Main entry:

Benardo, Leonard, author.

Title & Author:

Brooklyn by name : how the neighborhoods, streets, parks, bridges, and more got their names / Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss.

Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2006]
©2006

Description:

xii, 209 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index.
Northern Brooklyn: Bushwick, Greenpoint, Williamsburg -- Downtown Brooklyn: Brooklyn Heights, Downtown-City Center, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry, Vinegar Hill -- South Brooklyn: Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope, Prospect Park, Red Hook, Sunset Park -- North-Central Brooklyn: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights -- South-Central Brooklyn: Borough Park, Ditmas Park, Flatbush, Kensington, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Prospect Park South, Windsor Terrace -- Eastern Brooklyn: Brownsville, Canarsie, Cypress Hills, East New York, New Lots -- Southwest Brooklyn: Bath Beach, Bay Ridge -- Fort Hamilton, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights -- Southeastern and Southern Brooklyn: Bergen Beach, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Flatlands, Gerritsen Beach, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay.

Summary:

"Freom Bedford-Stuyvesant to Williamsburg, Brooklyn's historic names are emblems of American culture and history. Uncovering the remarkable stories behind the landmarks, Brooklyn by Name takes readers on a stroll through the streets and places of this thriving metropolis to reveal the borough's textured past. Ideal for all Brooklynites, newcomers, and visitors, this book includes: over 500 entries explaining the colorful history of Brooklyn's most prominent place names; over 100 vivid photographs of Brooklyn past and present; 9 easy-to-follow and up-to-date maps of the neighborhoods; informative sidebars covering topics like Ebbets Field, Lindsay Triangle, and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge; all neighborhoods where you can easily find the street you're on."-- back cover

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Table of contents

ISBN:

0814799450 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0814799469 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780814799451
9780814799468

Subject:

Names, Geographical New York (State) New York History.
Noms géographiques New York (État) New York Histoire.
Names, Geographical
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History.
New York (N.Y.) History.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire.
New York (State) New York
New York (State) New York Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Weiss, Jennifer, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 246106
Call No.: BIB 175714
Status: Available