Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory
The Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory is a former pencil factory complex in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City. Designated as a historic district by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (NYCLPC) in 2007, it is composed of nine buildings spread across two blocks.
One of the buildings in the district, now used by Kickstarter
Condominiums which formerly served as factory housing
Red Star Bar at 37 Greenpoint Avenue
72–74 Kent St (right) and 76 Kent (left)
Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg at Bushwick Inlet Park and McCarren Park; on the southeast by the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway and East Williamsburg; on the north by Newtown Creek and the neighborhood of Long Island City in Queens; and on the west by the East River. The neighborhood has a large Polish immigrant and Polish-American community, containing many Polish restaurants, markets, and businesses, and it is often referred to as Little Poland.
Greenpoint streetscape on Manhattan Avenue (2014)
Kent Street
Lorimer Street
The Greenpoint Wood Exchange, where lumber is processed
