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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

Groundbreaking Williamsburg Female Physician: Mary Crawford

by Geoff CobbApril 10, 2019April 10, 2019

Today female physicians are the norm, but in 1908 when Mary Crawford became Brooklyn’s first female ambulance surgeon at Williamsburg Hospital people were shocked and her male colleagues were outraged. […]

Posted inHistorical Greenpoint

A Short History of the Greenpoint Park With Two Names

by Geoff CobbApril 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 […]

Posted inCommunity

The Local Purple Heart Recipient Memorialized With a Park

by Geoff CobbMarch 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 […]

McGolrick Park, photo by Megan Penmann
Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

A Greenpoint Irish Primer for St. Patrick’s Day

by Geoff CobbMarch 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 […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

A History of Greenpoint Piers

by Geoff CobbMarch 12, 2019March 16, 2021

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 the […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

Brooklyn Label: Rediscovering the Astral’s Legacy

by Geoff CobbMarch 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 […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

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 […]

Posted inCommunity

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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