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ItaliaNites, MetalSucks Bash, Oddities Flea Market, Gross History – What’s happening, Greenpoint? (3/8–3/14)

by Greenpointers Staff March 8, 2017January 22, 2018

There are more events in our weekly calendar! Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 3/8 # ItaliaNites: Malèna @ Archestratus (160 Huron St) 7:30pm, FREE, Viewing of Giuseppe Tornatore’s Malèna in celebration of la Festa […]

Get Sloshed To Save Our Local Waterfronts: Waterfront Defenders Party At The Diamond!

by Greenpointers Staff March 3, 2017February 16, 2017

Next week, Tuesday March 7th from 7-10pm local watering hole The Diamond (43 Franklin St.) is hosting a Waterfront Defenders Party to benefit this trifecta of fantastic local organizations— The Billion Oyster Project, Newtown Creek […]

Trump-tar pops up in Greenpoint, Free Trees for Neighborhood Residents, and a Sketchy Bat at Silk Road Cycles: The Hook-Up 10/14

by Erik Keithley October 14, 2016October 14, 2016

A bat has been posted up outside Silk Road Cycles (76 Franklin St.) all week. Someone at the shop reportedly contacted Animal Control 4 days ago and as of yesterday, […]

Explore the Beautiful Kingsland Wildflowers and Community Space this Saturday (10/8)

by Sponsored October 4, 2016October 4, 2016

If you didn’t get a chance to visit the beautiful Kingsland Wildflower Rooftop Festival last weekend, this Saturday October 8th starting at 5PM, is another opportunity to check out Greenpoint’s newest green […]

Train Thoughts & Trash Talk — The Hook-Up 7/29

by Steph Koyfman July 29, 2016July 28, 2016

Though full-size G Trains are very much on the agenda for the coming L Train shutdown, here’s another thought: extending the E to run along the G track to take […]

Cartoon History, Park Drama & Hank the Dog — The Hook-Up 6/3

by Steph Koyfman June 3, 2016June 2, 2016

The more you know: now you can learn about Greenpoint’s pastry, vaudeville, and industrial history in comic book fashion thanks to cartoonist Julia Wertz. Is McCarren Park the new hotspot […]

Local Industry Is Making Brooklyn Great Again — The Hook-Up 4/1

by Steph Koyfman April 1, 2016April 1, 2016

Everyone groaned when BMW leased the former Brooklyn Night Bazaar space, but it looks as though the dealership is actually doing something really cool with the space/probably trying a little […]

It’s Time to Speak up About That Proposed Toxic Water Bubble Plant

by Aaron Simon April 1, 2016April 1, 2016

We in Greenpoint know better than to swim in the toxic, bacteria-laden Newtown Creek. We might soon be exposed to the contents of the creek regardless through a proposed aeration […]

A Little-Known Newtown Creek Access Point Takes Shape

by Aaron Simon March 2, 2016March 2, 2016

If you walk along Greenpoint Avenue toward Queens, you will eventually approach North Henry Street, which appears to be a private road for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. A little-known fact […]

Newtown Creek Pollution and Monsanto’s Roundup Pose Double-Duty Health Concerns for Greenpointers

by Laura Apperson February 29, 2016February 29, 2016

Recent city investigations have revealed new information about two major health concerns for Greenpoint residents: details on the contaminants—and the plans for clean-up—in one of the nation’s most polluted waterways, […]

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