Triskelion Arts is the latest of several Williamsburg businesses to relocate to Greenpoint: next June, the dance arts organization will move out of its third-story…
Stuyvesant Stationary, Rite Aid Are Latest to Suffer Death by Developer on East 14th
Just a few months after the Blarney Cove shuttered on East 14th Street, yet another business is suffering death by developer: Stuyvesant Stationery is closing after 23…
Now Boarding: Domino Sugar Factory Demolition Begins
A massive wooden construction barrier has gone up along the Kent Avenue side of the Domino Sugar factory; workers were seen nearing completion of the…
Yippie!! The Yippie Museum Scored More Time to Fight Foreclosure
The Yippie! Museum avoided a quick and bitter end yesterday and won more time in its dramatic fight against foreclosure. The yippies’ legal battle to…
And Now It’s the Beep’s Turn to Weigh In On Greenpoint’s Waterfront Towers
With Community Board 1 having weighed in on what could be 5,000 new housing units headed for the Greenpoint waterfront, it was the Borough President’s…
The City Has Revealed Its Plans For 6 Acres on the LES, and a Warhol Museum Is Involved
The fate of six acres of vacant land at the corner of Delancey and Essex was finally revealed today. City officials and developers have dubbed…
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Village Voice Has Left the Village
Believe it or not, The Standard’s new lobby isn’t the biggest news out of Cooper Square. Across the street, the venerable Village Voice has quietly…
Party in the Face of Domino’s Impending Doom Tomorrow
The Domino Sugar Factory’s demolition is scheduled to start this month, but opposition organization Save Domino isn’t quite ready to throw in the towel. What…
Williamsburg Is Getting Yet Another Gene Kaufman Building
There’s yet more change coming to Kent Avenue, just a few blocks from where a chunk of the Domino site is headed for demolition. A…
Stephen Pierson Told Some ‘Awesome’ Greenpointers to Keep Fighting the Towers
Last night, around 80 Greenpoint residents – kids, lifers, parents, artists and seniors – gathered on the quiet grounds of Newton Barge Playground. Across Commercial…