• News
    • Politics
  • Community
  • Eat & Drink
  • Culture
    • Art
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion/Style
    • Shopping
  • Events
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • RSS

COVID Test & Trace

Skip to content
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • RSS
Greenpointers

Greenpointers

Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn

  • News
    • Politics
  • Community
  • Eat & Drink
  • Culture
    • Art
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion/Style
    • Shopping
  • Events

Tag: brooklyn history

Posted inCommunity

This Day in Greenpoint History: Putting the ‘Point’ in Greenpoint

by Erin ConlonJuly 22, 2022July 22, 2022

Back to school shopping, anyone?

Posted inCulture

Greenpoint’s Vanishing Parades

by Geoff CobbMay 23, 2019May 23, 2019

For years the local Memorial Day Parade was a big event. Hundreds of people came out to honor the veterans who fought and sometimes died defending the country. However, last […]

Posted inCulture

Brooklyn Public Library Celebrates Walt Whitmans’ 200th Birthday

by Greenpointers StaffMay 22, 2019

Celebrations at the Brooklyn Public Library are underway marking the legendary writer, journalist, and poet Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday. Whitman was born on 5/21/1819 and worked as a journalist for […]

Posted inCulture

Mel Brooks: Williamsburgs’ Comic Genius

by Geoff CobbMay 22, 2019

North Brooklyn has produced more than its fair share of great comedians. Jack Gilford, the man who many claim invented standup and the outrageously funny Buddy Hackett come immediately to […]

Posted inCulture

A History of Gardens in Brooklyn’s “Garden Spot”

by Geoff CobbMay 10, 2019May 10, 2019

Greenpoint has a nickname, “The Garden Spot,” which was given at a time when our area was truly a bucolic haven. Although it later became one of the most industrial […]

Posted inCulture

How Local Musicians Became Part of Baseball Folklore

by Geoff CobbMay 2, 2019

When you speak to anyone who was a Dodger fan you feel their love for the team and the wound they felt when the team left for Los Angeles. The […]

Posted inNews

Take a Historic Stroll at Jane’s Walk This Weekend

by Greenpointers StaffApril 29, 2019April 29, 2019

The Municipal Art Society of New York is bringing back Jane’s Walk NYC, which is part of “a global festival of free, volunteer-led walking conversations inspired by urban activist Jane […]

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

Williamsburg Roots of David Smith, Who Made First Welded Sculptures

by Geoff CobbApril 26, 2019April 26, 2019

For a working-class industrial area, North Brooklyn has played an outsized influence on American sculpture. The great Western artist Fredrick Remington cast many of his iconic western sculptures at the […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

‘Smiling’ Mickey Welch: The Hall of Fame Baseball Pitcher from Williamsburg

by Geoff CobbApril 24, 2019

Tens of thousands of men have played professional baseball, but only a few have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. One of those rare individuals is pitcher […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

The First Professional Baseball Player Began in Williamsburg

by Geoff CobbApril 16, 2019

Today Al Reach is largely a forgotten figure here in North Brooklyn where he began his baseball career, But Reach not only became the first openly professional baseball player in […]

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 6 Older posts



Greenpointers
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • RSS

ABOUT GREENPOINTERS

Since 2007, Greenpointers has been a neighborhood connector and hyperlocal resource for all things North Brooklyn covering the latest news, happenings, events, food and culture.

READ MORE >
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Tips
© 2025 Neighborhood News in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn Terms & Conditions Community Standards Privacy Policy
 

Loading Comments...