When Fernanda U. and Matteo P. [names abbreviated for privacy] opened their mail last night at their Manhattan Avenue apartment, they were shocked to find a threatening message with hate […]
Tag: Williamsburg
Posted inEat & Drink
After 20 Years Enid’s Is Closing in March
One of the most beloved local restaurants in Greenpoint, Enid’s (560 Manhattan Ave.), announced today that they will close on March 31st of this year. The neighborhood bar and restaurant […]
Posted inCommunity
Nightlife Town Hall with Assemblyman Lentol is Tonight (1/31)
Tonight, Assemblyman Joe Lentol is holding a public meeting to address comments and concerns related to nightlife in Williamsburg in Greenpoint at the Bushwick Inlet Park Community Room (86 Kent […]
Posted inCulture
Super Bowl Events in Greenpoint and Williamsburg
For native New Yorkers, this might be (another) hard Super Bowl to endure as the Patriots are (once again) competing. But if you want to watch Maroon 5 perform while […]
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Posted inCommunity
157th Anniversary of USS Monitors’ Greenpoint Launch
Today marks the 157 year anniversary of Jan 30th, 1862, the day Greenpoint staked its claim in history as the site where the ironclad USS Monitor was built and […]
Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint
New Artists Revive Greenpoint’s First Industry
Long before Greenpoint had the shipbuilding, oil refining or sugar refining industries, ceramicists had established Greenpoint as America’s first ceramic capital and it is more than a little ironic […]
Posted inNews
McCarren Park Track Reopens Following Improvements
Time to celebrate with a few laps! The quarter-mile McCarren Park track has reopened after almost a year of improvements by the parks department for a cost of $3,188,000. View […]
Posted inCommunity
CB1 Transportation Committee Public Meeting Tonight
The Transportation Committee of Brooklyn Community Board 1 (CB1), which includes Greenpoint and Williamsburg, will hold its monthly public meeting tonight at the CB1 district office located at 435 Graham Ave […]
Posted inNews
Weeknight and Weekend L Train Service Disruptions Start Tonight Through March 18
Nighttime and weekend L train service will be suspended starting tonight through Mar. 18, for maintenance to the Canarsie Tunnel that was planned prior to Andrew ‘Amazon’ Cuomo’s intervention last month. The […]
Posted inArt
The Lot Radio Working With City Health Officials to Reopen Following Violations
The Lot Radio (17 Nassau Ave.) opened their underground internet radio station inside of a repurposed shipping container in 2016 on a triangular, decrepit lot between Banker and N. 15 […]