Comments about greenpoint

There are 29 comments about "greenpoint"

fred p: when the city turned its back on greenpoint in fiscal crisis in mid 70's people had enough and started to sell and move out...hence the shit moved in.....

in response to: Greenpoint by Curbed

Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital.......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Peter: ive always had a special place in my heart for peterbilts. the red and green and sunshine is an awesome combo! damn, i gotta go explore {greenpoint} more before summer ends......

in response to: Truckin\' by luna park

D: Also, the spill was only in a certain section of Greenpoint, there are tons of maps online you can look at. Greenpoint is a great 'hood and one of the best in all 5......

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

anon (splp1.starpoint.com): I thought that Greenpoint sits above a lake of toxic waste.... ...

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

EMILY: yeah greenpoint is shit but that's where i live lol...

in response to: Greenpoint by Curbed

EMILY: i saw another one something like this in a pier in greenpoint, brooklyn... it looked pretty old but idk...

in response to: Revs Hope Graf Sculpture by Peter

Mushi: Stopped into the new K-Pax Deli on Starr between Wyckoff and Irving. It's a nice, CLEAN little place opened by a Polish couple (which is odd because the Polish population seems to stay in Maspeth,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jamie: would that be the same [[565:greenpoint]] that sane smith put the 'green' in?...

in response to: Greenpoint by Peter

little ukraine: i see nobody has given this a stab yet so... here goes... first of all, congratulations for having the initiative to save up a lot of money, because it is first and foremost what you will......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

augusta: this is not technically willilamsburg. it is GREENPOINT. the old greenpoint terminal is still there to prove this. i live 2 blocks from where this fire happened....

in response to: Goodmorning Williamsburg by Veronica

jms: my wife and I have a 10 month old. Currently, we're looking in bushwick - want to save and purchase a home/condo once the real estate market recovers (maybe in bushwick). I've lived in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

blueeyes: Last year, I moved from Williamsburg "Prime" (Bedford stop), where I lived happily but cautiously for 7 years. During that time my next door neighbor was held up at gunpoint at our front door (2005),......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

dougieESQ: Bushwick AKA: East Williamsburg...yeah, no thanks. Keep drinkin' the kool-aid hipsters while I stay put in greenpoint....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: I've now lived in Bushwick for 10 months. Other than the fact that where I live feels like a dorm sometimes (loud music, loud people), I do feel safe there. Yes, as I have said,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

alaska from brooklyn: Hey can any of you help me? I grew up in brooklyn over in greenpoint and i just found out my building was torn down and they built a condo. I am......

in response to: Atlantic Yards by Peter

jack: actually i was not the hippie type like way into the drug scene, rather i was what they would call cool, like between a rocker and a mod. my thing was manhattan in the......

in response to: End Gender by Biff

shandy: I'm white and my place in Bushwick was the first I moved to when I came to New York. I had no idea what neighborhood meang what, I moved there firstly because my friend lived......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

galaxy: ahhhh, greenpoint. brings back memories from the year the garbage collectors went on strike in the summer time. nothin' like the whiff of diapers mixed with rotting food in the humid summer of......

in response to: Greenpoint by Curbed

elaine: was this in response to [[3156:these?]] because if so, greenpoint needs to understand branding a little better......

in response to: Greenpoint by Curbed

LEETO: COLAVITO DUDE I'LL SLAP YOUR FACE OFF AND THAT'LL LOOK SHITTY TOO YOU GOT NERVE TALKIN' ABOUT GANGSTA PUT IN SOME WORK IN THE HOOD SO MOFO'S COULD TALK ABOUT YOU! THAT'S CALLED BEIN' ABOUT......

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

Peter: I walked past where that "greenpoint" mural was this past weekend... and its been buffed. oh well....

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

KRAM 2: JA IS A MOTHAFUCKING' BEAST! it's almost as if though he's following me.. when i lived in jersey city... i one day saw a JA tag on telephone company box on kennedy blvd... and now......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

518 gin mill: i remember grand street in the mid 40s. trolley cars. clean streets. no graffitti. doors were old, they were new. they were clean. ragamuffin day, bell buttons jammed on with chewn gum. the rko republic,......

in response to: The Doors of Grand Street by Peter

R^6 : a little geography lesson - all the suckas who think they live in williamsburg really live in greenpoint. williamsburg is south of the wb bridge.realtors expanded traditional borders. the owners are no better. that r.i.p.......

in response to: Walking in Williamsburg 2 by Peter

Deshant: High Gravity Steel Reserve... Why is it called High Gravity? Because after six of these it feels like you dropped a metal brick in your pants. I also noticed the Danish FAXE. I used to......

in response to: Beer by Peter

Peter: yep... thats why i posted this. that first image (puttin' the green in greenpoint) is a piece ive walked past a million times while living in bklyn... its been there for more than a couple......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

chris: *sigh.... i miss my brooklyn.. :( if anyone could go take pics of my old street for me i'll do anything!! lol,but seriously..if anyone wants to take on this mission to give me the best......

in response to: Midtown Manhattan from Brooklyn by Peter