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A Short History of the Greenpoint Park With Two Names

by Geoff Cobb April 4, 2019April 4, 2019

Some call it McGolrick Park, while many born and bred locals call it Winthrop Park. So what are you supposed to call it and why does the park have two […]

The Local Purple Heart Recipient Memorialized With a Park

by Geoff Cobb March 21, 2019March 21, 2019

Recently there was a $ 12,000,000 renovation of Sergeant William Dougherty Park, which lies right by the Brooklyn Queens Expressway at the corner of Vandervoort Avenue and Anthony Street. Sergeant […]

A Greenpoint Irish Primer for St. Patrick’s Day

by Geoff Cobb March 15, 2019

Most people associate Greenpoint with the Polish community, but our area has a long and deep connection to Ireland. Let’s answer a few questions to prepare you fully to celebrate […]

A History of Greenpoint Piers

by Geoff Cobb March 12, 2019March 12, 2019

  There is no more important geographical feature of Greenpoint than our waterfront defined by piers, wharves and docks, so let us take a moment and examine in more detail […]

Brooklyn Label: Rediscovering the Astral’s Legacy

by Geoff Cobb March 6, 2019March 7, 2019

A lot of local history is quickly disappearing, but one place that is holding strong is Brooklyn Label (180 Franklin St.) and the historic building it calls home. French Greenpointer […]

The Unlikley Story Behind Williamsburg’s Washington Statue

by Geoff Cobb February 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 […]

157th Anniversary of USS Monitors’ Greenpoint Launch

by Greenpointers Staff January 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 […]

New Artists Revive Greenpoint’s First Industry

by Geoff Cobb January 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 […]

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

by Geoff Cobb January 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 […]

Transmitter Park: How Greenpoint’s Waterfront Oasis Finally Appeared

by Geoff Cobb January 23, 2019January 23, 2019

When Transmitter Park finally opened in 2012, many longtime Greenpoint residents were shocked to realize that for decades they had been denied amazing views of the East River. They wondered […]

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