greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the new york city borough of brooklyn. It is bordered on the southwest by williamsburg at the bushwick inlet, on the southeast by the brooklyn-queens expressway and east williamsburg, on the north by newtown creek and long island city, queens at the pulaski bridge, and on the west by the east river. originally farmland , the residential core of greenpoint was built on parcels divided during the 19th century with rope factories and lumber yards spanning the east river to the west, while the northeastern section along the newtown creek through east williamsburg became an industrial maritime reach. the neighborhood is served by the nypd's 94th precinct.
