UPDATE: The owners, YD Development, responded to Greenpointers stating that a retail conversion is not planned and all current tenants can remain. From YD Development: “The property has no plans […]
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McGolrick Park Sign Vandalized With Racist Screed as Anti-Asian Discrimination Skyrockets Citywide
A sign in McGolrick Park was vandalized by a man who wrote out a racist conspiracy theory last Friday, as hate crimes against Asians in NYC soar since the start […]
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Mail Delivery Woes Sideline Dusty Rose’s Fundraiser
Greenpoint resident and Dusty Rose founder Maresa Ponitch started a campaign this month to raise money for the North Brooklyn Angels‘ mobile soup kitchen through online sales of pennants, but […]
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Campaign to Feed Hospital Heroes and Employ Restaurant Workers Launched by North Brooklyn Angels
The North Brooklyn Angels launched a new initiative this week to help laid off restaurant workers and front line health care heroes. The “Neighbors Feeding Heroes” crowdfunding campaign began accepting […]
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Census Day 2020: It’s Time to Help Brooklyn Get Counted
Today is officially Census Day, “the nation’s once-per-decade, constitutionally-mandated count of every American, regardless of their citizenship status,” and it has never been more important to get counted as Kings […]
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Fox & Fawn Reopens on Manhattan Avenue, Dusty Friends Extends Their Stay and Other Local Business Changes
A vintage clothing store has moved a few doors down from its former location and a new Korean bistro has come to N. 6th Street in Williamsburg, among other local […]
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More “Affordable” Housing Lotteries Open in Williamsburg
Affordable housing lottery options in Williamsburg continue to roll out this month with 312-314 Keap St. as the latest buildings to apply for via the NYC Housing Connect website. At […]
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Greenpoint This Week: Pipeline Protest, Phil Collins Day Returns, Historic District Development Denied, and More!
Happy Phil Collins Day Greenpointers! For the first time since 2015, the “In The Air Tonight” singer will be celebrated in a revived local tradition (complete with live cover sing-alongs) […]
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Williamsburg Delivery Man Robbed and Stabbed
A 20-year-old pizza delivery man was physically assaulted and robbed of his bicycle by a group of men last weekend in Williamsburg. Surveillance footage in front of 32 Walton St. […]
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Greenpointers Fire Back At Fracked Natural Gas Pipeline
This story was originally published on 2/14/20 by THE CITY. (By: Claudia Irizarry Aponte) Construction of a 6.8-mile natural gas pipeline stretching from Brownsville to North Brooklyn has hit a wall […]