On a dark Tuesday night, I walked down Kent and pushed through a doorway obscured with old burlap sacks to reveal a room full of energetic sailors, paddlers, and waterfolk. […]
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Posted inGreenpoint Gift Guide, Shopping
Holiday Gift Guide is back!
Last year’s Greenpointers Holiday Gift Guide was such a success we are bringing it back this year! From Black Friday 11/25 to Christmas Eve 12/24, sponsored posts from local shops […]
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DINNER FOR 2: $16, plus BEER 2
Did you feel the mini-earthquake the other day? Don’t worry, it was just our beloved Greenpointers’ writer Joann Kim of UpDownAcross paying us a visit. After living diagonally across from Winthrop Park, she […]
Posted inEvents
VENDORS NEEDED FOR HOLIDAY MARKET
Greenpointers Holiday Market Needs Vendors: Art, Food, Craft, Gifts December 17, 2011 • Noon – 5pm Lutheran Church of the Messiah (129 Russell) Table Prices: 8ft: $50 1/2: $30 6ft: […]
Posted inCulture
STREET STYLE: FALL #2
Before I went out I grabbed one of my big wrap scarves (totally didn’t need it!) But what can I say? I luv me layers! And then I discovered delightfully-layered […]
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TEDx Brooklyn – Get Your Tix Today at 1pm
TEDx talks are coming to Brooklyn! On December 2nd, 2011, TEDx will be having a speaker series at Brooklyn Bowl. Greenpointers is very exited about this! Tickets go on sale […]
Posted inCulture
“On Couch In Yellow Shirt”
At grumpy on couch in yellow shirt – read my text. I didn’t know what he looked like. Was it the guy on his laptop looking at me curiously? Or was […]
Posted inCulture, Sunday Snaps
SUNDAY SNAPS: HELLO TOKYO, GREENPOINT
We have a new Greenpointer! Welcome Miguel Rodriguez, an amazing photographer who moved back to the US after living in Japan. Walking around Greenpoint with Miguel gives me an even […]
Posted inCulture, Sunday Snaps
SUNDAY SNAPS: BROOKLYN DIGGERS
Last Saturday the Brooklyn Diggers held a fun and educational event in Winthrop Park to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the U.S.S. Monitor, built in Greenpoint, during the Civil War. […]
Posted inCommunity, News
Lentol on OWS and Homelessness
Joseph Lentol has been the New York State Assembly Member for Brooklyn’s District 50 (which includes Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Fort Greene) since 1983. He is also Chair of the Assembly’s […]