[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] You get two guesses as to which Brooklyn neighborhood this collection of cups and other things come, and if you say “Greenpoint,” you are quite correct.

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Never let it be said that the lack of Certificate of Occupancy or, even, a Cabaret License is an obstacle to a good neighborhood club as a very good time could apparently be had at Studio B’s new rooftop garden. “Yep. They’re sure paying attention to the fact that they have no cabaret license and […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] This is how they have fun on West Street in Greenpoint on sultry pre-summer days–against a building wedged into the shade, sitting in a tiny child’s pool.

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It looks like there’s more trouble for Studio B in Greenpoint. Its cabaret license was before Community Board 1 last night, but was withdrawn, possibly because it has some nasty pending issues with the Department of Buildings and the Department of Consumer Affairs.–New York Shitty

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Last night, City Lore and the Municipal Art Society honored Ten Places that Matter with Place Matters awards. We were on the selection committee that picked this year’s honorees. Here’s a short vid highlighting the winners, which are in all five boroughs. The Brooklyn honorees are the Weeksville Heritage Center and the Greenpoint Manufacturing and […]

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This photo from Green Street in Greenpoint shows the perfect combination of bicycle and comfy chair. Transportation and sidewalk seating! It comes to us from Miss Heather.

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Magic Johnson’s Greenpoint condo, the Viridian, is hitting the market with units priced from $458,000 for the smallest 640 square foot unit up to $825,000 for a 1,267 square foot three-bedroom job. There are new renderings too, but it still leads us to think of a nasty alien problem the crew of the Enterprise might […]

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This is 524 Manhattan Avenue, which is located at the edge of what we call the Tahoe Triangle near McCarren Park in Greenpoint. The area has been an epicenter of new development, getting a number of condo projects from Tahoe Development that have gone on the market with names like Manhattan Avenue Condo and Northpoint […]

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Brooklyn schools are about to get swamped by a wave of overcrowding as the effects population growth and residential development hit dozens of neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the Education Department has done little to anticipate growth. The summary in today’s Daily News is grim. Take Williamsburg and Greenpoint: “…the City Planning Commission projects a general population increase […]

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The two buildings on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint in the photo above do not appear to be leaning because of barreling or other lens distortion. They are actually leaning somewhat and would appear to have been in such condition for some time. The lot with the pretty purple fence in between is 602 Manhattan Avenue, […]

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There’s a reading from the Brooklyn Was Mine collection of writing tonight at 7:30PM at Greenpoint’s wonderful WORD bookstore at 126 Franklin Street. Contributors including Philip Dray, Rachel Cline and Joanna Hershon read and sign books at Greenpoint’s WORD. Proceeds from the sale of Brooklyn Was Mine go to support Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. More […]

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Will Bushwick Inlet Park, the 28-acre park planned for land north of East River State Park in Williamsburg & Greenpoint around the Bushwick Inlet, happen? Putting the land together for the park and securing all the funding is a complicated issue. GWAPP (Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning) has been working to do some […]

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This is more of a loveseat than a sofa, nonetheless the combination of red leather and placement on Eagle Street in Greenpoint are priceless. The photo comes to us courtesy of Miss Heather.

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Now that we have your attention. There was a seminar in Greenpoint last night about bedbugs with ever possible bit of information anyone could ever want. We will highlight one tidbit: bedbugs have been found on benches in several subway stations, including Hoyt-Schermhorn in Brooklyn. Perhaps, standing is an excellent option.–New York Shitty

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Friday was the second anniversary of the huge Greenpoint Terminal Market fire, which burned for two days and smoldered a lot longer. We had a big photo gallery of the GTM before and after the big fire, which is said to have accidentally set by someone stealing copper wire.

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The Department of Housing Preservation and Development is having one of its bedbug seminars in Greenpoint on Tuesday. It will take place from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Greenpoint Reformed Church, which is located at 136 Milton Street. RSVP’s to (212) 863-8830. There’s more information about the seminars and the questions the city is […]

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One of the Brooklyn waterfront’s landmarks, the Greenpoint Terminal Market burned to the ground two years ago this weekend, in a fire that started on May 2nd and went for several days. There was growing sentiment at the time to landmark the complex. A local man was later said to have started the fire while […]

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Greenpoint’s Studio B has opened its rooftop garden. Q: Why is this a miracle? A: Because the work was done despite stop work orders and there may be some aspects to, um, capacity issues that exceed city guidelines. Paging Acting DOB Commissioner Robert LiMandri and FDNY Commissioner Thomas Von Essen. WTF?–New York Shitty

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This, uh, springy couch comes from Diamond Street in Greenpoint. The image came from the camera of Miss Heather.

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What we’re seeing here, in this couch found on Norman Avenue in Greenpoint, is a street sofa classic. It is the perfect couch for hanging out on the street and watching the world go by. It comes from the camera of Miss Heather.

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We love some good buttressing of buildings. This is Greenpoint’s 602 Manhattan Avenue (in the middle), which we posted about yesterday in terms of an email we got and complaints on the Department of Buildings website. Miss Heather wandered by yesterday and found the owner and a contractor engaged in discussion, and emailed us this […]

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We’re always interested in complaints about and tales of construction work going on at all hours. So it is with 602 Manhattan Avenue in Greepoint. We got this short email from a reader: On this property at 602 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint work goes on until 10:30 PM , as well as Saturdays. There are no […]

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New York, I Love You a huge all-star, anthology film whose cast includes Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke, Cristina Ricci, Drea de Matteo and a ton of others is shooting in Greenpoint this week. We found this signage on Franklin Street.

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We do enjoy a good Fallout Shelter sign from the 1950s and the overwhelming optimism that putting fallout shelters in Greenpoint and Williamsburg across the river from Manhattan represented. What, no instant vaporization?

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This is the corner of India and West Streets in Greenpoint, where demolition is still going on at 30 India Street. The site is going to become home to a new six-story building with 45 units and 55,592 square feet a (long) block from the Greenpoint waterfront. The building will be from the shop of […]

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