Tag: new york city
It Ain’t Girls: The Greenpoint Hotel
With the proposed ten luxury high rises coming to Greenpoint, adding over 5000 new homes to the area, nearby residents of The Greenpoint Hotel currently live in deplorable conditions. With […]
Greenpoint Landing: Bloomberg’s Plan To Create A “New” Greenpoint Community
Miami, Brooklyn is coming to Greenpoint. And it aint’ perty. Did you know we are lacking in community here? In his recent State of The City 2013 address, Mike Bloomberg […]
Greenpoint Artists Invade Upper East Side: New York I Love You Sometimes
Only two things could make me wake up and trek to the Upper East Side: Â Art and Central Park. Â This Sunday, I was well rewarded with both. George Terry, a […]
RIP Mayor Ed Koch
Ed Koch, a real New Yorker, and former mayor of our great city died overnight of heart failure, as reported by CNN. Rest in peace, Mayor Koch. You were badass.
No Pants Subway Ride! Sun 1/13
My absolute favorite citywide and now multi-city and multi-country event is happening on Sunday January 13th, 2012: Improv Everywhere’s No Pants Subway Ride! As in riders take off their pants […]
Greenpoint is a 2013 “Six to Celebrate” Neighborhood!
The Historic Districts Council (HDC), New York’s city-wide advocate for historic buildings and neighborhoods, has just selected Greenpoint as one of the six neighborhoods to celebrate in 2013! Preservation Greenpoint–a […]
Peregrine Falcon Lunch Date at Martin Luther High School
I got an exciting email from K, who works at Martin Luther School in Maspeth. Yesterday, what she believed was a hawk joined the students for lunch, enjoying a freshly […]
Hurricane Safety Checklist
Hurricane Sandy is coming whether we like it or not. Here are a few simple things to do to be prepared: • If you are in Zone A, you MUST […]
Brooklyn Surf Flea Today 9/23 at Union Pool
Via NYC Urchin: “NYC URCHIN and OHLAS SURF are so psyched to get together our saltiest and craftiest of friends for the first ever Brooklyn Surf Flea!! It’s been an adventure over the […]