Here at Greenpointers, we love getting down and dirty with the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. On Tuesday, that complex kicked it up a notch further when the Department of […]
Tag: Newtown Creek
Posted inHistorical Greenpoint
Oil, Philanthropy, The Astral and Art: The Mixed Local Legacy of Charles Pratt
Perhaps there is no person in the long history of Greenpoint who had a bigger effect on our area than Charles Pratt. Pratt’s legacy, though is a mixed one: a […]
Posted inFilm
Call For Entries: Greenpoint Film Festival
Submissions for the Greenpoint Film Festival are currently being accepted. The extended deadline is March 15th, 2018. Many of last year’s films had a local environmental slant, featuring our favorite highly polluted […]
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Newtown Creek Flows all the way to Utah — The Hook-up (2/8)
The mighty waters of Newtown Creek will be in fine form this weekend, as lovebirds and sewage nerds turn out for Saturday’s tours of The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, […]
Posted inEvents
Valentine’s Day Newtown Creek Digester Egg Tour
Nothing says I love you quite like sewage. This valentines day, you could go the traditional route, candy, flowers, etc… Or, you do something truly special: A tour of the […]
Posted inCulture
North Brooklyn Culture + History Roundup
Hey, Greenpoint! I know you’re always looking for that history fix, and North Brooklyn has you covered. There are several wonderful history events coming up this weekend and in the […]
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Brooklyn and A Queen — The Hook-up 1/26
This week, New Yorkers have been making their voices heard underground, underwater and in church. On Sunday, Rev. Yolanda, a Drag Queen who leads an inter-faith congregation in Bay Ridge, […]
Posted inEnvironmental
Discuss Newtown Creek’s Sordid Past and Improving Future at This Talk on Jan 31
Via Newtown Creek Alliance: Join your fellow neighbors in a series of informal gatherings to learn about and discuss the latest happenings on our local superfund waterway; Newtown Creek. While […]
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Pinball Wizards and Streetcar Woes — The Hook-up (1/19)
In the contentious world of elite New York pinball, there can be only one champion. This year, it was a North Brooklyn contest: Greenpoint’s Paragons of Pinball duked it out […]
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Art, Urban Equity and Brooklyn in Albany — The Hook-up 12/15
Last week, I had the privilege to see a remastered print of Ken Burns’ 1981 film, Brooklyn Bridge, at the Brooklyn Museum. The documentary had me feeling all the feelings […]