After almost 50 years in the neighborhood, Busy Bee Food Exchange is closing its doors. Owned by the Konopka family, Busy Bee sells Polish specialties, including a variety of fresh bread, pierogi, meat, produce and beer.
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Greenpoint’s P.S. 34 Hosted a Polish Cultural Bilingual Day Celebration in Honor of Its Unique Dual Language Program
The school celebrated its Polish language program last Thursday.
Posted inActivism
Op-Ed: Father Jerzy Popiełuszko’s Monument is ‘Sacred Space’
This is is a place “where good grows”
Posted inFilm
Independent Short Film Seeks Polish Speaking Actors in Greenpoint
The film is about loss and will consist of three vignettes.
Posted inCulture
Meet Ewa Winnicka, a Polish Journalist Writing About Greenpoint
Ewa Winnicka, a Polish journalist living in Warsaw, has always been interested in migration, “I think it’s one of the strongest experiences one can have,” she says. Her previous books […]
Posted inArt
Polish Anti-Authoritarian Signs Pop-Up in Greenpoint
Posters, street art and murals continue to pop-up around the city in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and the signs in Greenpoint have their own local flavor. A […]
Posted inNews
Op-Ed: Robert Winnicki’s Hateful Rhetoric Doesn’t Represent Polish Americans
The following is an account from a Polish American Greenpointer who grew up in the neighborhood and whose parents are from Poland. Where to begin about Robert Winnicki and his […]
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Far-Right Polish Politician Finds Brooklyn Perch After Church Ouster
This story was originally published on 6/5/19 by THE CITY. (By: Claudia Irizarry Aponte) A far-right Polish nationalist whose planned appearance at a Brooklyn Catholic church was canceled amid protests took […]
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Brooklyn Churches Cancel Speeches by Right-Wing Polish Figures
This story was originally published on 6/3/19 by THE CITY. (By: Claudia Irizarry Aponte) Catholic officials on Monday abruptly canceled speeches by two right-wing Polish figures at Brooklyn churches after local […]
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Polish Nationalists Protest U.S. Law Calling for WWII Reparations
Over the past couple of weeks, you might have spotted a poster around Greenpoint promoting a Polish protest. Last Sunday, Polish nationalist demonstrators gathered in Manhattan’s Foley Square to protest the U.S.’s […]