Aleksandra Mencel, Author at NY City Lens

An Irish American in Little Poland

By Aleksandra Mencel on October 17, 2013 Greenpoint, Hugh A. Reid Funeral Home, Irish, Polish Brooklyn, The Global City

Hughie Reid loves money.

That’s why he went into the funeral business.

Polish Greenpoint’s Iconic Kiszka

By Aleksandra Mencel on October 3, 2013 Greenpoint, Kiszka, Poland Brooklyn, The Global City

This Polish deli on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint opened its doors 33 years ago and is still one of the most popular butcher shops in the neighborhood.

Grimy Greenpoint: The Neighborhood Calls for Another Cleanup

By Aleksandra Mencel on September 25, 2013 311 complaints, Charlotte Patiserrie, Clean Greenpoint, garbage, graffiti, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Chamber of Commerce, initiative, MIT Study, Trash Brooklyn, Neighborhoods

Greenpoint came in at the top of the list of the dirtiest neighborhoods in New York City in an August study by MIT that used Google Street View to compare random city streets.