Newtown Creek Directory and Map

Newtown Creek Directory and Map. Places of Interest. , 1. Manhattan Avenue Park - Street end public access to Newtown Creek and a launch point for kayaks and canoes., 2. Pulaski Bridge - Spanning Newtown Creek, the bridge connects Greenpoint in Brooklyn with Long Island City in Queens and is the halfway point of the 26-mile New York City Marathon., 3. Newtown Creek Nature Walk - Entrance at Paidge Ave. Designed by sculptor George Takas, the walk integrates nature with industry., 4. Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant - 329 Greenpoint Ave. New York City's largest wastewater treatment plant., 5. Bedi-Makky Art Foundry - 227 India St. Active foundry casting bronze monuments including The Marine Corps WAr Memorial (c. 1954) depicting the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima., 6. Former Union Porcelain Works (1864-1920s) - 300 Eckford St. Site of one of the first recognized commercial American porcelain manufacturers of tableware, electrical insulars and collectable pieces., 7. Former Devoe Oil Works (1867 - 1893, acquired by John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company) - 627 Manhattan Ave. at Nassau St. Most famous for Devoe's Brilliant Oil for lamps to light homes, this was one of Brooklyn's more than 50 petroleum refineries., 8. St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church (c. 1874) - 862 Manhattan Ave. A community landmark, this Gothic Revival style church of red brick and white limestone boats a 240-foot tall spire., 9. Greenpoint Historic District - Bordered by Manhattan Ave., Java, Franklin and Calyer Sts. (beyond the map), this area includes row houses, the neo-gothic St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (c. 1892) and picturesque Milton Street., 10. American Playground - Franklin St. between Milton and Noble Sts. Named for the American Manufacturing Company., 11. Greenpoint Terminal Market - East River, between Greenpoint AVe. and Oak St. Former site of the American Manufacturing Company (c. 1888), the company was one of the largest rope manufacturers in the world and the second largest employer in Brooklyn. The buildings were ravaged by fire in 2006., 12. Transmitter Park - East River at Kent and Greenpoint Aves. WNYC Radio Station once transmitted from this site., 13. Eberhard Faber Pencil Company Historic District - From 1872 until 1956 the famous Eberhard Faber Mongol No. 2 pencil was mass-produced at this site. The eight structures in the district include a unique Art Deco style factory building at 61 Greenpoint Ave. (c. 1923-24)., 14. Astral Apartments - 184 Franklin St. One of New York City's first philanthropic apartment houses (c. 1806) built by Charles Pratt for his Astral Oil Works employees., 15. Greenpoint Playground - Triangle at Commercial St., Dupont Ave. and Franklin St., 16. Newtown Barge Terminal Playground - Commerical and Dupont Sts., 17. Former Havemeyer Sugar Refinery Company - One of the world's busiest sugar refineries until destroyed by fire in 1887., 18. American Revolutionary War Site - One of the British Navy's staging points for the invasion of Manhattan Island against George Washington and the Continental Army (1776)., 19. Former Greenpoint Flint Glassworks (c. 1880) - Near Commercial St. and Box St. Christian Dorflinger and his workers created high-quality glassware, including pieces commissioned in 1861 by Mary Todd Lincoln for the Lincoln White House., 20. Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center (GMDC)- 1155-1205 Manhattan Ave. Housed in the former site of the Chelsea Fiber Mills (c. 1868) a manufacturer of marine rope, GMDC is instrumental in the rehabilitation of buildings for manufacturing enterprises and local artists.