Walk alongside the western Greenpoint waterfront and you’ll eventually hit a jut of water bordered by a weathered fence, marsh plants, and a lingering stench of seawater. Unlike the mammoth […]
Tag: McCarren Park
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McCarren Park Track Reopens Following Improvements
Time to celebrate with a few laps! The quarter-mile McCarren Park track has reopened after almost a year of improvements by the parks department for a cost of $3,188,000. View […]
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A Stroll Down Historic Guernsey Street
Perhaps other blocks in Greenpoint have more elegant houses or more imposing churches, but no block has more beautiful trees than Guernsey Street, which runs parallel to the river between […]
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Former Greenpointers Address NYC Homelessness With ‘Backpacks For The Street’
Amidst a citywide housing crisis and rampant gentrification, the time is now to address homelessness in our community. Former Greenpointers and longtime couple, Jeffrey Newman and Jayson Conner, launched the […]
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The Time Has Come: Renovating The McCarren Ballfields
WHAT: Visioning Session for Renovating McCarren Ballfields Join NYC Parks to share and discuss your ideas for the future of McCarren Ballfields 1, 2 & 3! WHEN: Thursday, September 6 | 6pm Where: McCarren […]
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Choose the Final Summerscreen Flick and Enjoy Kombrewcha at Wednesday’s Screening!
You know summer’s wrapping up when there’s just one Summerscreen flick left. This Wednesday, the free series presented by Northside Media Group rounds out the summer with a movie chosen […]
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Cast Your Vote for Next Week’s Movie at McCarren (Weds, 8/29)
The movie they show at next week’s Summerscreen (Weds, 8/29) is up to YOU! Cast your vote here for which movie you’d like to watch! Pick from: Romy and Michelle’s […]
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Endless Summer: Free (or cheap) North Brooklyn Must-Dos
August is like the Sunday of summer, so why not get the most of out this month? There’s still so much fun to be had, even as summer winds down […]
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Dr. Strangelove, Lane Kim, Rubulad and CounterCulture — What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (8/8-8/14)
Cruel Summer: 80s + 90s Dance Party @ The Bell House (149 7th Street), Friday 8pm Get Into The Groove at an All Night Long dance party set to the […]
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Greenpoint Open Studios, Free Moscow Mules, Go Green! Brooklyn, War Witch and Wrestling for Lovers — What’s Happening, Greenpoint! (5/30 – 6/5)
GREEENPOINT OPEN STUDIOS | JUNE 2nd + 3rd, 12-6pm Greenpoint Open Studios (GOS) returns with more than 400 local artists, who will open up their studios to the public to showcase […]