There’s a new chai in town here in Greenpoint and it comes from the owner of local favorite Crema coffee shop. Alkemy Brewlab opened its doors in October 2017 at […]
Tag: Nassau Avenue
Diamond Lil, a Nouveau Bar on Nassau
A couple of weekends ago, Diamond Lil quietly opened its doors at 179 Nassau Avenue. The bar takes its name from a risqué Broadway play by former Greenpoint resident, playwright, Hollywood star […]
Amami, Greenpoint’s Own Izakaya With a Sushi Brunch Bonus
Sauvage isn’t the only new restaurant to pop up at the great Bedford-Nassau-Lorimer-Berry-McCarren exchange. Amami (57 Nassau Ave) opened its doors in late July bringing us sushi, sashimi, and most […]
Verb Café Settles into New Home on Nassau
Verb Cafe (107 Nassau Ave) reopened in Greenpoint last month, a year and a half after the beloved Williamsburg location in the Girdle Factory closed in the summer of 2014 […]
Did you lose your wedding band on Nassau Ave?
Did you lose your wedding band on Nassau Avenue this past weekend? A Greenpointers reader found it and posted this ad on craigslist. We hope that it goes back to […]
New Portuguese Grill ‘Raizes’ the Bar on Nassau
The yellow Wasco car on a McGuiness rooftop has long been a Greenpoint landmark. But during the last two years the space below, previously used as an auto supply and […]
Go Nuts Over Pistachio: New Greenpoint Cafe on Nassau Ave
This article made possible by a donation to our Writer’s Fund Raffle by Greenpoint Trading Company. The newest cafe to open up just east of the Nassau G-train is Cafe […]
Call For Poetry: Falling in Love – Greenpoint
I was 17 in the snow. It was the winter of 2004, new to college, and new to love. Who knew that I would get stuck in a Greenpoint apartment […]
Subway wandering into Greenpoint
Scoutmob is hosting my new Subway Wanderings series, a micro-travel guide of sorts, wherein I get on random MTA lines, get off random stops, and create a spontaneous visual itinerary […]
Studio Jewelry Robbery
Update 8.4.11: The Brooklyn Paper reports they nabbed the suspect Felix Lagoa. Studio Jewelry on Nassau Avenue was robbed early this afternoon and the owner, Richard Sanocki shot in the […]