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, […]
Tag: Newtown Creek
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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 […]
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Stopping Java Jerks and Making Transit Work — The Hook-up (12/1)
Happy December, Everybody! Despite the glorious lights on Manhattan Avenue, it seems not everybody is in the holiday spirit. In fact, there has been some gross nonsense going on around […]
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Radio(active) City: Is the Wolff-Alport site a new priority at the EPA?
New York City is a super city. We have it all. But sometimes, having it all means warts-and-all, as is the case with the city’s three Federal Superfund sites. Superfund […]
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Creek, Camera, Controversy — The Hook-up (11/24)
Happy Thanksgiving, Greenpoint! Wondering what was happening around town as you were gearing up for the holiday? Read on to find out! Good thing you’re reading this after the meal, […]
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Subway Rats Join the Brunch Craze, Firefox Gives out Free Coffee and the BQX Unveils a Prototype — the Hook-up (11/17)
Move over, Pizza Rat, there’s a new celebrity rodent in town. This week, a subway rat went full “Brooklyn” and jumped on the avocado craze. While waiting for the G […]
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On the Waterfront and Off the Leash — The Hook-up (10/11)
Greenpointers have been watching the changing East River Waterfront. A community development meeting on Wednesday allowed residents to hear from developers, and voice their concerns about on-going construction projects in […]
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Digester Eggs Bring “Elegant Combination of Engineering and Art” to Newtown Creek
While the North Brooklyn Boat Club inspects what lurks beneath the waters of Newtown Creek every Halloween, we thought we’d take a deep dive (theoretically) into what looms above them: […]