[.ca] The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn (ISBN 0300077521)

Want to know about Brooklyn? Read this!:
We Brooklynites (yes, I STILL live here) do love to carp about our neighborhood boundaries and histories, don't we? I enjoy reading books about Brooklyn, and The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn is about the best I've come across in the last 30 years. The maps and the sidebar-style neighborhood profiles are great, and I like the eclectic mix of history, old and new photos, and contemporary comments. I don't usually keep books on my coffee table, but I find I've been leaving this one there because I come back to it again and again and look through it a little at a time. The Committee and editors did a beautiful job.

Good Overall:
Although it's a little light on the 50's and 60's overall this is a good read. Great presentation. Nice photography.

Future Books Of Neighborhoods Of The Rest Of The Boroughs?:
This is one wonderful book. It gives a better understanding of Brooklyn's surroundings. I particularly found interesting the histories of Street-names. Now I'd like to know the histories of all the neighborhoods of NYC: Queens, the Bronx, Manhattan, and last and definitely least, Staten Island, particularly the neighborhood of Grasmere.

Brooklyn, NY:
One of the most accurate portrayals of Brooklyn ever. Accurate neighborhood borders and fantastic descriptions. I was especially fond of Professor John Manbeck's historic "time line" added to this book. Well worth the price!

A glowing tribute to the greatest place on Earth:
Under the guidance of Professor John Manbeck and using the resources of the Citizens Committee for New York City, THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF BROOKLYN is a survey of Brooklyn that is as colorful and diverse as the borough itself. Examining the nearly 100 neighborhoods of Brooklyn, each section is part history, part tour, part reference. (It even tells you how to get there by mass transit! It even tells you the local police precinct!) Maps of each neighborhood are great for walking tours you can take on your own. And the abundant illustrations really put a face on everything. One time Brooklyn resident, Columbia University Professor Kenneth Jackson, provides the introduction which is both appropriate and enjoyable.