Dope on the Slope has a post about the newish book, Brooklyn By Name, which he thinks makes an ideal gift for those who are Brooklyn obsessed. H

Here’s an excerpt from the entry about  Charles Carroll (1737-1832) for whom a number of places in South Brooklyn are named:

When
he died at the age of ninety-five, he was the final surviving signer of
the Declaration of Independence. (Daniel Webster referred to him as the
"venerable old relic.") The naming of Carroll Street and Carroll Gardens
was likely influenced by the many Irish Americans who settled in the
area, as well as Carroll’s association with the heroic Marylanders who
defended the Old Stone House.