Greenpoint

THERE are a number of buildings around town, a few dozen at least, in which I can honestly say I would like to live, at least temporarily. In fact there…

I may do a new series in Forgotten New York pointing out the humble beginnings of major, well-known NYC streets. Today, I’m showing you the east end of the combined…

I’m not sure, but sometimes things lose just a bit of their charm when they get landmarked. Bomelstein’s Clock, #753 Manhattan Avenue between Meserole and Norman was rusty, its paint…

My affinity for stolid brick buildings, whether factories or dwellings, has been stated repeatedly in FNY. Greenpoint is one of those Brooklyn neighborhoods that is changing rapidly, with glassy residential…

I have not taken many lengthy walks in the summer of 2022 and the last really ambitious one I did was from Hunters Point through Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Ridgewood and Glendale…

HERE’S a classic linoleum or vinyl sidewalk sign at #251 Nassau Avenue at Kingsland Avenue in eastern Greenpoint in one of my favorite color combinations, beige and green, with “Buckley’s”…

I know little about Dripps, the mid-century New York City and environs mapmaker; and in fact, I know little about its successors, Bromley, Belcher Hyde, Rand McNally, Hagstrom and Geographia.…

In late June I was stalking around Greenpoint again. Over the past 6-8 months or so, my visits have been frequent, as the northern Brooklyn neighborhood is easy for me…

I was stumbling down Greenpoint Avenue in the dead dog heat of May (as I write this on the Memorial Day weekend, it’s 45 and pouring rain) and I saw…

It’s getting to be that time of year when all of us, or those of us who despise humid air, should genuflect in the direction of East Williamsburg, or southern…

During a recent walk over the New Kosciuszko Bridge connecting Greenpoint and Laurel Hill, Queens, I cast my gaze downward on the Brooklyn side to Gardner Avenue and Thomas Street…

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kościuszko isn’t the only Polish Revolutionary-era patriot honored with a bridge across Newtown Creek. Manhattan Avenue formerly connected with Vernon Avenue (now Boulevard) in Long Island City via a…