The Big Onion Guide to Brooklyn is an entertaining and informative walking guide to the historic people and places of Brooklyn. Ten fascinating, fact-filled walks are featured, inviting the reader to take an intimate tour through Brooklyn's important historic sites, neighborhoods, cultural institutions, and shops.
From the iconic brownstones of Brooklyn Heights to the famous piers on Coney Island, this book covers all of Brooklyn’s notable terrain, plus many of the not-so-well known treasures of New York's much beloved borough. Beautifully illustrated with over fifty photographs and complete with maps and easy-to-follow directions, all peppered with informative side-bars and fascinating tales of Brooklyn lore.
Over two-and-a-half million New Yorkers call historic and vibrant Brooklyn home and thousands more are drawn to this borough every day. Whether you're new in town or a native New Yorker exploring Brooklyn for the day, this exceptional walking guide to the historic people and places of Brooklyn is essential reading.
The Big Onion Guide to Brooklyn offers you a chance to explore:
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Seth Kamil and Eric Wakin are, respectively, the president and chief tour guide of the largest and best-known walking tour company in the United States-Big Onion Walking Tours. They are also the authors of The Big Onion Guide to New York City: Ten Historic Tours, also published by NYU Press. Both live in Brooklyn, NY.
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Praise for The Big Onion Guide to New York City: "One could scarcely find a more informative and engaging guide than this book. . . It is a delight, deeply knowledgeable, presented with wit and style."
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"A wondeful little guide probing many historic neighborhoods and buildings."
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"Well researched"
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"A nice mix of the fun and the factual."
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"A nice mix of the fun and the factual."
-"Block Magazine",
"A wondeful little guide probing many historic neighborhoods and buildings."
-"The Bookwatch",
Praise for The Big Onion Guide to New York City: "One could scarcely find a more informative and engaging guide than this book. . . It is a delight, deeply knowledgeable, presented with wit and style."
-"New York History",
"Well researched"
-"Library Journal",
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