Williamsburg to Greenpoint
Dragged through Brooklyn on the arts and craft trail
(Photos/words © urban75, Dec 2006
Seeing as I'm always dragging my girlfriend along to record stores and camera shops when we're in New York, it only seemed fair that I should accompany her on arts and crafts missions.
Here's some photos from a trip to Greenpoint in Brooklyn.
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-01.jpg) Tenement building, Williamsburg.
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-02.jpg) Christmas trees for sale, Bedford Avenue, corner of N12th St.
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-03.jpg)
The northernmost neighbourhood of Brooklyn, Greenpoint's proximity to Williamsburg has recently seen a flood of hipsters fleeing from the escalating rental prices (an effect known as the 'Williamsburg spillover').
Sometimes known as 'Little Poland' after the high percentage of working-class Polish immigrants living there, Greenpoint is definitely an area on the 'up' (so artists can expect to be elbowed out again soon).
![Hearts and Crafts Affair'Grumpy Cafe, Meserole Avenue, Diamond Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-04.jpg) The reason for our trip out to Greenpoint was for Em to visit the 'Hearts and Crafts Affair' (that's a crat fair) at the Grumpy Cafe on Meserole Avenue at Diamond Street.
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-05.jpg) The cafe looked nice enough but perhaps a tad too slick and shiny for the neighbourhood..
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-06.jpg) The craft fair went on a back room and was quite an intimate event.
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-07.jpg) Some kerrrrrazy quirky indie types laid down some oddball sounds in the corner.
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-08.jpg) Old fire department street furniture.
![Eat Records cafe, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-09.jpg) Walking back to Williamsburg, we popped into the Eat Records cafe, which was suitably down to earth, stuffed full of good records and served up a marvellous soup.
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-10.jpg) Street market on Bedford Avenue.
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-11.jpg) Beford Avenue on a chilly December evening.
![A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US](images/greenpoint-brooklyn-12.jpg) Subway back to Union Square.
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