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Greenpoint, NY

Greenpoint
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
Greenpoint streetscape on Manhattan Avenue
Greenpoint streetscape on Manhattan Avenue
Aerial picture of Greenpoint's East River waterfront, with Manhattan in background
Aerial picture of Greenpoint's East River waterfront, with Manhattan in background
Country  United States
State  New York
City  New York City
Borough Brooklyn
Languages
Area
 • Total 2.754 sq mi (7.13 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 34,719
 • Density 13,000/sq mi (4,900/km2)
Demographics 2010
 • White 76.9%
 • Black 1.2%
 • Hispanic (of any race) 14.7%
 • Asian 4.9%
 • Other 2.3%
ZIP Codes 11211, 11222
Median household income $60,523

Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg at the Bushwick inlet, on the southeast by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and East Williamsburg, on the north by Newtown Creek and Long Island City, Queens at the Pulaski Bridge, and on the west by the East River.

Originally farmland – many of the farm owners' family names, such as Meserole and Calyer, are current street names – the residential core of Greenpoint was built on parcels divided during the 19th century, with rope factories and lumber yards lining the East River to the west, while the northeastern section along the Newtown Creek through East Williamsburg became an industrial maritime area. It has a large Polish immigrant and Polish-American community and has often been referred to as Little Poland.

Since the early 2000s, a building boom in the neighborhood, especially of multifamily dwellings, has made the neighborhood increasingly a center of nightlife. However, there have been efforts to reclaim the rezoned Greenpoint / Williamsburg East River waterfront for recreational use and also to extend a continuous promenade into the Newtown Creek area.

The neighborhood is part of New York's 12th congressional district, State Senate Districts 18 and 26, State Assembly District 50, City Council District 33, and Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 94th Precinct and the FDNY Engine 238 and Hook & Ladder 106.


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