Edward Reid, a known Holocaust revisionist, is scheduled to speak at Warsaw in Greenpoint.
For the second time this year, local music hall Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave.) will host a Holocaust revisionist. Edward Reid, who is scheduled to speak this Sunday at Warsaw, is a self-proclaimed Polish history expert supported by crowdfunding campaigns to “disprove the disinformation that is propagated against Poland” with video content that blames “Jewish collaboration” in Poland during the Holocaust.
Reid’s Patreon (a crowdfunding platform) speaks for itself:
My intention is to disprove the disinformation that is propagated against Poland by using historical accuracy and setting the record straight. For many years and especially now, Poland has been slandered in many ways, especially being accused of being a collaborationist county with the Nazis, as well as overwhelmingly antisemitic, which is absolutely not factual.
This is part of an agenda that is used for many reasons, partially by the Holocaust organizations as well as to maintain the status of keeping one people as the only sacred victim, disregarding others, monopolizing suffering to keep the Poles out of this “holy 6 million”.
To isolate others from their proper place as victims of the terror of Nazism is dishonorable and shameful and to then place those people in the aggressor camp is heartless. For anyone who cares about the truth and passing on the sanctity of the deaths of three million beautiful souls that perished, it is important to fight this attack on the Polish honor.
Reid has been banned from YouTube for alleged hate speech:
They want to stop the truth so bad. They are after me at every corner.
Local politicians including NYC Councilmember Stephen Levin spoke out last June when Warsaw hosted Ewa Kurek, who has also claimed that Jewish people collaborated with Nazis.
After the collective community outrage that led to the Brooklyn Diocesan office canceling anti-Semitic Ewa Kurek’s speaking tour events, I am shocked to see Greenpoint’s @WarsawConcerts hosting her TODAY @4pm.
The NYC Housing Connect affordable housing lottery website lists two new Greenpoint affordable units at 60 percent of the area median income.
There are two apartments to apply for at 133 – 135 Meserole Ave, a four-story building between McGuinness Boulevard and Manhattan Avenue; apply by September 10th.
The suspect wanted for a gunpoint robbery in Williamsburg on August 9th.
The NYPD is looking for a suspect who robbed a couple at gunpoint in Williamsburg two weeks ago, multiple news outlets report.
The victims were walking on Kingsland Avenue at Frost Street on Friday, August 9th, at approximately 3:40 a.m. when a man holding a gun grabbed a purse containing $80 and a watch from one of the victims, Brooklyn Paper reports. Continue reading →
New renderings of the Domino Sugar Refinery redevelopment have been released by PAU architects. The developer, Two Trees Management has proposed an 11-foot height increase to the original design of 292-314 Kent Avenue, historically known as the Havemeyer & Elder Filter, Pan & Finishing House.
(Courtesy of PAU Architects/World Architecture)
In 2017, the Landmarks Preservation Commission initially approved the plan to add a glass-domed building with a barrel-vaulted ceiling inside the brick facade of the centerpiece of the redevelopment.
The PAU design team has proposed a height increase of the building’s domed glass roof from 224 feet to 235 feet. New elevation diagrams also appear to eliminate the building’s 16th floor. Instead, levels one through four, 14, and 15 include increased ceiling spans of varying heights.
Updated proposals also include a newly designed stair system positioned between the two volumes of the domed expansion. Previous iterations of the stair system existed fully within the glass structure.
Pending approvals, the building will include ground-floor retail, 12 levels of office space, and a 14th-floor event space with double-height ceilings, a catering kitchen, and back-of-house areas. According to Two Trees, the developers of the property, completion is anticipated in the early 2020s.
(Courtesy of PAU Architects/World Architecture)
Over 2,000 apartments are planned at the Domino development, including more than 700 affordable apartments.
(Courtesy of PAU Architects/World Architecture)(Courtesy of PAU Architects/World Architecture)(Courtesy of PAU Architects/World Architecture)
The Park Church Co-op (129 Russell St), Greenpoint’s coolest church, is facing closure after losing funding from the Metropolitan New York Synod last June. In a letter dated August 15th and posted on social media on Monday, the Greenpoint church asks for the community’s help in a call for letters that detail the church’s local impact. Donations can also be made here.
A concert inside Park Church Co-op
Park Church Co-op hosts music performances, yoga sessions and great community programming in addition to their Sunday service. The church states their plan to hand-deliver the community’s letters of support to Synod Council members at the upcoming September 5th meeting.
A Park Church Co-op employee sent Greenpointers the following statement: Continue reading →
Starting at the north end of Manhattan Ave., the restaurant formerly known as Barley (1025 Manhattan Ave), and recently before that Whiskey Burger, closed briefly in July and relaunched as the The Royal. For fans of the fomer incarnations of the restaurant, there are few changes to the new menu, and yes, the burger is still available.
Lockwood (98 Greenpoint Ave)
At 98 Greenpoint Avenue, the awning was installed on Thursday for the forthcoming expansion of the Queens-based lifestyle store Lockwood, which is scheduled for a Septermber opening, according to owner Mackenzi Farquer who spoke with Greenpointers about the expansion. Continue reading →
Here’s your chance to live like your average New Yorker earning 130 percent of the area median income, the criteria for the following units up for grabs.
At 223 Manhattan Ave., three one-bedroom apartments are available at $2,276 per month for one to three occupants with an annual household income between $78,035 – $97,110.
The five-story building developed by Sol Ekstein has 6,819 square-feet divided between 10 units, making the per-unit average 681 square feet, YIMBY reports. Who said you can’t live large on 130 percent of the area median income?
223 Manhattan Ave. in 2016 (Google Maps)
The amenities for 232 Manhattan Ave are listed as “intercom and laundry,” which comes with additional fees. Apply by September 9th. Continue reading →
Sign up to tour the A/D/O Workspace tomorrow, August 15 during the open house for Workspace membership opportunities. The A/D/O Workspace is a collaborative environment designed for creative professionals to enhance their businesses and cultivate meaningful connections with other creators. With 24/7 access to the facility and the ability to utilize state-of-the-art fabrication tools, the Workspace offers designers flexibility and essential resources for a variety of creative practices. Special membership rates and perks will be offered exclusively to attendees of the open house.
* North Brooklyn XR Group Launch @ Our Lady of Mt Carmel (275 N 8th St) 730pm, FREE, how do you see yourself taking part in this ongoing fight to save life on this planet? RSVP * Executive Committee Meeting — Community Board 1, Brooklyn @ CB1 District Office (435 Graham Ave) 630pm, FREE, More Info ♫ Silly Karaoke Showdown! @ Brooklyn Comedy Collective (579 Metropolitan Ave), 930pm, $10, , More Info ♫ Color Collage, Atlas Engine, The Foxy Johnstons @ Sunnyvale (1031 Grand St), 730pm, $10, jazzy soulful blues, Buy Tix
THURSDAY 8/15
* Lentol & Salazar Town Hall Recap of 2019 NYS Legislative Session @ Bushwick Inlet Park Community Room (86 Kent Ave), 6pm, FREE, come hear about the groundbreaking bills passed this year and learn about goals for next year’s legislative session, More Info ♦Movies Under the Stars: “Blade Runner” – Director’s Cut (1982) @ 50 Kent Pop-up (50 Kent Ave), 8pm, FREE, More Info # Chicken Parm Dinner @ Archestratus (160 Huron St) 630pm, $30, an evening of Sicilian, family-style food inspired by Nonna, Buy Tix * Books and Brews @ Threes (113 Franklin St), 6pm, FREE, toast the soon to open new library (a portion of drink sales will be donated to Friends of the Greenpoint Library) or order some delicious food from the Purslane run kitchen! Bring a used book and swap books with a new friend! More Info
A Greenpoint woman was tracked down by representatives from Old Bay Seasoning for the name of her wi-fi network, which she named after the McCormick & Company seasoning.
An employee for Old Bay Seasoning happened to see Greenpoint resident Catherine Zhou’s “oldbayseasoning” wi-fi network while working in a local coffee shop, and the company set off on a mission to locate Zhou.
Zhou randomly set the name of her wi-fi network five years prior to Old Bay Seasoning reps stalking her in Greenpoint. The company sent a man with a sign stating “IF YOUR WIFI NETWORK IS oldbayseasoning DM US @OldBay_Seasoning” to stand near Zhou’s apartment according to TIME: Continue reading →
