by Jen G 
When I first took over Greenpointers, Beverly, an original Greenpointer who now lives in Florida and stays connected through the website, wrote me one of the most inspiring messages about her mother’s Irene’s Social Column that was in the Greenpoint Gazette in the 70s.
Her warm wishes made me feel that I’d made the right decision to work on this amazing blog and serve Greenpointers who don’t even live here anymore – but still love…
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That was a fantastic posting. really first rate
thanks! that means a lot!
It’s really wonderful to learn the personal histories of Greenpoint. Thank you for this!
awesome – loved this
Cool personal history of Greenpoint. Loved reading this and visualizing the apartments and old neighborhood in my head.
Sweet and informative story. Great job. I’d like to see more community profiles.
Awesome! I second the “more community profiles” request.
Wait… Elvis was born in Greenpoint? Is this true and how do you know it???
No he was dating a lady from here! LOL!