Map of Greenpoint, Brooklyn A largely working-class and multi-generational neighborhood, Greenpoint is famous for its Polish-American residents -- so much so that the neighborhood is often referred to as "Little Poland". The neighborhood also has large populations of Italian- and Irish-Americans as well as a large Hispanic population (primarily from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Mexico). The neighborhood includes the Greenpoint Historic District (map available here) and McCarren Park which includes a giant swimming pool built by the Works Progress Administration. Currently the park is sometimes used as a concert venue, and a major reconstruction project is expected to begin in 2009 to restore the pool for use in the summer and add an ice skating rink in the winter. Streets in Greenpoint are named alphabetically: i.e. Ash, Box, Clay, Dupont, Eagle, Freeman, Green, Huron, India, Java and Kent Streets.
Our primary source for neighborhood names and locations is the
New York City Department of City Planning. Additional information is from Kenneth Jackson and John B.
Manbeck's book The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Brooklyn by Name by Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss.
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