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Tag: historic Greenpoint

1940s Greenpoint: Franklin Street

by Aaron Simon January 16, 2019January 16, 2019

A few months ago the city released its 1940s tax photo archive of over 700,000 black and white pictures and it’s a wonderful way for history nerds to waste hours dreaming of the Greenpoint […]

Bask in the History of Greenpoint’s Basque Club

by Lucie Levine May 29, 2018May 25, 2018

Greenpoint is well known for its Polish herritage, but New York’s Basque community also calls Greenpoint home. Since 1973, Euzko-Etxea, the Basque Club of New York, has maintained its headquarters […]

Noble Lorimer Historic Block Association Requests Stay on Redevelopment at 111 Noble

by Lucie Levine April 17, 2018April 17, 2018

When the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission approved redevelopment at 111 Noble Street, in early February, many Greenpoint residents were chagrined to hear that the LPC would allow a property well […]

History of Greenpoint’s Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union

by Lucie Levine December 12, 2017December 13, 2017

You may have noticed a Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union (140 Greenpoint Avenue and 100 McGuinness Blvd)  booth this weekend at our Winter Candyland Holiday Market. That’s because the PSFCU […]

The Pencil Factory Was Landmarked 10 Years Ago This Month!

by Lucie Levine October 26, 2017October 25, 2017

Today at The Pencil Factory at 47-61 Greenpoint Avenue, you can get an amazing haircut, or see an exciting new art exhibit, or even stop by our very own Greenpointers […]

19th Century Developers Gone Wild! History repeats itself on the waterfront.

by Kim M October 22, 2014October 22, 2014

Over-zealous waterfront development in Greenpoint is actually pretty old news. Scroll back the hands of time to the mid 1800’s and we’d find a very familiar scenario taking place on […]

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