers! Luckily, the four-alarm fire on Monitor Street this week resulted in no life-threatening injuries, and thankfully, the abandoned van across from John Ericsson Middle School […]
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Hero and Dog Recovering After East River Rescue
The hero and dog from Saturday’s epic rescue off of the shore at Transmitter Park have been identified. Gabe, a SUNY Maritime College college graduate was celebrating his birthday at the […]
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Man Dives Into East River to Save Dog at Transmitter Park
An unidentified hero warmed hearts in Transmitter Park on Saturday afternoon by jumping off the pier to rescue a dog that was rapidly swimming away in the East River. The […]
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Freeman Street Evacuated Over Gas Leak
Evacuations from Freeman Street between Franklin and West Streets followed the report of a gas leak at approximately 2 p.m. on Tuesday, FDNY said. A gas leak at 77 Freeman St. […]
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ExxonMobil Proposes Toxic Cleanup at 460 Kingsland Avenue, Comment Period Open
The proposed cleanup plan for the 3.55 acre-site that was formerly an oil refinery owned by ExxonMobil at 460 Kingsland Ave. has been submitted and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation […]
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Floating Timber Bridge Proposed to Span Newtown Creek
Williamsburg-based CRÈME introduced renderings of Timber Bridge at LongPoint Corridor: A 275-foot-long, 16-foot-wide, floating pedestrian and biking bridge made of sustainable glue-laminated and pressure-treated timber, to span Newtown Creek from Manhattan […]
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Printing, Planting and Pierogis — The Hook-up (2/22)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! This week, Greenpoint’s own Polish-language weekly newspaper, Kurier Plus got a profile in the Columbia Journalism Review. Read about how the Polish paper is thriving! Speaking of […]
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Fake Cops, Sexy Hot Tubs, & Fashion Week– The Hook Up (2/14)
Now on Fridays for your reading pleasure…. Bedford + Bowery takes a walk down Manhattan Ave, which they say is right on the edge of gentrification…do you agree?? CBS […]
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Dog-napped Greenpoint Pup Returned to Owners
Here’s a happy story to brighten your day: a stolen Greenpoint pup has been returned to his owners! On August 30th Greenpoint couple Allie Caran and Zach Botham went out […]
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Name Nassau & Greenpoint Ave G Stops, Smallest Wiener, Inside the Lift, Bushwick Shooting: The Hook-Up (7/22)
• Cringeworthy: MTA is talking about selling subway station names to corporations, but the names would be “accurate and help orient customers as they navigate the MTA network,” like Macy’s […]