Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Creek from the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge
newtwn_HDR_IMG_8317_19.jpg, originally uploaded by Mitch Waxman. Newtown Creek has long been home to the oil and petroleum industries. Famously, the underground Greenpoint oil spill is the largest in U.S. history and can be tied back to John D. Rockefeller‘s … Continue reading
The Newtown Creek
Newtown Creek at The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, originally uploaded by Mitch Waxman. pictured- shot from the The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, Greenpoint side Before I say anything else, I must acknowledge the massive scholarship of a fellow named Bernard Ente on … Continue reading
What is "The Newtown Pentacle"?
The colonial era towns of Green Point, Brooklyn and the Queens towns of Astoria, Ravenswood, Hunter’s Point, Bowery Bay, and Middletown were called Newtown in Dutch and English times. In the early 19th century, the Queens villages combined to form … Continue reading
Newtown Pentacle, too 