Here’s an interesting new book for all those interested in NYC (and specifically Brookyn) history, Learn lots of neat facts that’ll impress your friends. Reminds me of a book my father wrote but never published called; Who Was Major Deegan? also about how streets, parks and bridges got their names. It’s the kind of thing you wonder about every now and again. Usually you take the names for granted. Don’t think twice about them. But then you do and you wanna know. This book sounds like a must have for Brooklyn afficianados.
We wanted to share with Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn the fact that our
new book is out. Entitled Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods,
Streets, Parks, Bridges and More Got Their Names, and with nearly 600
entries, it is the first compendium of its kind. Hope you (and your
readers) might enjoy. Thanks much and best, Leonard Benardo and
Jennifer WeissThere will be a book celebration on July 13 from 6-8 p.m. at the beautiful:
Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street
at the corner of Clinton
in Brooklyn Heights