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A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US
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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
Tenement building, Williamsburg.

A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US
Christmas trees for sale, Bedford Avenue, corner of N12th St.

A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US
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
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
The cafe looked nice enough but perhaps a tad too slick and shiny for the neighbourhood..

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A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US
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
Some kerrrrrazy quirky indie types laid down some oddball sounds in the corner.

A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US
Old fire department street furniture.

Eat Records cafe, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US
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
Street market on Bedford Avenue.

A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US
Beford Avenue on a chilly December evening.

A walk from Williamsburg to Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, NYC, US
Subway back to Union Square.

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