I am the author of seven books on New York History. Greenpoint’s Forgotten Past is the seminal guide to the history of the northern tip of Brooklyn. The Rise and Fall of the Sugar King deals with the creation of the Havermayer Sugar Empire and the creation of its Domino Refinery. Discovering Historic Greenpoint on Foot takes the reader on some two dozen themed walks through north Brooklyn. I also write for Irish America magazine, the Irish Echo and the New York Irish Roundtable History Journal. I am also a frequent contributor to Greenpointers. 

October 2, 2020 — The Williamsburg Bridge Transformed Local Culture (https://greenpointers.com/author/geoffcobb/)
May 31, 2019 — Great ‘Open Studios’ from Greenpoint’s Past (https://greenpointers.com/author/geoffcobb/)
April 29, 2019 — How McGuinness Boulevard Was Created (https://greenpointers.com/2019/04/29/how-mcguinness-boulevard-was-created/)
April 4, 2019 — A Short History of the Greenpoint Park With Two Names (https://greenpointers.com/2019/04/04/a-short-history-of-the-greenpoint-park-with-two-names/)
January 14, 2019 — Ben Shahn: Williamsburg’s Greatest Artist Ever? (https://greenpointers.com/category/historical-greenpoint/page/8/)
December 10, 2018 — Williamsburg’s Enchanted Fillmore Place and the Author Who Immortalized the Street (https://greenpointers.com/category/historical-greenpoint/page/8/)
October 29, 2018 — North Brooklyn’s ‘Splendid Legacy’ in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (https://greenpointers.com/category/historical-greenpoint/page/8/)
October 18, 2018 — The Surprising Artistic History of Green Street (https://greenpointers.com/category/historical-greenpoint/page/8/)
December 7, 2018 — Heavy Metal: North Brooklyn’s Rich History of Casting Metals (https://greenpointers.com/category/culture/notforgotten-greenpoint/page/6/)
December 6, 2018 — Aaron Burr’s Scandalous Trysts in Greenpoint (https://greenpointers.com/category/culture/notforgotten-greenpoint/page/6/)
December 5, 2018 — A Stroll Down Historic Guernsey Street (https://greenpointers.com/category/culture/notforgotten-greenpoint/page/6/)
December 3, 2018 — The History Behind Grand Republic: A Modern Bar With a Storied Name (https://greenpointers.com/category/culture/notforgotten-greenpoint/page/6/)
November 26, 2018 — Greenpoint’s Last Colonial Building: The Duryea House (https://greenpointers.com/category/culture/notforgotten-greenpoint/page/6/)
October 30, 2017 — The Forgotten History of Sugar in North Brooklyn (https://greenpointers.com/author/geoffcobb/page/13/)
October 17, 2017 — A Piece of Greenpoint History Faces Demolition (https://greenpointers.com/author/geoffcobb/page/13/)
October 10, 2017 — Greenpoint Doughboy: A Tragic Tale of A Greenpointer in World War I (https://greenpointers.com/author/geoffcobb/page/13/)

July 18, 2017 — The Illicit Affair That Brought Greenpoint’s own Mae West to Hollywood (https://greenpointers.com/author/geoffcobb/page/13/)
July 17, 2017 — Patrick Keely, The Prolific Architect of Saint Anthony of Padua Church (https://greenpointers.com/author/geoffcobb/page/13/)
July 12, 2017 — Greenpoint’s Notorious Sonny Franseze Released from Prison at Age 100 (https://greenpointers.com/author/geoffcobb/page/13/)
July 11, 2017 — How New York’s Most Notorious Gangster Bankrolled Mae West’s Broadway Hit (https://greenpointers.com/author/geoffcobb/page/13/)