Leech therapy is a thing now. Andrew Plucinski, is apparently running a leeching therapy service out of his Greenpoint loft, which he’s dubbed the “Silesian Holistic Center.” It’s like […]
Tag: Polish
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(Not) Forgotten Greenpoint: “Taj Mahal For All The Birds… & Elvis!” – Beverly’s Memories & Karen None Of Your Business
When I first took over Greenpointers, Beverly, an original Greenpointer who now lives in Florida and stays connected through the website, wrote me one of the most inspiring messages about […]
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Little Poland Just Like Dublin: Happy St. Patrick’s Day From Apollo St!
Here is an excerpt from an interesting article in Voices of NY about an Irishman who admires the Polish community in Greenpoint: “…living among Poles reminds McDonagh of Ireland. Greenpoint, […]
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Best Polish Restaurants in Greenpoint
Living in Greenpoint, we are lucky to have one of the largest collections of Polish restaurants serving traditionally meat-centric goodness this side of Warsaw. And this is the season for […]
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Our Wigilia: Polish Christmas Eve Tradition
I ran into Jen G on Saturday at the McCarren Park Farmer’s Market, when I was out Wigilia (Polish Christmas Eve) shopping with my brother and sister-in-law, who had stood in line […]
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HOPE 2012 SURVEY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
Greenpoint has a very evident street homeless population. It is important for the city to understand how many homeless people are living in our neighborhood to evaluate how effective their […]
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DINNER FOR 2: $16, plus BEER 2
Did you feel the mini-earthquake the other day? Don’t worry, it was just our beloved Greenpointers’ writer Joann Kim of UpDownAcross paying us a visit. After living diagonally across from Winthrop Park, she […]
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Pulaski Day Parade
In case you were wondering why every Polish American neighbor was wearing red and white and evacuating Greenpoint for Manhattan today, waving flags and blowing horns, its because it was […]
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Rzeszów Festival Preview Concert
The Polish American Folk Dance Company presents a preview concert tomorrow of what they will will perform at the Rzeszów Folk Festival in Poland this summer. A chance to see […]
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New York Polish Film Festival
I very, very rarely post things outside of Greenpoint – nevermind in the city – but I feel like this is definitely of interest to the Polish community and well, […]