The Greenpoint Monitor Museum received a grant three years ago from the GCEF to build a museum honoring the USS Monitor on the shores of developing Bushwick Inlet, where the great ship […]
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Posted inHistorical Greenpoint
A Greenpoint Landmark Now Seems Doomed
In a previous post I reported that there was an application to demolish 85 Calyer Street, the historic home of the builder of the first ironclad battleship in the United […]
Posted inHistorical Greenpoint
A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings: 85 Calyer Street
85 Calyer Street looks like many other frame houses in Greenpoint, but it was the home of the greatest mechanical genius to ever live in Greenpoint, Thomas Fitch Rowland, and […]
Posted inEat & Drink
Confirmed: Korean Restaurant Coming To Greenpoint
The corner of Driggs & Monitor has seen a slew of passable but not extraordinary restaurants come and go over the years, including the most recent closing of Donia, which […]