WEDNESDAY 6/13 ♦ Star Lab Summer Benefit @ School Settlement Association (120 Jackson St) 6-8pm, a fun filled evening of live music, prizes and surprises from the Star Lab young […]
Tag: Newtown Creek
Is Greenpoint Safe? Important Panel Discussion Wed 5/23
Oil spill? Toxins? Plumes? Is Greenpoint safe? If you live or work here, you should be concerned about how your health is affected by these big problems. Please come and […]
These Guys: Shart Attack
These guys: (left to right) Rowland and Joe’s appropriately named canoe “Shart Attack” embarked from the Sewage Treatment Plant Nature Walk yesterday. The canoe was quite a looker on Driggs […]
Pastor Marries Choir Girl Who Swims In the Newtown Creek
Everyone gives me crap for not being a “real” Greenpointer, but my great grandfather G. Clement Edson was the pastor of the Noble Street Presbyterian Church (1907-1911) and my grandmother […]
North BK Boat Club Updates: Meeting Tonight!
If Greenpoint could get any more awesome, there is a boat house in the works at the tip of Manhattan Ave. Greenpointers was at the first meeting and ALOT has happened […]
Superfunding The Newtown Creek
Over a year ago, on September 27, 2010, the EPA opened a new chapter on the ongoing saga of our polluted waterway by designating the Newtown Creek a federally recognized […]
Investigation of the Creek
The largest polluters of Newtown Creek and environs have agreed, with the federal Environmental Protection Agency, to look at the damage. This will be the first step in the process […]
Newtown Creek Cruise
Who isn’t interested in Newtown Creek? For a cool and esoteric trip check out The Hidden Harbor tour on May 21st. Join us for a special water tour with expert […]
If We Had 7 Milion Dollars…
But wait, WE DO! And we need to vote on how to use it! TODAY! Thursday, December 2nd3pm to 8pmPS34131 Norman Avenue (near McGuinness Boulevard This week, you will have […]
Newtown Creek Meeting to Discuss What To Do with $7 Million!
Friend and neighbor Gaby just sent me this email. I highly recommend anyone with any vested interest in what our neighborhood parks will look like, feel like, and smell like […]