Happy Friday, Greenpoint! It’s nearly the weekend, and you can celebrate with the very last show at the House of Vans. The 25 Franklin St. venue will close after 8 […]
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Unfriendly Williamsburg Neighbor Leaving Food That’s Poisonous to Dogs on Sidewalk
Take care, Greenpoint pet owners! An anonymous Greenpoint resident alerted the 94th precinct this week that a neighbor has been purposefully leaving food that is poisonous to dogs on Skillman […]
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Public Parks, Private Homes, Pfizer and Police — The Hook-up (8/3)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! With all the warm weather, you may want to spend as much time as possible in Greenpoint’s lovely parks. Now, that’s easier than ever, since the bathrooms […]
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Groper At Large in Greenpoint
When it comes to sexual assault, it has been a devastating week here in Greenpoint. First, the NYPD apprehended a man who attempted to violently rape a Greenpoint woman, and […]
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Break-in and Attempted Rape in Greenpoint Yesterday
Police are searching for a man in his mid-20s who forced his way into a 37-year-old woman’s apartment by Kingsland and Meeker Avenues yesterday afternoon, June 21st, and tried to […]
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Mow your lawn, slurp your noodles — The Hook-up (6/15)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! You know how it is here in North Brooklyn — another week, another waterfront development… Get the first look at the three towers proposed for the site […]
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Docking, Driving, Building and Borrowing — The Hook-up (6/8)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! Now you’re really living — because the Newtown Creek Alliance has announced plans for the construction and installation of a second Living Dock within Newtown Creek. And […]
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Banking on New Development — The Hook-up (6/1)
There were some major Real Estate stories in the news this week. First, Greenpoint Savings Bank (807 Manhattan Avenue) has been sold to investor Jack Terzi for $10 Million. While […]
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Off the Grid, On the Bridge and Out of the Chamber — The Hook-up (5/18)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! For some of our neighbors, this has been a tough week. On Sunday, 500 Greenpoint residents lost their heat and hot water when National Grid cut service […]
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Beyond #Metoo: Greenpoint Sexual Assault Taskforce hosted Discussion at Wythe Hotel
Last Monday, the Greenpoint Sexual Assault Task Force hosted Beyond #Metoo, a panel discussion and conversation with the NYPD, elected officials, and victim’s rights advocates to “discuss how the system […]