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Residents Lose Battle Against Brooklyn’s First Whole Foods
flickr The ongoing fight to keep a Whole Foods out of Gowanus, Brooklyn came to an end last night when a city panel approved construction for a facility five times larger than zoning rules allow. While...
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It was just a matter of time before gentrified Brooklyn got its own Portlandia spin off, even if unofficial. Here is a video making the rounds today with a pretty amusing storyline (the pains of going...
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Watch the trailer for a documentary about the gentrification of Williamsburg
Su Freidrich’s documentary about the gentrification of Williamsburg is called Gut Renovation starts playing at Film Forum on Wednesday, March 6. The film originally screened at Brooklyn Film Festival...
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Only 19 of 1,345 Promised Affordable Housing Units Built Since 2005 In North...
Coming Soon, Greenpoint Landing It’s bad enough that we have to put up with eyesores like The Edge and the impending Greenpoint Landing, but this is disgraceful: Greenpointers: City lied about parks,...
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Vice is taking over Wburg venue Villian for branding events and “activations...
Evidently no club is safe in Williamsburg. Vice already killed Death by Audio and Glasslands. Now, they’re taking over Villian. Announcing the acquisition during its NewFronts presentation Friday...
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Williamsburg treasure Brooklyn Star is closing, cites rising costs and L...
This one stings. The popular restaurant announced yesterday on Instagram that they will be closing at the end of the month. They have been on our favorites lists for years and will be missed. The...
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Greenpoint Landing getting TWO MORE towers to further destroy the neighborhood
credit: Brookfield Properties If you’ve been in Greenpoint recently, you’re likely already familiar with the looming monstrosity known as The Greenpoint and its ugly neighbors Stephen Levin Towers. The...
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3,500 new apartments in Williamsburg and Greenpoint are in flood zones
Remember Sandy? Developers don’t. According to Localize.city, twelve percent of New York apartments that are under contruction or have recently completed contruction are in flood zones. The worst...
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Greenpoint Beer and Ale and Northern Territory to be demolished for generic...
12 Franklin Street in Greenpoint, credit FXCollaborative Further proof that we can no longer have nice things. Both popular watering holes will be demolished to make room for this generic shithole. No...
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Delaware and Hudson is closing
This one comes as a surprise because the popular Williamsburg restaurant was just given a Michelin star. Like many businesses, they are a casualty of rising rents, expensive labor, and the imminent L...
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Greenpoint bar Shayz Lounge is closing this month
via Foursquare Shayz Lounge, the beloved bar with the corny name at 130 Franklin Street, has announced that it’s closing on January 20. It’s another victim of the insane gentrification that’s hit the...
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“Everybody’s bar every day,” Rosemary’s Greenpoint Tavern to close its doors...
Rosemary Bleday. credit convicts.nyc Long time North Brooklyn staple and friendly neighborhood dive, Rosemary’s Greenpoint Tavern, will close its doors after 66 years. The closing, which will be made...
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Two out-of-scale, Tetris-like towers coming to toxic, floodzone site in...
credit OMA Just what the community wants! Two more out-of-scale towers to be inhabited by fedora-wearing tech bros and trust fund jet-setters casting shade on the neighborhood. The towers will be...
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Williamsburg’s Whisk is closing due to astounding rent demand of $26,500 per...
Bedford Avenue’s popular, independently-owned kitchenware shop is closing after more than ten years due to greedy landlords. Following a 44% rent hike, they’re closing shop on April 30th. The owner...
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Rentals or condos coming to Wythe Diner lot
We can’t say we’re going to miss Cafe De La Esquina, because it kinda blew. But we definitely don’t want to see the iconic Wythe Diner lose it’s home. More proof that we can’t have nice things...
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Greenpoint’s Brooklyn Bazaar is closing (again) in November
This is not a huge surprise, given their troubled history with their landlord, but this really sucks. Brooklyn Bazaar has a handful of shows and events slotted before they shutdown on November 30, so...
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Greenpoint market The Garden closes unexpectedly after 25 years in business
This is very sad news to hear that this local Greenpoint staple has closed. The Garden’s owner says the store couldn’t keep up with online shopping and chain grocery stores. They shut down on Sunday...
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New W-burg proposal by Two Trees includes towers with a waterfront park,...
via Two Trees Management Two Trees has a new proposal for the area just north of Domino Park. Like the Domino Sugar complex, the proposal is over-the-top, ambitious, and largely out of scale with the...
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