Why waste your time sitting around at a laundromat when you could be experiencing all that our awesome neighborhood has to offer! Instead of killing time waiting for your jeans […]
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Greenpoint gets a Tower, Newtown Creek Hoax?, and Halloween Fun – The Hook-up 10/21
Been wondering what the massive building is going up between India and Huron Street along West Street? It’s “The Greenpoint”, a 40-story condo building, the details of which have been […]
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The New Tuesday Greenpoint/McCarren Park Greenmarket!
While I love working from my home office in Greenpoint, I will admit that I miss making midweek lunch runs to the small Dag Hammarskjold Greenmarket to replenish my crisper […]
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SummerScreen, Pokémon Go Bar Crawl, Rock & Roll Playhouse – What’s happening, Greenpoint? (7/20–7/26
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 7/20 ♦ Fat & Fabulous Figure Drawing @ Brooklyn Art Library (28 Frost St) 6:30pm, $5 suggested, GIRL PARTY and Greer […]
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Pokemon Go Takeover, Evolved L Train & Turf Battles at Bushwick Inlet Park — The Hook-Up 7/15
2019 isn’t that far off, and it’s certainly not too soon to pit designers against each other to dream up alternative transit solutions for the dreaded L Train Shutdown. Although […]
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Summer Festival Update (7/15 – 7/17), and Northside Memories
Thinking of heading up to the mountains this summer? Some music festivals take a journey to see. For this weekend, here’s a suggestion for the Catskills but also a nice outdoor […]
Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint, Community, Events, Historical Greenpoint, News
McCarren Park Pool Now Open Through Labor Day
The McCarren Park pool, which has only been up and running as a functional pool since 2012, is back in business for the summer 2016 season. The pool was originally […]
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Summer Thunder, Prose Bowl, Electrique – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (6/15–6/21)
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 6/15 ♫ Antibalas @ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Ave) 8pm, $15, With special guest Kyp Malone, More info ♦ “Electrique” Opening […]
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Classic French Cooking Meets Innovative Twists at Sauvage
Last week, the owners of the James Beard award-winning cocktail bar Maison Premiere, Joshua Boissy and Krystof Zizka, opened their new restaurant opposite McCarren Park, Sauvage (on the corner of Lorimer Street […]
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Go Green! Brooklyn Festival at McCarren Park (Sat, 6/4)!
This Saturday, June 4th (1-5PM) Go Green! Brooklyn Festival is taking over McCarren Park with a FREE celebration of the North Brooklyn Community and local environmental programs. Park-goers can engage with and […]