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Greenpoint Brooklyn's Forgotten Past by Gregory Cobb

July 30, 2025 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR17 Bingo: book begins with the letter “G” I worked in Greenpoint for two years and really came to love the area. My grandmother was from east Baltimore, the same east Baltimore featured in John Waters’ Hairspray. Patterson Park, Canton, Dundalk. Those were her stomping grounds. Those neighborhoods featured a glorious mix of ethnicities, religions, languages, and cultures coming together in a dense rowhouse-packed area. She always spoke fondly of growing up there. Greenpoint gave me a similar feeling, though like most of […]

Filed Under: History Tagged With: #history, Brooklyn, cbr17bingo, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn's Forgotten Past, Gregory Cobb, New York City, starts with g

Jake's CBR17 Review No:30 · Genres: History · Tags: #history, Brooklyn, cbr17bingo, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn's Forgotten Past, Gregory Cobb, New York City, starts with g ·
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