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Governors Island in 2019 © Julienne SchaerGovernors Island, all 172 acres of it, will open again to the public for ‘passive recreation’ on Wednesday, July 15 with a daily ferry service from lower Manhattan. Brooklyn residents will be able to take a direct ferry from Red Hook’s Atlantic Basin rather
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Beans, beans, beans. Come to your local market and get them all.This Sunday, July 12, a new farmers market will be opening in Williamsburg. Located at Domino Park, the greenmarket is a partnership between Two Trees, who built and operate the privately owned public park, and Grow NYC [https:
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When the city abruptly halted all composting initiatives as a cost-saving measure (with the announcement made just a couple of days before Earth Day) many residents were displeased, calling in on Brian Lehrer show to tell the Mayor just how much they did not like the move. Others decided to
COVID-19
Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, April 27, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Jose Martinez and Gabriel Sandoval, Originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/04/park-service-vows-to-reopen-floyd-bennett-field-to-gardeners.html] The National Park Service pledged Wednesday to let community gardeners back into Brooklyn’s shuttered [https://thecity.nyc/2020/
Business
Photo via Local Roots CSAWith an order to stay at home [/new-york-state-will-go-on-pause-sunday-night-what-that-means/] as much as possible, some New Yorkers are turning to CSA’s to get fresh produce without leaving their apartment. CSA’s, short for community supported agriculture, bring produce from local farms straight to you. With long grocery
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Rule of Thirds interior. Courtesy of Gary Landsman.GREENPOINT — At Rule of Thirds [https://www.thirdsbk.com/] in Greenpoint, which opened February 22, very little goes to waste. The restaurant, a collaboration between the team from Sunday Hospitality [https://www.sundayhg.com/] and Okonomi [http://www.okonomibk.com/]’s JT
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Reusable shopping tote with produce. Photo by Sylvie Tittel [https://unsplash.com/@misssinterpreted?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash. [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/zero-waste?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] This weekend, the plastic bag ban [https://nyassembly.
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The site of a proposed NYC Ferry site in Coney Island Creek across from Kaiser Park in Brooklyn, on Feb. 11, 2020. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Clifford Michel, for THE CITY. Originally posted on February 11, by THE CITY. Standing between Coney Island and a planned NYC Ferry dock:
Business
Piles of wood in front of Manuel Rivera’s store. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.Last week, we reported [/mri-national-grid-pipeline/] on a number of mom-and-pop shops on Moore Street between Humboldt Street and Graham Avenue in Williamsburg who have suffered profound financial losses as a result of street closure for construction on
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It’s a sad end for a Christmas tree to be disposed off in the garbage. Irina Groushevaia/BklynerOne of the most significant sources of waste during the holidays comes from the twinkling, star-topped centerpiece that represents Christmas to so many Americans: the Christmas tree. Sadly, many of these wind
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Air Co. Vodka. Courtesy of Air Co.WILLIAMSBURG – A young startup in North Brooklyn released a sustainable spirit earlier this month, a vodka made out of “air, sun, and water.” The brainchild of former marketing executive of Smirnoff Vodka’s campaign, Greg Constantine, and chemist and environmentalist Stafford Sheehan, Air
Bushwick
SEY coffee shop. Andrea Aliseda/Bklyner.A good cup of coffee wakes you up. A great cup makes you sing: it’s an experience. One that extends itself far beyond the actual brew: from farm to cup and farmer to barista. Bushwick’s SEY Coffee, recently named [https://www.foodandwine.