As a work-resident of Greenpoint, the soundtrack to my daytime life is a near constant wash of brutal jackhammer vibrato and diesel-spewing growls emitted from a…
Here’s Why Greenpoint Isn’t Exactly the Next Williamsburg
Greenpoint’s northernmost waterfront is beginning to see the first visible signs of its impending transformation into a real-life Sim City rendering, replete with skyline-altering luxury…
This Greenpoint High-Rise Gets to Rise Higher, With More Affordable Housing
The City Council has agreed to let the developer of 77 Commercial Street stack a total of 35 more stories onto two-high rises bound for…
City OKs Parts of Greenpoint Landing; Developer Will Give Millions to Park, School
After a hearing that drew at least one celeb protester, the City Council has approved land use actions for several sections of the impending Greenpoint…
Guess Which Superbad Actor Tried to Fight Greenpoint’s New Towers Yesterday
Councilman Stephen Levin and around 20 others — including an actor you’ve seen in The Departed, Superbad, and Pineapple Express — showed up at City…
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…
Greenpointers Protest ‘Homogenized, Pasteurized, Sanitized, Supersized’ Waterfront Development
There was no lack of drama last night at Automative High School in North Brooklyn, where residents gathered to speak out against Greenpoint Landing –…