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History

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  • Greenpoint is the birthplace of Mae West
  • The Monitor (first iron-clad ship) was built in Greenpoint (see wikipedia, or hear a song about the Monitor by a local band)
  • Charles Pratt builds first modern oil refinery in the US on the shores of the Newtown Creek (see greenpointUSA.com)
  • Greenpoint is the birthplace of Pat Benetar (originally Patricia Mae Andrzejewski) (see greenpointusa.com)
  • Greenpoint is home to an oil-spill larger than that released in the Exxon-Valdez accident. It still hasn't been cleaned up properly:

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