A teenaged girl was “found dead” inside a Greenpoint home on Thursday, NBC NY reports. 16-year-old Skylar Darragh was found “unresponsive in the home on Leonard Street,” at around 3:15 […]
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Gas Odor Causes Greenpoint Preschool Evacuation
Gas odors resulted in the temporary evacuation of preschool children from the Greenpoint YMCA’s Early Childhood Center in the Polish and Slavic Center at 176 Java St. on Thursday morning, […]
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$26,000 SUV Purchase by Community Board Raises Questions
Brooklyn Community Board 1 (CB1) purchased a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid SUV at the cost of $26,000 with funds intended to help NYC community boards. CB1 “was the only one of […]
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Brooklyn Public Library Celebrates Walt Whitmans’ 200th Birthday
Celebrations at the Brooklyn Public Library are underway marking the legendary writer, journalist, and poet Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday. Whitman was born on 5/21/1819 and worked as a journalist for […]
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Mel Brooks: Williamsburgs’ Comic Genius
North Brooklyn has produced more than its fair share of great comedians. Jack Gilford, the man who many claim invented standup and the outrageously funny Buddy Hackett come immediately to […]
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Against The Grain, Paper Marbling, What The L? — What’s Happening, Greenpoint? (5/22-5/28)
WEDNESDAY 5/22 *Wine Glass Terrarium Plant Nite @ Clinton Hall (247 Metropolitan Ave), 7pm, $55, Cultivate your creativity, naturally. Gifted growers will guide you step-by-step as you make a mini […]
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Ad Hoc Closing Greenpoint Shop at the End of May
Ad Hoc NYC clothing store will close their brick and mortar location at 10 Bedford Ave. in Greenpoint at the end of the month, while the owners “bum around the […]
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Councilmembers Call for Full Funding of Hate Crimes Prevention Office
More funding is needed for the newly created Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, a group of NYC lawmakers announced yesterday at a press conference on Monday in Williamsburg. […]
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Reserve Your Free Rain Barrel for Pickup in McCarren Park 6/1
Free rain barrels will be distributed in McCarren Park on Saturday, June 1st from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. compliments of the NYC Dept. of Environmental Protection and Councilman Stephen […]
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Hollywood Legend Mickey Rooney’s Greenpoint Roots
Few people today might recognize him by his real name, Joe Yule Jr., but the boy born in 1920 at 696 Leonard Street would become an Academy Award winner […]