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Meet The Bird Lady of Greenpoint

by Jody DooJuly 9, 2021July 9, 2021

Meet our local avian enthusiast.

Art

A Night of Experimental Jazz & Lydia Lunch at the Park Church Co-Op

by Angelica HillOctober 3, 2017October 3, 2017

Last Thursday, artist Martynka Wawrzyniak hosted “A Night of Experimental Jazz & Lydia Lunch” at the Park Church Co-Op (129 Russell Street) to support her McGolrick Park community art installation, Ziemia. […]

Solar Eclipse in Greenpoint - Johnny Cirillo

Community

Moon Over Greenpoint — Pics From The Solar Eclipse

by Greenpointers StaffAugust 22, 2017August 22, 2017

Yesterday, Greenpoint residents gathered in Transmitter Park, McCarren Park and on rooftops and sidewalks to witness the solar eclipse. People crafted eclipse viewers and camera obscuras out of junked up […]

Environmental

Disconnect Your Devices and Connect To Nature in Transmitter Park

by Greenpointers StaffAugust 1, 2017July 29, 2017

Are you shackled to your phone and ready to take a break from the internet and social media—or at least put your digital presence on pause? This Saturday, guided by […]

Art

Art Show Opening This Friday (4/14) Explores Connections Between Celtic and Indian Goddesses

by Geoff CobbApril 13, 2017April 11, 2017

Creative minds make connections that most of us never make, and this is never truer than with sculptor Susan Pullman Brooks’ show, Sacred Luminosity, which opens this Friday, April 14th […]

Environmental

Greenpoint Gets Greener at Kingsland Wildflowers

by Desirée FloresSeptember 26, 2016September 26, 2016

North Brooklyn community residents came out to 520 Kingsland Ave. for the first annual Kingsland Wildflowers Festival on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in Greenpoint this past weekend. The event marked the […]

Community, Events, News

Help Make McGolrick an “Urban Oasis”

by GinaMay 19, 2014

When you think of Urban Oasis, McGolrick Park might not come immediately to mind. Although it is much more quiet (and less trampled) than it’s more promiscuous sister (McCarren… ’cause […]

Culture

Sweat Lodge on the Shore of the Newtown Creek via Urban Spa Organics

by Jen GMarch 7, 2014

Peter T, our health and wellness reporter, will be participating in this exclusive Greenpoint natural spa event he found on craiglist, and taking place on the banks of the Newtown […]

Culture