Starting Saturday, August 1, 2009, the Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC) is expanding its textile and clothing recycling project to four additional Greenmarket locations, including McCarren Park from 8am – 2pm. It will be an ongoing weekly program.
CENYC is partnering with Wearable Collections, a NYC-based textile recycling company. (The company donates [...]
112 Greenpoint Avenue:
Apts 4-B, 2-A and 1-A
Three apartments available in renovated six-story townhouse located in the heart of the culturally vibrant and thriving neighborhood of Greenpoint.
The historic building is surrounded by shops, bars, and restaurants including The Pencil Factory and Polonaise. Each apartment is grounded on corded oak floors and finished with the bedrock [...]
Local resident Shannon Manning snapped photos of a scaffold collapse that occurred at a construction site on Roebling St, between North 10th and 11th, on Monday, July 27. She reports that the scaffolding has since been pulled away from the building: ”At one point,” she says, “the workers were attempting to pull it down using ropes, [...]
Photo: efodde
Unemployed North Brooklynites unite! [Unemployed Brooklyn]
Doug Biviano gets dirty at Smackdown. [Brooklyn Paper]
Greenpoint-Williamsburg contextual rezoning approved by city. [NYC Gov]
Greenpointers love ice coffee. [NY Press]
Photo: Will Femia
Otte leaving Williamsburg for TriBeca. [Crains]
Lomzynianka perogis profiled in NYT. [NYTimes]
Todd P documentary highlights local music scene. [Free Williamsburg]
Berry Park beer garden opens on N. 14th [Greenpointers]
Photo: e-lame
Polish sculptor known for Pope John Paul II statue found dead on beach. [NY Daily News]
A list of Latin restaurants in North Brooklyn. [New World Review]
NAG’s ‘Ultimate Verbal Smackdown’ with candidates is tonight. [NAG]
Photo: Ian McConnell
McCaig-Welles Gallery closing. [Animal NY]
Pool Party recap, minus …Trail of Dead, cancelled due to lightning. [Brooklyn Vegan]
Neighborhood with the most noise complaints in Brooklyn. [NY Daily News]