The Greenpoint Oil Spill and some of the people who died in horrible fires along and on Newtown Creek in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn for Standard Oil and others - as covered in the newspapers of the time plus other interesting items also discovered. Some original photography of Greenpoint/Williamsburg.

In addition to the oil spill this Zine includes pieces about North Brooklyn history regarding: women's rights, civil rights, slavery, police violence against Chinese immigrants, weapons manufacturers, the Meeker Avenue Plumes (largely created by waste from dry cleaners), domestic violence against women & children, fire fighters, MTA history, McGuinness, Exxon Mobile BP Amoco.

Biggest Oil Spills in US History
1. Deepwater Horizon, 134 million gallons
2. Hawaiian Patriot, 31,000 million gallons
3. Greenpoint Oil Spill, 30 million gallons
4. Epic Colocotronis, 18 million gallons
5. Exxon Valdez, 11 million gallons

Author: Joel Chaffee
Publisher: self-published
Page Count: 20pp
Size: 7 x 10
Notes: saddle-stitched, b/w
Date of Release: January 2022