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 […]
Tag: the hook-up
Roadrage, Trash Equity and Grate-Diving — The Hook-up (7/27)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! As you may know, Greenpoint is the undisputed center of NYC wastemanagement. Last week, a long-stalled waste equity bill passed the City Council. The bill aims to […]
Pizza, Politics and Floodplains — The Hook-up (7/13)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! This week, in an effort to find the best vegan pizza in the city, AM New York landed in Greenpoint, at Screamers. Meanwhile, Councilman Antonio Reynoso, who […]
New Plates, New Parks — The Hook-up (7/6)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint! If the news is any indication, it’s time to eat out. Food writing is all over Greenpoint this week: There’s enthusiastic praise for The Hidden Pearl, Greenpoint’s […]
One Word: Plastics — The Hook-up (4/27)
Get Benjamin Braddock on the phone: the lead story in today’s hook-up is all about plastics. The former NuHart Plastics site has been snapped up by a developer. In a […]
Punch and Pepper-Spray, Hardware and High School — The Hook-up (4/20)
Good morning, Greenpoint! It’s Friday, and time for the Hook-up. Sometimes, I think we should just rename this column “Another Week, the Same MTA,” since it seems that most of […]
Dogs, Dreams, Data and Design — The Hook-up (4/13)
It’s gorgeous out, Greenpoint! And that’s not the only reason to celebrate. This week started out with some sweet news. On Monday, an MTA subway track inspector rescued that had […]
An Art Heist, An Environmental Vision and Another Hit and Run — The Hook-Up (3/16)
Happy Friday, Greenpoint, and welcome to the Da Vinci Code. There’s been an art heist on Bayard Street, and the NYPD has made an appeal for information from the public. […]
Newtown Creek Flows all the way to Utah — The Hook-up (2/8)
The mighty waters of Newtown Creek will be in fine form this weekend, as lovebirds and sewage nerds turn out for Saturday’s tours of The Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, […]
Brooklyn and A Queen — The Hook-up 1/26
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, […]