by Geoff Cobb 
It’s hard to imagine today, but in 1903 when the Huron Street Bath was opened to the public the vast majority of Greenpoint tenement apartments did not have showers or baths. People had to use public baths, like the one on Huron Street, for personal hygiene.
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