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Tag: oil spill

More Toxic Secrets In This Rare 1980s ‘Hazardous Neighbors’ Brooklyn Study

by Aaron Simon October 30, 2015October 31, 2015

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the world of toxic chemicals, specifically as they pertain to Greenpoint. First, Neighbors Allied For Good Growth (NAG) released the ToxiCity Map to bring […]

Newtown Creek polluters alive and well. State officials investigate fresh oil leak.

by Kim M August 21, 2014August 21, 2014

Anyone living in Greenpoint knows whatever lies in the murky waters of Newtown Creek is filled with some seriously nasty cancer-causing stuff: PCBs, VOCs, oil, anti-freeze—the list is endless.  In […]

Judgmental NYC, Mutant Alligators, & the “New Williamsburg” x 1000 – The Hook Up (4/18)

by Gina April 18, 2014April 18, 2014

Curbed tipped us off to this offensive map of stereotypes and cliches around the city, created by  Joe Larson and posted on his blog, Judgemental Maps. Greenpoint is dominated by “OIL SPILL, […]

New Proposal Wants to Map Greenpoint’s Toxic Sites

by storres March 13, 2014March 12, 2014

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. […]

Paragon / Apollo Petroleum Remediation Public Meeting (3/12) #OSOM

by Jen G March 3, 2014February 26, 2014

On Wednesday March 12, 2014 at 7pm, the Greenpoint community is invited to a Public Meeting at Warsaw (261 Driggs Ave) to discuss the cleanup plan at Former Paragon Oil […]

Traffic Heroes, the Return of GIRLS, & Doughnut Romance– The Hook Up (1/13)

by Gina January 13, 2014

Our new mayor vowed to find the killer of local landlord, Menachem Stark.  Police are following a lead from a cell phone that they found strapped to the bottom of […]

Greenpoint Landing “One Gigantic Brownfield Site”: If You Care About Greenpoint – Sign This Petition Now!

by Avery October 2, 2013October 1, 2013

New York City is a place where change is inevitable, and where change comes, real estate development follows. It would not be the place it is without it.  However the […]

11222 Is Getting $19.5 Million – Greenpoint Environmental Funding

by Jen G October 1, 2013

Last Thursday was Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund’s third meeting since the $19.5 Million settlement with ExxonMobil – funding which will be granted to environmental projects only within the 11222 area […]

Community Meeting for Environmental Fund (9/25)

by Gina September 23, 2013September 18, 2013

Interested in how you can help make Greenpoint more, well…green? Join the community on 9/25 to get involved in the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund, a $19.5 million dollar grant program […]

“Presumed Inevitability of Gentrification” in Greenpoint: Not The End Of The Story

by Joel May 20, 2013May 20, 2013

Two new articles about gentrification and environmental activism in Greenpoint, appearing in The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, argue that the neighborhood is challenging the typical narrative that gentrifying neighborhoods […]

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