Greenpoint: Housing stock to cherish
Eye On Real Estate
Greenpoint’s got an apartment house built by oil tycoon Charles Pratt – yes, the man who started the Pratt Institute – for neighborhood workers in the 1880s.
He produced Pratt’s Astral Oil at his Greenpoint refinery, and constructed the Queen Anne-style Astral Apartments at 184 Franklin St. One of the important architecture firms of the day, Lamb & Rich, designed the stately building, which is now a city landmark.
Other apartment houses and homes in Greenpoint may not have been designed by such prestigious architects, but nevertheless have big eye appeal. Here are a few of our favorites. What are yours? Tell us in the comment section below.