2011 may have spent its final days in a mediocre gray blur of rain and oddly mild temperatures, but our neighbor Ben Roshia has been busy. For months following the […]
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The Greenpoint Boathouse
On a dark Tuesday night, I walked down Kent and pushed through a doorway obscured with old burlap sacks to reveal a room full of energetic sailors, paddlers, and waterfolk. […]
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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 […]
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Nuptials Announcement – Jen & Peter
It’s with much excitement that Greenpointers announces the marriage of Jen and Peter. They got married near a “secluded beach” in an outer borough (not Brooklyn) inside a box truck […]
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Chelsea Elliott: Occupying Greenpoint
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that Chelsea Elliott wishes that her move to the front lines of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests had been […]
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Six Nights with the Kings of Karaoke
For four minutes and seventeen seconds, nothing else mattered. I won’t go so far as to say that I didn’t think of anything else. I had all the usual karaoke […]
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The Fengshui of Greenpoint
I’ve spent the past month in a place that many of us think of often as its influence over our nation grows but that few outsiders, myself certainly included, can […]
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Three Drink Escapes
With the hot days of summer slouching towards us, there will be nights when you’ll wish you were elsewhere, contrary to the spirit of this blog. Here’s three liquid ways […]
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PRØMS at Blackout
Finding good music to listen to at work is tough. It can’t be too punchy or loud and maintaining focus while keeping your mind active requires a measure of consistency and […]