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Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Tag: Homeless Shelter

Big N Tall: Greenpoint’s Future Skyline Grows Up

by Geoff Cobb October 28, 2016October 27, 2016

Another skyscraper is rising along the Greenpoint waterfront, slated for completion in 2018. The area is quickly being transformed into a cordon of gleaming skyscrapers. Some people have jokingly started calling our […]

The Locals Have Spoken: We’re Not out of the Woods yet with the Clay St. Shelter

by Steph Koyfman December 9, 2015December 9, 2015

The swell of crime in North Greenpoint is still not the type of thing we’re discussing in yesterday’s terms, but things, on some level, appear to be happening. The fact […]

A Greenpoint Artist was Brutally Attacked and Needs our Help!

by Kim M July 23, 2015August 4, 2015

Boy oh boy, are things are getting rough on this northern tip of Greenpoint. If it wasn’t bad enough neighbors are having to deal with insane rent increases, head-splitting piling […]

Small Homeless Shelter opens on Russell Street

by Kim M February 19, 2015February 19, 2015

Looks like 10 lucky people are feeling much warmer these days thanks to Pastor Amy Kinezle of Greenpoint’s Lutheran Church of the Messiah, who quietly opened a 10 person homeless […]

New Homeless Shelter Could be Coming to Greenpoint

by storres November 13, 2014November 12, 2014

New York City just hit a milestone you might not have heard about. The amount of homeless people living in shelters is 57,665 people – a new record. According to […]

With No Local Homeless Respite Man Freezes to Death in McGolrick Park

by Jen G November 20, 2013

Last year I sat in a community meeting at Greenpoint Church on Milton St and listened to neighbors argue for and against the 10 bed homeless respite that had opened […]

Greenpointer Kicked By Homeless Man on Manhattan Ave

by Jen G July 1, 2013July 1, 2013

Another reader concerned about safety in Greenpoint wrote in to tell me of an incident in which she was recently kicked by a homeless man on Manhattan Ave: I wanted […]

Milton St Homeless Respite Meeting Recap

by Jen G January 28, 2013January 28, 2013

On Thursday 1/24, a crowd of nearly forty Greenpointers gathered at Greenpoint Church to discuss the recently opened Homeless Respite. Pastor Ann asked that all press and bloggers reveal the publication […]

Open Forum Re: Milton St Respite Tonight 1/24

by Jen G January 24, 2013

Sorry for this last minute update (I was in Florida for 2 weeks!), but tonight Thursday, 1/24 at 7pm at Greenpoint Reformed Church (136 Milton St) there will be an […]

A Comment From Father John Re: Milton St Respite

by Jen G January 9, 2013January 8, 2013

This is a very important and illuminating comment written by Fr. John Merz of Ascension Church regarding the recently opened Homeless Respite on Milton St that has received a lot […]

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