Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Compensation for the destruction of a historic shipyard.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

Now the site of a high school, this was almost the location of the largest cathedral in the US.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.