by Jen G 
When you walk down your block in Greenpoint do you run into a ton of interesting characters that would be great on film? I can think of a few off the top of my head. I live on Kingsland Ave, the block where the giant yellow monster truck is chained to a pole along with a flaming corvette. I could imagine the old chain smoking Polish lady and Mrs. Garcia, the badass Puerto Rican Grandma…
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I’m betting that bad ass puerto rican grandma is Rosie! I love Mama Roe and her whole clan.
She’ll cut ya! LOL!
No, she is so sweet, but I wouldn’t cross her. Like my Sicilian Grandma. Don’t want to mess with her!