Vakashela lesi sigqila se-Hipster
Ezinsukwini zakuqala zaseBrooklyn, iGreenpoint kwakuyinhloko epulazini. Kodwa ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19 leminyaka, yaqala ukukhushulwa kakhulu njengeningi laseNyakatho yeBrooklyn, igxile ekwakhiweni kwemikhumbi, isinikezwe eduze kwamanzi. IsiPolish sakha indawo ngaphambi kwekhulu leminyaka futhi iGreenpoint ihlukaniswe njengendawo yasePoland kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.
Ngemuva kokuvuselelwa ngo-2005, u-Greenpoint wanda. Ngaphandle kwethonya lasePoland, manje abantu abaningi abasha abaye bathengiswa emzini waseWilliamsburg bayibiza ikhaya laseGreenpoint, baholele ukuvulwa kwemigoqo yokudla kanye nezokudlela.
Uma usekuzingeni izinto ezingu-15 ezipholile zokwenza lokhu ku-art hood, cabanga ukuhlola lolu hlu ukuze ugcwalise uhambo lwakho.
I-Greenpoint kumephu
I-Greenpoint inqunywe ngaseningizimu-ntshonalanga yiWilliamsburg e-Bushwick inlet, eningizimu-mpumalanga yeBrooklyn-Queens Expressway naseMpumalanga Williamsburg, enyakatho neNewtown Creek naseLong Island City, eQueens ePulaski Bridge, nasentshonalanga East River.
Ukuhamba komgwaqo e-Greenpoint kunqunyelwe kwesitimela esisodwa - i-G line. Ngezimpelasonto, kungathembeka, ukwakhiwa ngokuvamile kuvumelana nalapho uhlangana khona nesitimela L eL Lorimer / Metropolitan. Izinketho zebhasi zihlanganisa i-B62, B43, ne-B24.
Ukuthengisa izindlu
Ngosizo lomdayisi kanye nesimo sengqondo esihle, izindlu ezingabiziyo namanje zingakhetha kukho, kepha izindawo zokuhlala eziphambili zivame ukuhamba okungenani u-$ 2000 ngenyanga futhi ngaphezulu, kuye ngokuthi inani lamakamelo okulala kanye nemidwebo yesikwele.
Amabhara & Ukudla
I-Diamond Bar, enezinhlobonhlobo ze-brewing and shuffleboard, isemncintiswaneni oqhubekayo nePencil Factory yebhayisikili engcono kakhulu ku-Greenpoint.
I-Anella iyindawo yokudlela yase-Italy eyintandokazi, kanti nakuba iWilliamsburg ithanda ukubiza ama-Enid kanye namahlanu amaqabunga njengeyakhe, ngokuyisisekelo lezi zindawo zokudlela ezihle kakhulu ziwela eceleni kweParkpoint epaki.
Imisebenzi & ezokuvakasha
I-McGolrick Park, e-Nassau ne-Driggs Avenues, ingase ingakwazi ukuphikisana noWilliamsburg McCarren Park ngobukhulu, kodwa ngokuqinisekile imnandi kakhulu, nemithi emikhulu yama-oak ebeka imingcele yayo-indawo enhle yepikinikini.
I-Newtown Creek yayingumthombo we-Greenpoint ogaxekile wamafutha, kodwa umuzi ususebenze iminyaka ukuwuhlanza. Isithelo somsebenzi wabo i-park entsha esanda kulungiswa ngqo emanzini, nebhayisikili eya eQueens. Kanye ngonyaka, ama-studios abaculi abahlala lapha avula iminyango yabo emphakathini we-Greenpoint Open Studios Weekend. I-Word Bookstore ayinayo kuphela indlela ekhethiwe yezincwadi, futhi ibuye ibambe ukufundwa komlobi njalo nezenzakalo zemibhalo.
Ukuthenga & Izidingo
I-Franklin Avenue yiyona edonsa phambili yokuthengwa kwe-Greenpoint. I-Alter iyilebula elimele nezingubo zombili amadoda nabesifazane (ezitolo ezihlukene ngaphesheya komgwaqo komunye nomunye). Ukuze uthole ulwazi oluthe xaxa kolwazi lomakhelwane, hlola ibhulogi yomakhelwane we-Greenpoint Greenpunkt.
Ihlelwe ngu-Alison Lowenstein