This week all over Brooklyn, there will be celebrations honoring Walt Whitman. With the 200th anniversary of the birth of Brooklyn’s greatest poet, one has to ask the question: Was […]
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Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint
New York City’s First Black Principal Sarah Tompkins Garnet Began Her Career in Williamsburg
March is Women’s History Month when we celebrate the achievements of North Brooklyn’s greatest women. Sarah Tompkins Garnet was not only the first black woman to serve as a […]
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Blue Flashes Caused by Con Ed Electrical Fire in Astoria Last Night
Beginning at around 9:00 p.m last, night neon blue bursts of light turned the New York City skyline into a pre-apocalyptic backdrop while sending ripples of speculation and awe throughout […]
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NYC Historian Mitch Waxman Discusses Amazon HQ2
Mitch Waxman is a lifelong New Yorker and historian who for the past decade has traversed the area near the Long Island City waterfront at Anabel Basin where Amazon’s HQ2 […]
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Emo Legends Stick to New Songs, Not Crowd Pleasers
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a nostalgia-soaked night of music, and on Wednesday night at Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave.), Saves the Day was exactly that. But although it pains […]
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Armory Week: North Brooklyn Artists and Galleries
Spring is approaching, and you know what that means- it’s Armory Week in New York! In addition to The Armory Show, the other fairs Volta, SPRING/BREAK, Art on Paper, NADA, Independent, and SCOPE are happening all around […]
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Brace Yourselves Against Elves, Greenpointers: SantaCon is Coming to Town
Be afraid, Greenpoint. Be very, very afraid. Not of Jack Skellington, or Krampus, or even of the holiday sweaters Grandma knitted you, but of … Bad Santa. SANTACON IS COMING […]
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Greenpointer Kate Bell Premiers Now-Sold Out Play About Greenpoint, ‘BLACKOUT03’
BLACKOUT03, a new play by fifteen-year Greenpoint resident Kate Bell, is premiering tonight at Manhattan’s HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave, New York, NY) as part of the legendary Downtown […]
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Get Fit With Athletes Club & Save at Fitness Studios, Restaurants and Active Shops
(sponsored) It’s almost summer. North Brooklyn bike lanes are busy and the parks are full of folks like you who want to feel great and get into shape. Â But getting […]