The employees of the Greenpoint-based tech company Kickstarter (58 Kent St.) voted to unionize on Tuesday, becoming one of the first U.S. tech companies to join a union. A vote […]
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Kickstarter Seeks Creators and Artists for Fall Residency
Greenpoint-based Kickstarter is seeking NYC-based artists and creators for their fall 2019 residence program to gain mentorship on projects by staff at the company’s headquarters. The fall 2019 Kickstarter Creators-in-Residence […]
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Thursday Spotlight: Catalina Kulczar on Capturing the Light in Others
Catalina Kulczar is the best kind of photographer: selfless. Her portraits illuminate the beauty in others, and her projects — individually crafted and triumphantly executed — are marked by a […]
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Greenpoint Gigs: Game Masters, Massage Therapists, Engineers, and more (Week of 9/28)
Looking for a new job? Check out these fresh picks in Greenpoint and North Brooklyn. Are you the game master? Escape Room needs one. A clinic on Greenpoint Ave seeks […]
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Walk This Way: Floating Bridge Proposed Between Greenpoint and LIC
The good folks at Creme / Jun Aizaki Architecture and Design are hoping to bridge the gap between Greenpoint and Long Island City with a floating bridge connecting Manhattan and […]
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Off the Grid, On the Bridge and Out of the Chamber — The Hook-up (5/18)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! For some of our neighbors, this has been a tough week. On Sunday, 500 Greenpoint residents lost their heat and hot water when National Grid cut service […]
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Can We Kickstart our way out of L-Pocalypse with Pontoon Bridge?
L-pocalypse looms just a year away, and the MTA doesn’t appear particularly interested in dealing with it, so New York residents have taken up the mantel of transit vigilantism, and […]
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Help Fix Wikipedia’s Gender Gap at Kickstarter HQ This Sunday! (3/4)
WHAT: Art + Feminism Edit-a-thon 2018 WHERE: Kickstarter HQ | 58 Kent Street WHEN: Sunday, March 4th | 11am-5pm MORE INFO: bring a laptop, refreshments & lunch provided, FREE, RSVP […]
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Tiki Disco, Drake, Clue, Capoeira, Satori Loser — What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (11/22–11/28)
WEDNESDAY 11/22 # Wobble Before You Gobble @ Le Fond (105 Norman Ave) Thanksgiving Eve cocktail party! Cut loose a lil’ before heading out of town. $6 aperitif specials, including house recipe […]