News, Events & Local Businesses in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
On January 4th Brooklyn Bowl, at 61 Wythe Avenue presents an All-Star Tribute to Malcolm Young of AC/DC. The event will feature performances from Walter Schreifels, Lena Hall, and Timo Ellis and many more!
Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts at 8 pm.
This event is 21+ and tickets can be purchased for $12 here.
Gather ‘roud on Sunday, December 31st at 2:15 pm to watch The Great American Comedy, “Some Like it Hot”!
This New Year’s Eve, Videology Bar & Cinema at 308 Bedford Avenue, will be hosting a Classic Hollywood NYE Bash inspired by some of our favorite leading ladies, including Marilyn Monroe! The event will have specialty cocktails and all your favorite vintage party favors including hats, streamers, and confetti popper. So make sure you arrive early and/or stick around for the full effect!
This event is 21+ and tickets are $20. Remember, your ticket gets you $2 off any drink at the bar after the screening!
For more information, visit: https://goo.gl/PM5KEZ
On Saturday, December 30th Brooklyn Bazaar, at 150 Greenpoint Avenue, presents NYC’s Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees & Beyond. At 8 pm join WYLDLIFE– the #1 Party Band for some of your favorite hits. Hailing from the Netherlands, these fearsome brothers fearlessly obliterated the truce line that had been set in the great Disco/Metal Peace accord of 1977. Together they seamlessly blended the two genres with their debut album, We Rock Sweet Balls and Can Do No Wrong – a collection of Bee Gees songs redone in a heavy metal treatment reminiscent of Judas Priest, Motley Crue, and Guns N Roses.
Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here!
Bundle up, Greenpoint, it’s getting frighteningly cold out there.
The city’s Emergency Management Department says New Yorkers should prepare for bitterly cold temperatures and wind chills this week. The National Weather Service says temperatures will average out to 19 degrees.
It will be especially frigid at nighttime, when it will drop to single digit wind chills.
Use caution when outdoors, and remember to check up on your neighbors, friends and relatives.
The city issued the following safety tips to get through this next week:
Remember, prolonged exposure to the cold can lead to hypothermia, frostbite and other medical conditions.
The Mobile Mammography van is coming to Brooklyn Borough Hall on Thursday, December 14 starting at 1:30 p.m.
The free screenings are for women 40 and older who have not had a mammogram in the past year.
All insurance plans are accepted, and co-pays and deductibles are waived. It’s free for uninsured women 40 or older.
To make an appointment, call 1-800-563-6868.
Please consider donating to Catholic Charities this holiday season to support children and families in need.
Additionally, Catholic Charities and Citywide Meals-on-Wheels is hosting a Christmas Dinner from 11am to 2pm on Christmas Day. Volunteers are needed! To volunteer or for more information call Pat Critelli at 718-847-9200.
Brooklyn Boy Scout Troop 26 has a new home.
It’s now meeting at !S 318, located at 101 Walton Street. The troop is having an information meeting tonight at 6:30 p.m.
It’s open to all boys ages 11-17.
Ask any Boy Scout, and they’ll tell you that not only do you learn skills like camping, rafting, fishing and more, you learn valuable experiences that guide your life forever.
Read more about Troop 26’s recent achievements, including inducting 8 new Eagle Scouts here.
For more information, contact brad@andersonllc.com or 347-559-1419.
Get ready for a baby reunion!
On Wednesday, December 6 at 11 a.m., NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull is bringing together more than 30 babies and their families who were part of the hospital’s recent baby boom.
Twenty-six sets of twins and one set of triplets were among those born in 2017.
They will be treated to a holiday-themed brunch, and each family will receive a supply of diapers and other giveaways.
NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull is Brooklyn’s first “baby-friendly” hospital.
Greencycle is continuing through the holiday season!
This Saturday, Town Square is hosting its Greencycle Holiday Swap at the Leonard Street Public Library (80 Devoe Street) from noon to 3 p.m.
Drop off your cleaned gently-used and working items, and browse through other items to pick up something for yourself.
As they say, one person’s trash if another’s treasure.
Fair warning, Town Square says it may limit folks to one bag out of consideration for others. They do not allow the taking of donated items to resell.
All remaining items are donated to a local homeless shelter.
The suggested donation is $10 per family. Your donation will be tax deductible because Town Square is a 501(c)(3).
Be sure to stop by and participate this weekend!
North Brooklyn runs on its community organizations, which has championed our neighborhoods for decades.
Churches United For Fair Housing (CUFFH), which does important housing, tenants rights and justice work, spent Thanksgiving Eve hosting its annual Turkey Fried mission.
One hundred deep-fried turkeys were delivered to families living without a stove. They also gave away hundreds of frozen turkeys to local soup kitchens and church food pantries.
This year’s volunteers and supports include Madison Group, Grand Street Boys Association, The Solano Family Foundation, San Damiano Mission and Councilman Antonio Reynoso.
“Hundreds of families in our community live in apartments without kitchen access or reliable gas to cook. Every day we work with residents who cook on hot plates, keep warm with space heaters and live in homes without basic services,” said Chris Colon, a CUFFH tenant organizer. “It’s important we give back to families who need our help because they are victims of landlord abuse. We are glad we can give back to the communities we serve and put a smile on their faces with these turkeys.”