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Feb
01
Brutal January Continues as Vice Announces Layoffs

Brutal January Continues as Vice Announces Layoffs

Vice LogoEarlier today The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that “around 250 jobs are expected to be cut” as Vice,
1 min read
Jan
15
Affordable Housing Lottery List: Pools and Views Edition

Affordable Housing Lottery List: Pools and Views Edition

Surf Vets Place is the building in the center of the rendering.Surf Vets Place [http://thenyhc.org/projects/surf-vets-place/
4 min read
Jan
11
Screamer’s Pizzeria Opens Second Vegan Location – In Crown Heights

Screamer’s Pizzeria Opens Second Vegan Location – In Crown Heights

Screamer’s Pizzeria in Crown Heights at 685 Franklin Ave. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The second installment of
2 min read
Jan
10
Anti-Semitic Stickers In Greenpoint Surface With Numbers 14 and 88

Anti-Semitic Stickers In Greenpoint Surface With Numbers 14 and 88

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGREENPOINT – A series of anti-Semitic messages written on United States Postal Service mailing labels were discovered posted
3 min read
Jan
05
Greenpoint Centenarian “Big Helen” Sieczkowski Passed Away January 2nd – OBITUARY

Greenpoint Centenarian “Big Helen” Sieczkowski Passed Away January 2nd – OBITUARY

By Michael Kawochka GREENPOINT – Greenpoint centenarian “Big Helen” Sieczkowski passed away January 2, 2019.  She was the oldest living person
1 min read
Jan
03
EXCLUSIVE: State Senator Salazar’s Team And Agenda

EXCLUSIVE: State Senator Salazar’s Team And Agenda

BUSHWICK — On November 6, State Sen. Julia Salazar was elected the youngest female New York state senator in history. She
2 min read
Jan
03
Developer Files for Nine Story Building on Toxic Lot Across from Greenpoint Superfund Site

Developer Files for Nine Story Building on Toxic Lot Across from Greenpoint Superfund Site

The corner of Clay and Commercial Streets, where a nine-story building will go up on a lot marred by toxic
3 min read
Jan
02
Stop Work Order Halts Construction at Greenpoint Library

Stop Work Order Halts Construction at Greenpoint Library

A pedestrian inspects the stop work order posted to the Greenpoint Library construction site (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – After delays
3 min read
Jan
02
New Multi-Lingual Signage at Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park Omits Polish

New Multi-Lingual Signage at Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park Omits Polish

A woman stands at the entrance to McGolrick Park, where new signs have omitted Polish (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – All
3 min read
Dec
28
31-Story Tower Added to Greenpoint Landing Development Project

31-Story Tower Added to Greenpoint Landing Development Project

The site, currently a parking lot for trucks, where a new 31-story tower will rise (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT
2 min read