Greenpoint’s Blue Light Speak Cheesy Closing This Weekend
For a writer like me, North Brooklyn restaurants are like children; I’m not really supposed to have a…
Greenpoint’s Monitor Point Project Officially Approved by New York City Council
Monitor Point is officially in progress. The controversial project cleared a New York City Council committee last month,…
Screaming Phantoms, Tomahawks, Phantom Lords, Dirty Ones and other gangs of 1970s Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The Dirty Ones, a notorious gang from Williamsburg. My new column for A24 Films (a tie-in to the…
Thieves on moped rob 25 people throughout Brooklyn, Queens: NYPD
NEW YORK, N.Y. (PIX11) — The NYPD is searching for two men they say went on a nearly…
Brooklyn mini marsh project uses native mussels, greenery to clean polluted waterway
Most people see polluted water and keep their distance. Along the banks of Newtown Creek in Greenpoint, Brooklyn,…
Decades-old monument to Polish hero in NYC enclave overgrown, covered in trash
A neglected memorial plaza in trendy Greenpoint has been overrun by vagrants and trash as unkempt weeds and…
Pizza 4P’s Opens in Greenpoint’s 50 Norman Complex
Pizza 4P’s (50 Norman Ave.), a Japanese-inspired Italian pizza restaurant in Greenpoint’s 50 Norman complex opened last weekend. Pizza 4P’s was…
Donna Siafakas, matriarch of Greenpoint’s Peter Pan Donuts, dies at 69 • Brooklyn Paper
Donna Siafakas, longtime owner and operator of Peter Pan Donuts in Greenpoint, passed away at 69 years old.…
NPR’s Tiny Desk is Coming to Greenpoint!
NPR’s 2026 Tiny Desk Contest winner, Cure For Paranoia, will perform this Thursday, July 9, at Greenpoint’s Warsaw…
Beloved owner of legendary, family-run NYC donut shop dies after 33 years running business
The matriarch of a beloved family-owned Brooklyn pastry shop died last week after spending over three decades slinging…
Amélie Café Offers Brazilian and Asian-Inspired Bites and Coffee
A new coffeeshop called Amélie Café recently opened at 860 Manhattan Avenue, the former home of Upright Coffee,…
Fire at Greenpoint Waste Management Site Injures Several Firefighters
A fire in Greenpoint injured at least 10 firefighters yesterday evening. The three-alarm fire broke out at 485…