Brooklyn Hilton (Brooklyn Detention Complex)
The Brooklyn Men's House of Detention, 275 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, has been nicknamed the "Brooklyn Hilton" since at least 1968. The nickname probably borrows from "Hanoi…
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Brooklyn International Film Festival
The Brooklyn International Film Festival is much younger than the New York Film Festival. It's not the Cannes (France) Film Festival yet, but it's more local.…
Brooklyn Jawbreaker (bagel)
Bagels in New York City in the 1950s and 1960s were often difficult to chew. "The Bagel -- Automated and Frozen -- Is Gaining New Friends" by Jean Hewitt, printed in the New York (NY)…
Brooklyn National Anthem (“Spring is sprung…”)
The following anonymous poem ("Spring is sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where the flowers is") is sometimes called the Brooklyn (or Bronx) National Anthem. The poem has been cited in…
Brooklyn Side, New York Side (tenpins)
The terms "Brooklyn side" and "New York side" in bowling go back to around 1900. "Jersey side" and "New York side" are sometimes used now, but "Jersey…
Brooklyn Wooley
"Brooklyn Wooley" is a new breed of cat. http://www.newbreedcats.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=41Breed InformationType: Mutation New Breed -…
Brooklyn-Queens Day
"Brooklyn-Queens Day" is best known simply as a day off school. It originally celebrated the birth of Brooklyn's Sunday School Union in early 1800s. The day was also known as…
Brooklyn’s Backcourt (Brooklyn Nets’ guards)
The Brooklyn Nets basketball team introduced "Brooklyn's Backcourt" in July 13, 2012 -- high-priced guards Joe Johnson and Deron Williams. The name "Brooklyn's…
Brooklyn’s Carnegie Hall (Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park nickname)
Young Israel Beth El of Borough Park, Brooklyn, was built 1920-1923, in a Semitic style that combined Moorish ornament with Judaic motifs. "This sanctuary provided a fitting backdrop for the…
Brooklyn’s Eiffel Tower (Coney Island Parachute Jump)
The Coney Island Parachute Jump has been called "Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower." It was moved to Steeplechase Park in 1941, after the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. The Parachute…
Brooklyn’s Jewel or Brooklyn’s Backyard (Prospect Park)
Brooklyn's Prospect Park opened in 1868, finished by the same team of Olmsted and Vaux that made New York's Central Park. Parks Commissioner Robert Moses called Prospect Park "the…
Brooklyn’s Little Harlem (Bedford-Stuyvesant)
The Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn was called "'Little Harlem' of Brooklyn" in the 1938 Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle and "Brooklyn's 'Little…
Brooklyn’s Restaurant Row (Smith Street)
"Manhattan's Restaurant Row" is on West 46th Street and "Harlem's Restaurant Row" is on Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Brooklyn has a "Restaurant Row" on…
Brooklyn’s Secret Suburb (Ditmas Park, Brooklyn)
Ditmas Park, in Brooklyn, has a historic district and a suburban feel. Some have called it "Brooklyn's Secret Suburb" or "South Brooklyn's Secret Suburb." "South…
Brooklynesque
Something (or someone) with the qualities of Brooklyn is "Brooklynesque." The term "Brooklynesque" has been cited in print since at least 1891, but became popularized since the…
Brooklynettes (Brooklyn Nets cheerleaders/dancers)
"Brooklynettes" is the name of the cheerleading/dance team for basketball's Brooklyn Nets. The name "Brooklynettes" was introduced June 13, 2012 and is trademarked.…
Brooklynification
"Brooklynification" is a term that means an area is being gentrified and is suddenly hip and multi-cultured, like the borough of Brooklyn since the 1990s. "Burlington is currently in…
Brooklynite (inhabitant of Brooklyn)
A "Brooklynite" is an inhabitant of the borough of Brooklyn. "Brooklynite" has been cited in print since at least 1833, well before Brooklyn became a borough of New York City in…
Brooknam (Brooklyn + Vietnam)
Brooknam (Brooklyn + Vietnam) has been a hip-hop nickname for rough and tumble Brooklyn since 1997-98. Brooklyn has been gentrified in the 2000s, however; the nickname doesn't really fit and…
Broqué (jocular version of “broke”)
"I'm not regular broke, I'm high class broke. I'm broqué" and "I’m broke but not like the poor broke, I’m (a/the) classy type of broke. I’m broqué" are…