It’s early evening in mid-March, and a sharp breeze comes off the river as darkness sifts down on Greenpoint. The industrial atmosphere of this low-slung, working-class neighborhood in late winter is belied by 130 Franklin Ave., where the color and light emanating beyond the storefront’s classic black trim and glass facade beckons neighbors in to […]
GREENPOINT — Even in a season when the weather can threaten to turn nasty, the North Brooklyn Parks Alliance (NBK Parks) has no trouble getting volunteers to plant more greenery in the park Under the Kosciuszko Bridge (Under the K Bridge Park). Recently, as indicated by the photos here, many turned out to plant something […]
GREENPOINT — This past unseasonably warm Wednesday night there was a scheduled meeting of Brooklyn’s Community Board 1’s Environmental Protection Committee. There were two important items on the agenda. The first was the proposed remedy of the former Speedway service station on the corner of McGuinness Blvd. and Greenpoint Ave. in Greenpoint. The property has […]