Neighborhood Guide

Greenpoint


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. 

The recent and continuing building boom in the neighborhood, especially of multifamily dwellings, among other demographic changes, has made the neighborhood a center of "hipster" culture and nightlife. There have been recent 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.


Greenpoint Listings

Size Starting from Listings Count Avg. $/Ft2 DOM
Studio $435.0K 14 $1,279 63
1 BR $495.0K 34 $1,436 105
2 BR $989.0K 38 $1,487 95
3 BR $1.60M 26 $1,608 79

$1,452

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