Featuring a pre-‘Dragula’ Merrie Cherry.
Category: Historical Greenpoint
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Center for Brooklyn History Debuts a Joe Lentol Collection
The collection commemorates his nearly 50 years in the State Assembly.
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This Month in Greenpoint History: Rev. Ann Kansfield Gets Ordained
A special Pride edition of Greenpoint History.
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This Day in Greenpoint History: Going Green
Greenpoint showed up for the 1961 St. Paddy’s Day parade.
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This Day in Greenpoint History: Standard Oil Plant Up in Flames Again
Another footnote of Greenpoint’s oil refinery saga.
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Redesign of Polonaise Terrace Gets City Approval to Go Forward
The space has been around since 1898!
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This Week in Greenpoint History: A Tribute to William H. Zerbe
An influential photographer got his start in Greenpoint.
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This Day in Greenpoint History: A Clean Break
From bath house to Bath Haus for the bargain price of $3 million.
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Greenpoint’s P.S. 34 Hosted a Polish Cultural Bilingual Day Celebration in Honor of Its Unique Dual Language Program
The school celebrated its Polish language program last Thursday.
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This Day in Greenpoint History: Happy Halloween!
All things considered, a bank is a pretty spooky place.