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New York City’s First Black Principal Sarah Tompkins Garnet Began Her Career in Williamsburg

by Geoff CobbMarch 4, 2019March 6, 2019

  March is Women’s History Month when we celebrate the achievements of North Brooklyn’s greatest women. Sarah Tompkins Garnet was not only the first black woman to serve as a […]

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Williamsburg’s Forgotten Great Abolitionist Editor: Willis Hodges

by Geoff CobbFebruary 15, 2019February 15, 2019

Last week I spoke about Brooklyn’s great poet Walt Whitman who served as the editor of Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Daily News in the late 1850s, but I also mentioned the name […]

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Greenpoint’s Adam ‘Babyface’ Kownacki Follows Local Boxing Tradition

by Geoff CobbFebruary 13, 2019

Recently, heavyweight boxer Adam ‘Babyface’ Kownacki has generated a lot of local excitement. The Polish-born, but Greenpoint bred, Konwacki is 19- 0 in his professional career. A huge contingent of […]

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The Unlikley Story Behind Williamsburg’s Washington Statue

by Geoff CobbFebruary 12, 2019February 12, 2019

These last bone-chilling, frigid days have been hard to bear, but these freezing days have reminded me of the horrible cold the Continental Army endured during the darkest moments of […]

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Walt Whitman’s Writing About North Brooklyn

by Geoff CobbFebruary 5, 2019

For most of us when we think about Brooklyn’s greatest poet Walt Whitman we think about his poetry and not about his prose. However, Whitman like many creative people today […]

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Historic Documents Highlight Local History of Slavery

by Geoff CobbFebruary 4, 2019

It’s February and Black History Month has started, a time when we recall the huge African-American contribution to our country. Ask many educated New Yorkers and you may find that […]

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157th Anniversary of USS Monitors’ Greenpoint Launch

by Greenpointers StaffJanuary 30, 2019January 30, 2019

  Today marks the 157 year anniversary of Jan 30th, 1862, the day Greenpoint staked its claim in history as the site where the ironclad USS Monitor was built and […]

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New Artists Revive Greenpoint’s First Industry

by Geoff CobbJanuary 29, 2019

  Long before Greenpoint had the shipbuilding, oil refining or sugar refining industries, ceramicists had established Greenpoint as America’s first ceramic capital and it is more than a little ironic […]

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Dangerous Immigrants and Deportations? Not Trump’s America, but Greenpoint 100 Years Ago!

by Geoff CobbJanuary 28, 2019January 28, 2019

Sign for Long Gone Russian People’s Home on Clay Street The more things change the more they seem to stay the same. Today’s headlines feature stories about dangerous immigrants on […]

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Where Do The Names of Williamsburg Streets Come From?

by Geoff CobbJanuary 25, 2019January 25, 2019

The longest street in Brooklyn and the road that runs through the heart of Williamsburg is Bedford Avenue. The 10.19 mile-long street got its name from the village of Bedford, […]

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