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Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Tag: mcguinness boulevard

Posted inNews

New Air Quality Study from North Brooklyn Neighbors and NYU Find “Concerning” Results

by Emma DaveyFebruary 13, 2023February 13, 2023

Our environmental issues just keep coming.

Posted inNews

What’s at Stake If Greenpoint Is Redistricted (Yet Again)

by Emma DaveyFebruary 8, 2023February 8, 2023

They just can’t leave Greenpoint alone.

Posted inNews

A Greenpointers’ Year in Review 2022

by Emma DaveyDecember 20, 2022December 20, 2022

A look back on the year that was 2022.

Posted inCommunity

McGuinness Boulevard Is Getting a Major Redesign. Here’s What It Might Look Like.

by Emma DaveyJuly 6, 2022July 6, 2022

NYC DOT presented some options at a Community Board meeting.

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

How McGuinness Boulevard Was Created

by Geoff CobbApril 29, 2019

  Maybe it is just me, but I find McGuinness Boulevard ugly. Huge trucks and streams of traffic wiz by the four-laned, soulless traffic artery. The newer apartment buildings lack […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

A Greenpoint Irish Primer for St. Patrick’s Day

by Geoff CobbMarch 15, 2019

Most people associate Greenpoint with the Polish community, but our area has a long and deep connection to Ireland. Let’s answer a few questions to prepare you fully to celebrate […]

Posted inCulture

The New York Marathon Heads Through Greenpoint Sunday

by Geoff CobbNovember 1, 2018November 1, 2018

It’s one of the greatest sports events on the planet, and this Sunday (11/4) the New York Marathon will wind its way through our area. 50,000 competitors will pass down […]

Posted inNews

The Greenpoint Shooter: What We Know

by Greenpointers StaffMarch 7, 2017March 7, 2017

Yesterday afternoon, police blockaded the street near the intersection of Greenpoint Avenue and McGuinness Boulevard while they were dealing with a man who had barricaded himself in an apartment after shooting […]

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

The Many Local Legacies of Pete McGuinness

by Geoff CobbDecember 12, 2016December 12, 2016

There is a famous quote related to English architect Sir Christopher Wren: “If you seek his monument look around you.” The same could be said in Greenpoint of Peter J. […]



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