Amazon will expand its presence in Williamsburg with a planned live-streaming music studio at 25 Kent, the new Bushwick Inlet Park-adjacent office and retail building owned by Rubenstein Partners. Amazon […]
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Greenpoint Studio Spaces Empty As Landlord Offers Few Concessions
Offices and studios at 67 West Street were quiet, dark and empty on a Friday afternoon in early August. Motion-sensor lights in the long hallways flickered as feet clacked against […]
Posted inPolitics
Male District Leader Nomination Announced for North Brooklyn’s Assembly District 50
North Brooklyn’s newly elected female District Leader and Greenpoint native Kristina Naplatarski, has announced her pick for assembly district 50’s new male District Leader. Naplatarski unseated longtime incumbent Linda Minucci […]
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Neighborhood Bar Minnows Opens on Nassau Avenue
The corner of Nassau Avenue and Diamond Street is home to Greenpoint’s newest neighborhood bar, which opened last weekend with a laid-back watering hole vibe in the former Good Move […]
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Kestane Kebab To Open In Former Ramen Mafia Space
The restaurant space at 208 Franklin St. has seen plenty of turnover over the past few years, but will a local business expanding to a second location finally stick? Greenpoint-based […]
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Williamsburg Bus Collision Kills Brooklyn Prosecutor
A 35-year-old Brooklyn assistant district attorney was killed in a collision with a bus early Monday morning in Williamsburg, multiple news outlets report. Sarah Pitts, who worked in the office […]
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Greenpoint This Week: Cozy Royale to Open, Local Zine Launches, L Train Tunnel Gets Cell Signal, and More!
Happy Labor Day weekend Greenpointers! Saturday marks the 100th night of the McCarren Gathering, which began as a silent vigil following the death of George Floyd and has since evolved […]
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L Train Tunnel Is MTA’s First to Receive Cell Phone Service
The Canarsie Tube which connects the L Train between Manhattan and Brooklyn is receiving a cell phone signal upgrade. On Wednesday, Governor Cuomo announced that the L train tunnel, which […]
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Meat Hook Founders to Open Cozy Royale Next Week
The Meat Hook co-founders Ben Turley and Brent Young are nearing the launch of their newest Williamsburg business and first neighborhood restaurant, Cozy Royale (434 Humboldt St.). The restaurant and […]
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Custom Framing Company Expands to NYC With Williamsburg Store
Framebridge (76 N 4 St.), a former online-only framing service, is expanding their brick-and-mortar presence to NYC with a new 1,700 square-foot Williamsburg store. The business started in 2014 as […]