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1940s Manhattan Avenue in Photos

by Greenpointers Staff April 5, 2019April 5, 2019

Manhattan Avenue, like the rest of New York City, has seen a lot of changes since 1940, and here we’ve compiled a ‘before and after’ series of the northern stretch […]

Do the Time Warp: When Slow Commutes Made Greenpoint Feel Like a “Municipal Step-Child”

by Lucie Levine July 24, 2018

Welcome to our  final installment of “Do the Time Warp,” when we check in with life in Greenpoint 100 years ago. In our previous two sections, we visited Greenpoint circa […]

Greenpoint History Walking Tour to Benefit the Park Church Co-op Saturday (7/7)

by Lucie Levine June 29, 2018June 18, 2018

Beloved neighborhood worship/art space, the Park Church Co-op (129 Russell St.) has put out a fundraising call to the community. Ace local historian, and Greenpointers contributor, Geoff Cobb has answered […]

The Hist List: Every Official Historic Landmark in Greenpoint

by Lucie Levine January 2, 2018January 2, 2018

Do you want to know about the extraordinary history all around you? (Yes!!) Well you’re in luck. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission has just released a revamped version […]

The Illicit Affair That Brought Greenpoint’s own Mae West to Hollywood

by Geoff Cobb July 18, 2017July 18, 2017

In a previous piece I described how Mae West funded her scandalous 1927 play sex through her romance with the rich, handsome, but very dangerous gangster Owney Madden. However, it […]

When Freedom of Expression and Censorship Battled on Manhattan Avenue!

by Geoff Cobb March 31, 2016March 31, 2016

The other day, I gave a talk on the Irish history of Greenpoint, and a long-time Greenpointer offered me a new twist on a famous old Greenpoint legend. Before diving […]

Casting the Iwo Jima Memorial in Greenpoint

by Geoff Cobb March 23, 2016March 22, 2016

The Bedi-Makky building at 227 India Street looks like any other ordinary industrial Greenpoint building. However, it was here that the one of the largest bronze sculpture ever cast in […]

Forgotten Greenpoint: Wooden Sidewalk on West Street May Become Extinct

by MatthewC June 4, 2014June 3, 2014

Is one of Greenpoint’s most unexpected features­­­—a stretch of historic wooden block paving on West Street near the Greenpoint Terminal Market—in imminent danger? Many say that this is the last […]

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 […]

Only In Greenpoint: Black Rabbit Painted Landmark Color and Transformed Into 1860s Bar

by Jen G June 19, 2013June 19, 2013

You may have noticed that the facade of Black Rabbit (91 Greenpoint Ave) was repainted from black to a muddy maroon in order to comply with NYC Landmark Commission. What do […]

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