Warning: These photos are horrifying. When I came across these images on the Facebook feed of local environmental activist Laura Hofman, depicting a couple playing fetch with their dog off the […]
Tag: Newtown Creek
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Make Music New York, Chouffe Fest, Bicycle Fetish Day, – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (6/18–6/24)
(sponsored) “Just Feel”: Glass Sculptures & Paintings by Katerina Ganchak Java Studios Gallery (252 Java St, #308) FRIDAY 6/20, 6pm to 9pm, FREE A series of glass sculptures and paintings, chosen to […]
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Northside Fest, Vans House Party, Cunning Stunts – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (6/11–6/17)
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 6/11 * Making Spaces: Urban Interventionism & the Commons @ freespace nyc (340 Boerum St. #2) 7pm, FREE, This panel explores […]
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Meow Day, Drinking With Puppets, Hip-Hop Karaoke – What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (5/21–5/27)
There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 5/21 * Newtown Creek Community Advisory Group Meeting @ LaGuardia Community College (31-10 Thomson Ave, E Building, Room E501) 6:30pm, FREE, NYS Department […]
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Monuments Interview and Brigadune Album Review and Cameo Show Tonight 5/9
If you aren’t familiar with Greenpoint band Monuments, now is a perfect time to get to know them. They have a new album out called Brigadune, they play tonight at […]
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A lot…Or Nothing – What is Really Going on with the North Brooklyn Boathouse?
So a lot is going on with the Newtown Creek Environmental Benefit Project. Or nothing is going on with it. It really depends on who you ask. Wednesday night (4/23), […]
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What’s that Smell? Dredging Party Boat!
How many people can say that they live in a neighborhood that has scheduled dredging? That’s something to brag about, kind of like when you have a really disgusting, oozing […]
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New Proposal Wants to Map Greenpoint’s Toxic Sites
One of the first things I learned after moving to Greenpoint in 2011 was that The Mark Bar gives out free bagels on Sundays. Or at least they used to. […]
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Greenpoint is About to Get a Whole Lot Greener Thanks to First Round of GCEF Grant Recipients
On Friday, the first small grants from the Greenpoint Community Evironmental Fund‘s (GCEF) $19.5 million were awarded to 18 environmental improvement projects in the neighborhood. The funds are ExxonMobil’s retribution […]
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Sweat Lodge on the Shore of the Newtown Creek via Urban Spa Organics
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 […]