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Do the Time Warp: When Greenpoint was the Second Largest Industrial Center in the US!

by Lucie LevineJuly 23, 2018May 4, 2021

Hey Greenpoint history nerds! Welcome to the second installment of “Do the Time Warp!” This post will check in with Greenpoint’s industrial past, when Newtown Creek was mightier than the Mississippi, […]

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The 5th of July: Abolitionist Williamsburg

by Lucie LevineJuly 5, 2018July 5, 2018

The Weeksville Heritage Center, a multidisciplinary museum dedicated to preserving the history of Weeksville, a self-supporting 19th century free black community in what is now Crown Heights, has a “5th […]

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Bask in the History of Greenpoint’s Basque Club

by Lucie LevineMay 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 […]

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Gangs of New York: North Brooklyn Edition

by Lucie LevineMarch 26, 2018March 23, 2018

Martin Scorsese acquired the rights to Gangs of New York, Herbert Ashbery’s 1927 history of Gotham’s urban underworld, in 1979. The movie focuses on the murderous mayhem of mid-19th century […]

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Help Celebrate Geoff Cobb’s New Book at AWA Next Tuesday (11/14)

by Lucie LevineNovember 7, 2017November 6, 2017

Greenpoint historian Geoff Cobb has already graced us with two excellent titles, Greenpoint Brooklyn’s Forgotten Past, and The King of Greenpoint Peter McGuinness: The Amazing Story of Greenpoint’s Most Colorful […]

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A History of Greenpoint in 25 Buildings #6: The Havemeyer Sugar Refinery

by Geoff CobbJune 14, 2016June 13, 2016

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, North Brooklyn was the largest place for refining sugar in the world and Brooklyn’s largest industry. Although Williamsburg refined far more sugar […]



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