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Greenpoint has long held a dynamic of industrial mixed with residential.
The Dutch acquired the land from the Keskachauge Indians in 1638 and named it for a grassy stretch of land on the East River.
After 1840, the neighborhood developed into a center for shipbuilding and became known as the birthplace of the famous ironclad Civil War ship, the Monitor.
With development of the neighborhood’s piers increasing in the late 1800s, streets and lots were carefully planned, causing almost all the streets that run parallel to the river to be in alphabetical order from north to south.
Alongside Williamsburg, Greenpoint was known for the black arts: printing, pottery, petroleum and gas refining, glassmaking and iron making.
In later years, more than 50 oil refining companies were based in Greenpoint. But the area struggled through the early 20th century as demand for shipbuilding, light manufacturing and warehousing declined in Brooklyn.
From World War II to the present though, Greenpoint has been invigorated and filled by a community of immigrants and hipsters.
GREENPOINT — The ferry stop at India Street in Greenpoint will reopen and be fully operational Monday, serving customers and restoring the neighborhood with its own “sea legs,” AMNY reported Friday, Nov. 11. The dock originally closed down in May of 2021 after there were issues with the supporting pillars on the dock. Council member […]
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Fifteen elected officials, led by City Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez, Assemblymember Maritza Davila, Senator Julia Salazar, and Congressmember Nydia Velázquez, sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams recently asking him to announce that the City of New York will never grant an “emergency” variance allowing National Grid to truck dangerous Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) through their […]