This Thursday evening December 22, local multi-use art space 17 Frost presents its last show before shutting its doors for renovation and expansion. Curator Ellis Gallagher affectionately framed the event as […]
Tag: Greenpoint
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Greenpointer Named Secretary of the Army
President-Elect Trump has tapped Greenpoint born Vincent Viola to be his head of the Army. In the early 1960’s, few of the kids attending St. Cecelia’s School on Monitor Street […]
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A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings: The Astral Apartments
Charles Pratt was the richest man in Brooklyn in the 1880s, but his conscience was bothering him. The founder of Astral Oil Works, the first modern oil refinery in the […]
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Soup-ed Up In Greenpoint
As the temperature drops and it officially becomes winter, we turn our palate to this comforting and convenient genre. Soup’s been trending of late on a national scale, perhaps fueled […]
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A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings: 130 Kent Street, The Neziah Bliss House
Greenpoint honors its heroes in different ways. John Ericsson, the inventor of the monitor warship is honored with a school and a statue. Pete McGuinness, the lovable “first Citizen of […]
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FREE Greenpoint Historical Tour This Thursday Night!
Led by Greenpointers writer and local historian Geoff Cobb, a historical walking tour of Greenpoint this Thursday evening will explore the northern part of the neighborhood with a focus on local ecology. […]
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Coming Together: North Brooklyn Community Meeting This Thursday
This Thursday at the Automotive High School Auditorium (50 Bedford Avenue) from 6:30–8:30pm, local City Council Member Stephen Levin has organized a meeting in response to community members’ post-election concerns. The […]
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A/D/O Takes Shape, Heartbreak in Milk and Roses — The Hook-Up 12/09
Step inside the futuristic, BMW-0wned co-working space A/D/O that is slated to open in Jan. 2017. The 23,000 square-foot facility will have a Scandinavian-style restaurant, retail space and a public seating […]
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Greenpoint’s Ultimate Pop-Up Sunday Shopping Guide
Four awesome markets are happening in Greenpoint this Sunday, December 11th, all within a four block radius! Here’s our guide on how to manage your retail therapy this weekend and get it all […]
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Bushwick Inlet’s Fascinating History
Bushwick Inlet, the truncated, morose, post-industrial body of water west of Kent Avenue at North 14th Street, hardly seems worthy of the huge controversy for a shoreline park, nor would it […]