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A Dose of Greenpoint History – The USS Monitor

by Gina February 3, 2014February 3, 2014

Last week, we hit the 152 year anniversary of Jan 30th, 1862, the year Greenpoint staked its claim on history as the site where the ironclad USS Monitor was built […]

Forgotten Greenpoint: The Astral

by MatthewC September 10, 2013September 9, 2013

The Astral is undoubtedly one of Greenpoint’s most iconic edifices. So much so, it even inspired it’s own novel. It sure is a purdy old pile o’ bricks, straight out of […]

Historical Greenpoint Walk With The Wooden House Project

by Joanne A August 6, 2013August 2, 2013

For anyone interested in exploring the history of Brooklyn, The Wooden House Project offers fantastic tours for lovers of Brooklyn’s wood-frame row houses. The walking tour I took through the streets […]

Greenpoint Landing, Beer & Cheese, Summer Sour, Hog Days, Gay Pride, Quiet Clubbing, Bird Canoe Trip! – What’s Happening Greenpoint? (6/25-7/1)

by Jen G June 26, 2013June 26, 2013

Receive What’s Happening? via email! There are more events in our weekly calendar. Submit Greenpoint events, too! WEDNESDAY 6/26 Cancelled: Community Forum on Sexual Violence @ Greenpoint Church (136 Milton […]

Que Pasa, Greenpoint? Monitor Museum

by Maria Sadim June 12, 2013

Did you know that Greenpoint has a museum? Yes we do and at this time it serves as a traveling museum visiting local schools. Motiva Enterprises has donated waterfront property […]

Forgotten Greenpoint: WNYC Transmitter on the East River

by MatthewC May 21, 2013May 23, 2013

Who listens to radio these days? I enjoy some WNYC action from time to time (when they are not doing a pledge-drive, of course), and my neighbor across the airshaft […]

“Presumed Inevitability of Gentrification” in Greenpoint: Not The End Of The Story

by Joel May 20, 2013May 20, 2013

Two new articles about gentrification and environmental activism in Greenpoint, appearing in The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability, argue that the neighborhood is challenging the typical narrative that gentrifying neighborhoods […]

(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint: Grandma Refuses To Sell House To “BIG SHOT” Plastic Executives to Expand Factories on Clay St – Beverly’s Memories

by Jen G April 29, 2013April 29, 2013

After our Beverly’s Memories post last week, Beverly wrote us more about her memories of 38 Clay St, which also gave me a chance to share this additional photo that […]

Forgotten Greenpoint: Keramos Hall On Manhattan Ave

by MatthewC March 11, 2013March 29, 2013

This article made possible by a donation to our Writer’s Fund Raffle by Human@Ease. As Preservation Greenpoint reported last week, Keramos Hall at 857-861 Manhattan Avenue just won a Lucy G. Moses […]

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