by storres 
One of the first things I learned after moving to Greenpoint in 2011 was that The Mark Bar gives out free bagels on Sundays. Or at least they used to. (Does this still happen? Asking seriously). The second thing I learned was that Newtown Creek, which I walk over every day to get to the 7 train, is home…
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The Mark Bar still has bagels on Sundays. All is right in the world. Except for the oil spill 🙁
Really? If you found out that living in Greenpoint long-term would probably result in you getting cancer and dying prematurely, you’d still stay because it’s so darn tough finding an NYC apartment?
That said, what if the survey shows that there are no real patterns in the data and that the health effects are negligible? Will that close the debate, or will people continue to suggest some unverifiable link between health problems and living in Greenpoint?
There are existing studies. Nothing out of the ordinary in Greenpoint, in comparison to to other NYC neighborhoods:
https://www.downstate.edu/bhr/reports/Cancer-Report-2010.pdf
https://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/cancer/registry/vol1/v1ngreenpoint.htm