The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn (Neighborhoods of New York City) - Hardcover

Jackson, Professor Kenneth T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300077521 ISBN 13: 9780300077520

Publisher: Other Distribution, 1998

Synopsis

Profusely illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs and maps, an intimate look at the past and present of Brooklyn's neighborhoods includes striking facts about each and practical tips for the tourist to the New York City borough. UP.

About this title

From the Publisher:

A joint publication of Citizens for NYC and Yale University Press; The Neighborhoods of New York Series

From the Back Cover:

"Filled with maps, street-corner photographs, history, and local lore. As with the place itself, there are surprising rewards to getting lost here."--New Yorker; "Detail[s] in charming and highly accessible form the facts about a city that works."--William R. Everdell, New York Times Book Review; "Strikingly illustrated, well written and with clear maps, this is an excellent guide to the visual delights and the human landscape of our most complex borough."--Howard Kissel, Daily News; "A delightful tour."--Digby Diehl, Modern Maturity; "New York's most populous borough comes alive in The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn. . . . With photographs, maps, and fact-crammed descriptions of each neighborhood, this guide is a lively salute to Brooklyn. For the millions who have lived or now live in New York, and for the millions of others who long to, these books will be an essential and endlessly fascinating resource. . . . The most detailed and sparkling celebration of Brooklyn ever written."- Brooklyn Park Slope Courier

About this edition

• Publisher: Other Distribution
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0300077521
• ISBN 13: 9780300077520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 290
• Editor: Manbeck Professor John B.