Crooklyn

"Brooklyn," in hip-hop language. It's not a particularly flattering nickname.

Spike Lee's 1994 film with this title probably didn't coin the name, but certainly popularized it. "Crooklyn" is still used today, but is somewhat rare.



2 April 1993, Frederick (MD) Post, pg. C-2, col. 1:
HOLLYWOOD - Spike Lee gets a go-ahead for his next project, "Crooklyn, N. Y.," due to film this July in New York City.


24 April 1994, New York Times, pg. 60:
...Spike Lee's new film, "Crooklyn," which opens in May.