On the afternoon of Friday, December 17, The Free Store at 150 Greenpoint Ave. met its demise.
Located outside the Polonaise Terrace building since the start of 2021, The Greenpoint Free store followed a “leave what you can, take what you need” model, allowing neighbors to share their belongings and gift them to others.
What started as a modest structure became a full on outdoor boutique, scrappy as it was. Shelves housed books, kitchenware…
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I feel like the free store needs a better structural system. This is unfortunate as I had a bunch of stuff I wanted to bring over there. I will bring it instead to the Graham location.
The Greenpoint Free Store was a great thing – i have taken a few things from there – and everything i have put there was taken. Many times i wouldn’t even have the opportunity to hang it up, or set it down before someone would ask for it. Its success had a lot to do with the care that went into it – it was never messy, and people donating things were expected to hang it up on hangers or neatly put it somewhere. It was a nice place that filled a need – a place to make sure things you don’t need anymore make it to someone who does. Hope they find another spot close by.