Happy Friday! Do you have a roommate? Maybe forward this email to them, and let them know that it’s the second-ever edition of East & Creek, the Greenpoint newsletter. Speaking of which:
What’s up in Greenpoint?
e&c reports: At Wednesday’s meeting of the 94th Precinct Community Council, NYPD Captain William Glynn reported to the community members gathered that, since the early April arrest in the matter of anti-semitic graffiti, there have been no new reports of anti-semitic graffiti in the area. The NYPD did not share any additional information about the individual charged.
Some amazing Greenpoint news from earlier in this week that e&c’s first edition missed: New Yorkers’ poop may soon fuel cooking flames and the like in up to 5,000 local homes. And you guessed it: the waste-to-methane conversion is happening right here in Greenpoint, at the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. (New York Post)
Possible primary challengers for local politicians continue to emerge. Educator, housing advocate and DSA member Pete Harrison told City & State this week that he was seriously considering running against U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D). In April, J.P. Morgan project manager Lauren Ashcraft filed to run for the same spot in Congress.
The union lockout at several Brooklyn Key Foods — including the location in Greenpoint — continued into its fourth week. The 38 meat dept. employees continue to negotiate with their management over benefits and what would be their first wage increase in four years. (BKLYNER)
The NYC Board of Elections voted Tuesday to approve 38 locations for early voting, which is (confusingly, frustratingly) new to the state of New York. Folks in Greenpoint will have to make a trip down to Brooklyn Heights to vote early, it seems. (Gothamist)
And there is much to do in Greenpoint this weekend…
There’s a 5k on Saturday at McCarren Park to benefit local kids. (Greenline)
Local volunteers will clear litter and plant plants at Bushwick Inlet Park, also on Saturday. (Greenpointers)
As previously mentioned in e&c, there will be several Janes Walks this weekend in Greenpoint. Learn the local history, readers!
Park Church Co-op’s Pastor Amy Kienzle will bid Greenpoint adieu on Sunday. Kienzle will leave her post on May 12 for new job in Sacramento. To learn more about her work in Greenpoint, listen to this recent interview with the Brooklyn Public Library.
Meanwhile in New York City…
How’s the De Blasio administration doing on homelessness? Not good, says a new report. (Gothamist)
Landlords, legislators, tenants and advocates attended and testified at a marathon hearing yesterday on proposed updates to New York’s rent regulation laws. e&c patiently awaits a detailed write-up from the local press…
Read a feel-good L train story that doesn’t take place in Williamsburg. (The City)
NYPD’s relationship with New York’s bicyclists remains… ridiculous:
Your Subway Weekender
G — Court Sq-bound trains will not stop at Flushing Ave.
L — Trains run every 20 minutes. Plan an alternate route.
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Thus concludes this May 3, 2019 edition of East & Creek, the twice-weekly newsletter about Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Read the full archives here.
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See you around town,
e&c