If you’ve noticed a treacherous traffic signal or wished for the addition of a particular crosswalk on the streets of Greenpoint or North Williamsburg, now’s your chance to speak up. […]
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BK Buttons #1: Greenpoint Avenue
Writing for Grenepointers.com, I receive a ton of emails, but recently one caught my eye with the subject: BROOKLYN BUTTONS #1: Greenpoint Avenue. The email was very short and cryptic, […]
Posted inEat & Drink
A Taste for Books: The Love & Lemons Cookbook
For the second piece in the Taste for Books series (last time we discussed Afro-Vegan: Farm-Fresh African, Caribbean, and Southern Flavors Remixed), we take a look at the blog turned […]
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Free Summer Concert Series at House of Vans Kicked Off with Jon Hopkins, The Field, and Black Madonna
On a crisp, first-glimpse-of-summer night, with nigh a sk8rboi in sight, Jon Hopkins and electro company kicked off the annual free concert series at House of Vans (25 Franklin St) in […]
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Learning About Polish Food at MOFAD’s “Tracing North Brooklyn’s Polish Food Heritage”
In their effort to educate us on all things food and drink, the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) in Williamsburg recently launched a new series of talks hoping to […]
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Shot! Free Screening of Danny Brown Documentary TONIGHT at House Of Vans
In a world full of bullshit and bullshitters, Danny Brown is as clean as a whistle. In fact, his authenticity is perhaps as pure as a baby bull’s shit. No […]
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A New Jail for Greenpoint?
Not very likely. However, there has been talk in recent weeks of a new satellite jail being built in Greenpoint to compensate for a proposed closure of Rikers Island. The […]
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A Greenpoint Landmark Keeps on Ticking
As Greenpoint changes it becomes increasingly important to maintain our links to the past. One of the iconic features of Greenpoint is a permanent piece of street furniture: the large mounted […]
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Greenpoint Studio Visit with Leon Reid IV
You may know Leon Reid IV through his street art or public art and now he has a new body of work conceived and developed in his Greenpoint studio over the last […]
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Weekend Art Roundup: May 20-22
Karen Marston – Demeter’s Wrath at Owen James Gallery Karen Marston is a painter focused on the fundamental contradiction of natural phenomena, the pairing of powerful terror with majestic […]