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Great “Open Studios” from Greenpoint’s Past

by Geoff CobbMay 31, 2019May 31, 2019

Greenpoint Open Studios is the weekend of June 8th and 9th and is a special time in the area as about 400 artists open their studios to thousands of art […]

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Are We Ready to Celebrate Walt Whitman as Brooklyn’s Gay Poet?

by Geoff CobbMay 28, 2019

This week all over Brooklyn, there will be celebrations honoring Walt Whitman. With the 200th anniversary of the birth of Brooklyn’s greatest poet, one has to ask the question: Was […]

Posted inCulture

Hollywood Legend Mickey Rooney’s Greenpoint Roots

by Geoff CobbMay 20, 2019May 20, 2019

  Few people today might recognize him by his real name, Joe Yule Jr., but the boy born in 1920 at 696 Leonard Street would become an Academy Award winner […]

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A History of Gardens in Brooklyn’s “Garden Spot”

by Geoff CobbMay 10, 2019May 10, 2019

Greenpoint has a nickname, “The Garden Spot,” which was given at a time when our area was truly a bucolic haven. Although it later became one of the most industrial […]

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Getting Local History Right and Correcting Egregious Errors

by Geoff CobbMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019

Being a local historian, I acknowledge that all of us make mistakes. The problem is when mistakes in local history become fossilized over years and people accept these errors as […]

Posted inCulture

How Local Musicians Became Part of Baseball Folklore

by Geoff CobbMay 2, 2019

When you speak to anyone who was a Dodger fan you feel their love for the team and the wound they felt when the team left for Los Angeles. The […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

How McGuinness Boulevard Was Created

by Geoff CobbApril 29, 2019

  Maybe it is just me, but I find McGuinness Boulevard ugly. Huge trucks and streams of traffic wiz by the four-laned, soulless traffic artery. The newer apartment buildings lack […]

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‘Smiling’ Mickey Welch: The Hall of Fame Baseball Pitcher from Williamsburg

by Geoff CobbApril 24, 2019

Tens of thousands of men have played professional baseball, but only a few have been enshrined in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. One of those rare individuals is pitcher […]

Posted in(Not)Forgotten Greenpoint

The First Professional Baseball Player Began in Williamsburg

by Geoff CobbApril 16, 2019

Today Al Reach is largely a forgotten figure here in North Brooklyn where he began his baseball career, But Reach not only became the first openly professional baseball player in […]

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Where Do The Names of Williamsburg Streets Come From?

by Geoff CobbJanuary 25, 2019January 25, 2019

The longest street in Brooklyn and the road that runs through the heart of Williamsburg is Bedford Avenue. The 10.19 mile-long street got its name from the village of Bedford, […]

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