by Justine 
Greenpointers,
You may be familiar with the tree-lined streets of Guernsey and Lorimer, the industrial sections on Milton, or the bodegas on Franklin. And if not, then you shall soon feast your eyes on some of the aesthetically pleasing, and sometimes not so pleasing, landscapes of GP, BK.
A three year resident of Leonard Street, I moved to Greenpoint thinking that Brooklyn would be all culture and coolness. But in addition to all that is…
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