The Brooklyn Experience: The Ultimate Guide to Neighborhoods & Noshes, Culture & the Cutting Edge

Ellen Freudenheim

Published by Rutgers University Press 2016

The Brooklyn Experience

The Ultimate Guide to Neighborhoods & Noshes, Culture & the Cutting Edge

Ellen Freudenheim
Preface by: Steve Hindy

In the series Rivergate Regionals Collection

https://doi.org/10.36019/9780813577456

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About this book

From Paris to Rio, everyone’s curious about hot, new Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Experience, Ellen Freudenheim’s fourth comprehensive Brooklyn guidebook, offers a true insider’s guide, complete with photographs, itineraries, and insights into one of the most creative, dynamic cities in the modern world.

Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge at dawn or sunset, discover thirty-eight unique Brooklyn neighborhoods, and experience the borough like a native. Find out where to go to the beach and to eat great pizza, what to do with the kids, how to enjoy free and cheap activities, and where to savor Brooklyn’s famous cuisines. Visit cool independent shops, greenmarkets, festivals, and delve into the vibrant new cultural scene at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Barclays Center, and the lively exploding neighborhoods of DUMBO, Williamsburg, and Bushwick.

Included in the book are essays and the pithy, sometimes funny comments of sixty cultural, literary, and culinary movers and shakers, culled from exclusive interviews with experts from the James Beard Foundation to the cofounder of the famous Brooklyn Book Festival, as well as MacArthur “genius” award winners, to young entrepreneurs, hipsters, and activists, all of whom have something to say about Brooklyn’s stunning renaissance. Neighborhood profiles are rich in user-friendly information and details, including movies, celebrities, and novels associated with each neighborhood. There are also 800 listings of great restaurants, bars, shops, parks, cultural institutions, and historical sites, complete with contact information.

Targeting the independent, curious traveler, The Brooklyn Experience includes a dozen “do-it-yourself” tours, including a visit to Woody Allen’s childhood neighborhood, and amazing Revolutionary and Civil War sites.

Freudenheim draws clear—and sometimes surprising—connections between old and new Brooklyn. Written by an author with an astounding knowledge of all Brooklyn has to offer, The Brooklyn Experience will guide both first-time and repeat visitors, and will be a fun resource for Brooklynites who enjoy exploring their own hometown.

Author / Editor information

ELLEN FREUDENHEIM is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, and has published widely. She is the author of eight books including a 2004 award-winning guidebook to Brooklyn and over a thousand articles online to help visitors and residents find their way around the Big Apple’s hippest and most diverse borough. Her books include Queens: What to Do, Where to Go (and How Not to Get Lost) in New York’s Undiscovered Borough, and most significantly, Brooklyn: The Ultimate Guide to New York’s Most Happening Borough.

Reviews

BK Stories - Ellen Freudenheim's 'The Brooklyn Experience' Book Signing at Brooklyn Brewery

— BRIC TV

"Awesome Brooklyn deserves a book as inclusive as the borough itself is, and this title delivers … Even those readers who think they know everything about this New York City borough will probably find a surprising tidbit in these pages."

— Library Journal

One to One with Sheryl McCarthy - an interview with Ellen Freudenheim

— CUNY TV

"The Brooklyn Experience provides a comprehensive guide to all things BK. From a 'Welcome to Brooklyn' overview with 20 great reasons to fall in love with the borough, to looks forward and back, Freudenheim shows off some serious neighborhood savvy … Take The Brooklyn Experience with you. You’ll find a wealth of photos, both historical and current, to whet your appetite for your own Brooklyn experience. You’ll find chapters on Brooklyn’s cultural scene, eating and drinking, shopping, waterfront and parks, and DIY tours—one of which the traces the formative haunts of Brooklyn’s own Woody Allen, the kind of quirky element that The Brooklyn Experience is packed with that you won’t find in other guidebooks."

— City Guide NY

"A 'must read' resource for urban explorers, with fascinating observations by seasoned Brooklynites. Whether you need a dose of the Dodgers and Coney Island, or want to be surprised by lesser known people and places, you’ll find both here."

— Deborah F. Schwartz, President, Brooklyn Historical Society

Getting the Full Brooklyn Experience - an interview with Ellen Freudenheim

— Metrofocus

Fill in Your Calendars! It’s All Brooklyn, All Summer Long- Ellen Freudenheim's tips for taking full advantage of Brooklyn's bustling summer season

— Crain's 5 Boros

Ellen Freudenheim, Abroad in Brooklyn- from 'What I Love' by Dan Shaw

— The New York Times

"For those who can never get enough of Brooklyn."

— New York Times

"The Brooklyn Experience": Then and now - an interview with Ellen Freudenheim

— Brick Underground

"If you've lived in Brooklyn for generations, or arrived last month, this book is a splendid companion in the delicious task of exploring the grandest New York borough. From art and architecture to the surprise of urban zoology, everything is here: tenements and mansions, ruined alleys and great boulevards, bridges and tunnels, amazing beaches and beautiful parks, and above all, the sky. Pull up a chair and read. Even better, head for the street, this book in hand, and look around."

— Pete Hamill, award-winning author and journalist

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface And Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
How To Use This Book Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Section 1: Welcome To Brooklyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section 2: Old Brooklyn And New Brooklyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Section 3: The Neighborhoods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Section 4: Where To Go, What To Do Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Section 5: Visitor Information Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Bibliography: Seventy-Five Works Of Literature Set In Brooklyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
About The Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343

Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 360
Illustrations
- Other: 38 photographs, 1 map, 1 table
Keywords: brooklyn; manhattan; nyc; the city; ny; brooklyn bridge; new york; new york city; barclays center; dumbo; williamsburg; bushwick; queens; bronx; staten island; dining; shops; restaurants; parks; museums; movies

eBook

Published: May 20, 2016
ISBN: 9780813577456