For longtime Greenpointers, Ovenly (31 Greenpoint Ave.) needs no introduction. It’s the natural pit stop on your way over to Transmitter Park, where you can enjoy a quiet moment, and […]
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ExxonMobil Proposes Toxic Cleanup at 460 Kingsland Avenue, Comment Period Open
The proposed cleanup plan for the 3.55 acre-site that was formerly an oil refinery owned by ExxonMobil at 460 Kingsland Ave. has been submitted and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation […]
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Community-Based Playspace Launches in Williamsburg for 0-6 Year Old Kids
A new independent, community-based playspace for young children ages 0-6 started by North Brooklyn-based parents will hold its first in a series of pop-ups on Saturday, April 6th, at Our […]
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Garden Design Workshop at Bushwick Inlet Park This Saturday (3/30)
A “hands-on” garden design workshop will take place this Saturday, March 30th, at Bushwick Inlet Park (86 Kent Ave.) at 1 p.m. to help plan gardens to be planted this […]
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No Overnight L Train Between Brooklyn and Manhattan 4/15 – 4/26
There will be no L train service between Lorimer Street in Brooklyn and 8th Avenue in Manhattan 10:30 p.m. – 5 a.m., from April 15th to April 26th, according to […]
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Estate Sale at Rosemary’s Greenpoint Tavern This Weekend
An estate sale at Rosemary’s Greenpoint Tavern (188 Bedford Ave.) this weekend is putting the historic Williamsburg bars’ furnishings up for grabs, Bedford and Bowery reports. The sale is from […]
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Vote for Participatory Budgeting Projects March 30th – April 7th
Voting for Participatory Budgeting, the NYC program where residents vote on how to allocate $1.5 million in funding for projects conceived and pitched by locals, will take place between March 30th – […]
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Woman Randomly Assaulted at Pulaski Bridge by Man With Wooden Cane in Greenpoint
A Greenpoint woman was allegedly attacked by a stranger resulting in her receiving 16 staples to her head after she walked down the Pulaski Bridge staircase onto McGuinness Boulevard at […]
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Memories of a 90s Childhood in Williamsburg Recalled in Group Photo Exhibit
Before the Williamsburg and Greenpoint waterfront ushered in dozens of luxury buildings with the 2005Â rezoning, the yearning to create something out of nothing permeated the native youth in the 1990s […]
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The Local Purple Heart Recipient Memorialized With a Park
Recently there was a $ 12,000,000 renovation of Sergeant William Dougherty Park, which lies right by the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at the corner of Vandervoort Avenue and Anthony Street. Sergeant […]