Another year, another completely made-up neighborhood acronym. Except this year, the city is calling it official in Greenpoint.
Following a series of closed-door negotiations with residential developers, Mayor de Blasio has designated the area north of Greenpoint Avenue as “North Greenpoint,” or “NoGre” (rhymes with “ogre”). As such, the area bordered by Greenpoint Avenue, North 12th Street, and the BQE will heretoforth be known as South Greenpoint, or “SoGre.”
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I would say this is a great ‘April Fools’ article but with all that is going on , to include this mayor’s ‘association’ with developers and others, this could very well, sadly, be true…