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Greenpoint is still Polish ???

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Edited by: Moderator Nov 1, 10, 20:06 #1

http://www.indypressny.org/nycma/voices/417/editorials/editorials/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpoint,_Brooklyn

We don't know everything about Greenpoint; we are not even sure how many Polish people live there. While Polish institutions have not collected solid data, U.S. statistics indicate that five years ago there were 17,000 Poles in Greenpoint, including those members of the community born in the United States. That's fewer people than we may have thought, but still a sizeable group, especially since they constitute over 43 percent of the population in the neighborhood.

jT81Threads: 4 Posts: 7 Joined: Aug 4, 10 ♂	Nov 1, 10, 20:22 #2
Yes, Greenpoint is largely Polish, most of which are from Poland (read: not Polish-American). This is evidenced by broken Tyskie bottles that outline the streets and the sklep sklep skleps...

HavokThreads: 14 Posts: 1,508 Joined: Mar 12, 10 MEMBER ♂	Nov 1, 10, 20:40 #3
Now don't get me wrong,,, It's cool that we had/have a "little poland" here in the US but greenpoint is/was a Sh1thole, full of exploitation and filth. it's about time people smartened up and moved on, no self-respecting person would want to live there

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Nov 1, 10, 20:51 #4

Havok:

It's cool that we had/have a "little poland" here in the US but greenpoint is/was a Sh1thole, full of exploitation and filth. it's about time people smartened up and moved on,
no self-respecting person would want to live there

I wouldn't say that, compared to some other neighborhoods in Brooklyn it doesn't look too bad, if they wanna build affordable housing go ahead, but do it for the current residents.

HavokThreads: 14 Posts: 1,508 Joined: Mar 12, 10 MEMBER ♂	Nov 1, 10, 21:22 #5
yup, you're right, go ahead and live there it's a free country

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