by MatthewC 
Is one of Greenpoint’s most unexpected features—a stretch of historic wooden block paving on West Street near the Greenpoint Terminal Market—in imminent danger? Many say that this is the last place where original wooden paving exists in New York City. These blocks are so rare that one from this section of sidewalk is included in the collection…
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This story reminded me if this: https://hiddencityphila.org/2014/03/little-clubs-on-a-wooden-street/
Where on West St is this little stretch of wooden paving? I’d like to see it before it goes!