Greenpoint

Newtown Wastewater Treatment Plant, A Smelly and Unique Stop-Off In Greenpoint During Open House New York

Katharine Jose | Posted 10.14.2009 | New York


By 12 p.m. on Saturday, October 10, all the free tours of the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant were full. The tall chain-link fence gate was o...

Crack Candy Delivery In Brooklyn Riles Up Neighbors

AP | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York


NEW YORK -- Brooklyn residents are riled over a performance artist who's been delivering bags of fake crack. The Daily News reported that Nate Hill ma...

Today In HuffPost New York

Dan Collins | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

The good people of Brooklyn are getting tired of being a movie set. Who wouldn't sympathize? Almost everybody's neighborhood eventually becomes a backdrop for a movie or a TV show.

Greenpoint Residents Unhappy With Movies On Location

New York Post | John Doyle, Joe Mollica and Matthew Nestel | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York


Hollywood's star wattage has folks in Greenpoint blind with rage. The normally sleepy North Brooklyn neighborhood has become a favorite shooting loc...

Serving Greenpoint With Free Sunflowers

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York


He's calling himself the Johnny Appleseed of Greenpoint. But Matt LaBarbiera is spreading sunflowers, not apples, in his Brooklyn neighborhood. He'...