I had often walked by the inconspicuous former church at 104 Powers St. near the border of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, yet I never noticed the sole sign that this was […]
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Visioning Meeting for Bushwick Inlet Parks’ Motiva Site 1/24
Here’s your chance to have some input on the future of the Motiva site at Bushwick Inlet Park at the waterfront border of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. The meeting will take […]
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The Brooklyn Kitchen to Host Closing Party for Frost Street Location
After an eventful 10-year-run at 100 Frost St., the good folks at the Brooklyn Kitchen are closing their Williamsburg location (don’t worry classes are still available at Industry City), but not […]
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Charles Evans Hughes: Greenpoint’s Forgotten Statesman
He did not look like a Greenpointer, he did not act like one either and with his eloquent vocabulary and upper-class speech he sure did not sound like one, nevertheless, […]
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Glass Blowing and Greenpoint, a Continued Tradition
Echo Glass Works at 253 Greenpoint Ave. offers a dazzling variety of one-of-a-kind custom glass jewelry, kiln cast glass, along with blown glass vessels that simply stun. However, this is […]
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Behold the Yacht-Friendly Future of Greenpoint at 53 Huron Street
Quadrum Global filed plans this week with the Dept. of Buildings for a 14-story, 150-foot tall residential building at 53 Huron St. (also known as 161 West St.) with 173 units […]
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MTA to Hold Emergency L Train Public Meeting Tuesday
The MTA is holding an emergency L train public meeting Tuesday at noon to discuss the new plans regarding the non-shutdown of the Canarsie tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn. The […]
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Polish Kotwica Symbol Sparks Debate on Usage
When Greenpointers received a tip last week that someone was allegedly passing out flyers identifying hate symbols following the discovery of hate stickers on McGuiness Blvd, we posted an image of […]
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Ben Shahn: Williamsburg’s Greatest Artist Ever?
Ben Shahn’s name today is obscure, but Shahn was perhaps one of the greatest artists ever to come out of Williamsburg. Born in Lithuania, Shahn grew up in the Southside […]
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The Lasting Gifts to Greenpoint From the Man Cheated out of the U.S. Presidency
Looking for a great local trivia question? Which two men associated with Greenpoint ran for president of the United States? The answer: Samuel Tilden who was cheated in the election […]