2011 may have spent its final days in a mediocre gray blur of rain and oddly mild temperatures, but our neighbor Ben Roshia has been busy. Â For months following the […]
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The Greenpoint Boathouse
On a dark Tuesday night, I walked down Kent and pushed through a doorway obscured with old burlap sacks to reveal a room full of energetic sailors, paddlers, and waterfolk. […]
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Superfunding The Newtown Creek
Over a year ago, on September 27, 2010, the EPA opened a new chapter on the ongoing saga of our polluted waterway by designating the Newtown Creek a federally recognized […]
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Nuptials Announcement – Jen & Peter
It’s with much excitement that Greenpointers announces the marriage of Jen and Peter. They got married near a “secluded beach” in an outer borough (not Brooklyn) inside a box truck […]
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Chelsea Elliott: Occupying Greenpoint
I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that Chelsea Elliott wishes that her move to the front lines of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests had been […]
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Six Nights with the Kings of Karaoke
For four minutes and seventeen seconds, nothing else mattered. I won’t go so far as to say that I didn’t think of anything else. I had all the usual karaoke […]
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The Fengshui of Greenpoint
I’ve spent the past month in a place that many of us think of often as its influence over our nation grows but that few outsiders, myself certainly included, can […]
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Three Drink Escapes
With the hot days of summer slouching towards us, there will be nights when you’ll wish you were elsewhere, contrary to the spirit of this blog. Â Here’s three liquid ways […]
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PRØMS at Blackout
Finding good music to listen to at work is tough.  It can’t be too punchy or loud and maintaining focus while keeping your mind active requires a measure of consistency and […]