The Brooklyn Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide

Synopsis

Bill Helmreich Walked Every Block Of New York City--6,000 Miles In All--to Write The Award-winning The New York Nobody Knows. Now He Has Re-walked Brooklyn--some 816 Miles--to Write This One-of-a-kind Walking Guide To The City's Hottest Borough. Drawing On Hundreds Of Conversations He Had With Residents During His Block-by-block Journeys, The Brooklyn Nobody Knows Captures The Heart And Soul Of A Diverse, Booming, And Constantly Changing Borough That Defines Cool Around The World. The Guide Covers Every One Of Brooklyn's Forty-four Neighborhoods, From Greenpoint To Coney Island, Providing A Colorful Portrait Of Each Section's Most Interesting, Unusual, And Unknown People, Places, And Things. Along The Way You Will Learn About A Greenpoint Park Devoted To Plants And Trees That Produce Materials Used In Industry; A Hornsmith Who Practices His Craft In Prospect-lefferts Gardens; A Collection Of 1,140 Stuffed Animals Hanging From A Tree In Bergen Beach; A Five-story Brownsville Mural That Depicts Zionist Leader Theodor Herzl--and That Was The Brainchild Of Black Teenagers; Brooklyn's Most Private--yet Public--beach In Manhattan Beach; And Much, Much More. An Unforgettably Vivid Chronicle Of Today's Brooklyn, The Book Can Also Be Enjoyed Without Ever Leaving Home--but It's Almost Guaranteed To Inspire You To Get Out And Explore One Of The Most Fascinating Urban Areas Anywhere. -- Publisher's Description Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Dumbo, Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, Downtown Brooklyn -- Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace -- Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Bedford-stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Prospect-lefferts Gardens -- Bushwick, Cypress Hills, Brownsville, East New York, Canarsie, East Flatbush -- Flatbush, Prospect Park South, Midwood, Flatlands, Marine Park, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin -- Sunset Park, Borough Park, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach -- Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Manhattan Beach, Brighton Beach, Coney Island. William B. Helmreich. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.