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Author: Leonard Benardo ,
Jennifer Weiss
Publisher: New York University Press
Imprint: New York University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 20.40cm
Weight: 0.349kg
ISBN: 9780814799451
ISBN 10: 0814799450
Pages: 214
Publication Date: 01 July 2006
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Information is well presented and well illustrated-both factors making this guide easy on the eye. Hardly a location is left unexplored in this fascinating, indispensable guide to a borough undeservedly in Manhattan's shadow. -Booklist Witty, occasionally irreverent and always engaging, Brooklyn by Name takes readers from the six independent towns that once comprised Breuckelen to the modern metropolis. Weiss and Benardo have uncovered surprising data and have woven a compulsively readable narrative. Pick it up, rifle through, and find out about-or be reminded of-the underpinnings of our borough's heritage. -The Brooklyn Rail Fascinating morsels of Brooklyn history... An entertaining, breezy compilation for the NYU Press, perfect for reading down at Coney, up on tar beach, or out on your shady front stoop this summer... So if you wanna know how Dead Horse Bay, Sheepshead Bay, Floyd Bennett Field, Smith St. Carroll Gardens, Junior's Restaurant, Green-Wood Cemetery, Gilmore Court or the Riegelmann Boardwalk got their names, grab a copy of Brooklyn by Name. -New York Daily News This book is an essential companion for anyone teaching about Brooklyn, for anyone writing about the borough, and for tour guide people. Benardo and Weiss have to be pleased with their product, and clearly should be congratulated. -Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn streets, parks and sites are dripping with history, and husband-and-wife team Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss have hung them all out to dry in their dictionary of street smarts, Brooklyn By Name. -Brooklyn Papers
An excellent guide to Brooklyn. Explaining Brooklyn's often mystifying names (like Force Tube Avenue and Dead Horse Bay) allows the streets to speak their stories. Walkers in the borough should not leave home without it. - Mike Wallace, co-author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 This beautifully researched, lucidly written and compulsively readable book will have readers bouncing from entry to entry. By focusing on the derivation of Brooklyn's place-names, the authors have subtly traced the borough's rich history of politics, power, greed and idealism. - Phillip Lopate, author of Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan
Author Information
Leonard Benardo is a former weekly columnist for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Jennifer Weiss has written for New York Newsday and The Washington Post and is co-editor of Eldercare in New York: A Consumer's Guide to Long-Term Health Care. The authors live together in Brooklyn.
