A photo posted by Avila Kitchen (@avilabk) on Aug 27, 2016 at 4:56pm PDT Just when you thought that Greenpoint eating could not get any more exotic and there was […]
Posts by Author Archives: Geoff Cobb
Geoffrey Cobb is a Brooklyn high school history teacher and writer of the blog historicgreenpoint.wordpress.com. He has lived in Greenpoint for over 20years and is the author of a book on the history of the area, "Greenpoint Brooklyn's Forgotten Past."
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Letterpress Printing: Surviving, and Even Thriving, in Greenpoint
To say that Earl Kallemeyn is a throwback is an understatement. Earl’s firm, Kallemeyn Press (130 Dobbin Street), prints with the same technology that Gutenberg used to print his bibles in […]
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The History of the Greenpoint Growler
A photo posted by Beer Street (@beerstreetny) on Jan 23, 2016 at 8:12am PST Many Greenpoint beer afficianados these days do not drink cans or bottles of beer. In places […]
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Greenpoint Oysters: An Old Local Tradition Revived
A photo posted by Greenpoint Fish & Lobster Co. (@greenpointfish) on Sep 18, 2016 at 9:55am PDT It seems that Greenpoint is in the midst of an oyster invasion. The […]
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North Brooklyn Border Wars: Do You Really Live in Greenpoint?
Recently I wrote a piece for Greenpointers about Bamonte’s Restaurant on Withers Street. A number of people reprimanded me and posted that the famous eatery was not in Greenpoint, but […]
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So You Wanna Watch Sunday Football in a Local Bar?
Nowadays, Greenpoint has a bewildering number of bars, but many of the best ones aren’t really places to watch a football game. So what makes a great sports bar where […]
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Another Piece of Industrial Greenpoint Gone: The Pinquist Tool and Die Factory
Greenpoint was once known as “The American Birmingham” because, like the English industrial town, almost everything was manufactured here. Greenpoint has been manufacturing items for so long that many of […]
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A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings: Bamonte’s Restaurant
Bamonte’s Restaurant is not only the oldest restaurant in North Brooklyn; founded in 1900 by Italian immigrant Pasquale Bamonte, the restaurant claims to be the oldest Italian eatery in all of […]
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Emily Gallagher’s Campaign: Echoes of Another Greenpoint Female Reformer?
Some friends and I were sitting out on the grass in Transmitter Park one warm June evening watching a film when we were approached by a young woman campaigning for […]
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The Mysterious Closure of the West Nassau Meat Market?
I suppose there are some Polish vegetarians, but not many. The Poles are largely a nation of carnivores and great butcher shops have defined Greenpoint for generations. No Polish butcher […]