John B. Manbeck

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The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn (Yale University Press, 2004)

Historic Photos of Brooklyn (Turner Publishing, 2008)

Historic Photos of The Brooklyn Bridge (Turner Publishing, 2009)

Brooklyn: Historically Speaking (The History Press, 2008)

The Brooklyn Film (McFarland & Company, 2004); Foreword by Pete Hamill; Introduction by Eli Wallach

Coney Island Kaleidoscope (Beautiful America, 1991)

The Brooklyn Century (Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, 2001)

The Encyclopedia of New York State: "Brooklyn" (Syracuse University Press, 2005)

Discover New York by Bus and Subway: "Brooklyn Heights" (MTA/Iamco Publishing, 2009)

The Encyclopedia of New York City (second edition)- associate editor (Yale University Press, 2010)

Is Anyone Here from Brooklyn? by Frank Bisogna: "Brooklyn Music" (Fradon Publishing, 1991)

Podcast: The Fulton Mall (MetroTech BID, 2009)

DVD: The Brooklyn Bridge (The History Channel, 1999)

Citations:
Coney Island: Lost and Found- Charles Denson

Coney Island: The People's Playground- Michael Immerso

The Phantom of Manhattan- Frederick Forsythe

Brooklyn-By-Name- Leonard Bernado & Jennifer Weiss

It Happened in Brooklyn- Myrna & Harvey Frommer

The Other Islands of New York City- Sharon Seitz & Stuart Miller

DVD:
Walk Around Brooklyn (Part 1)- PBS

The American Experience: Coney Island- Ric Burns

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Works

The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn
Multi-page descriptions of over 90 neighborhoods in the Borough of Brooklyn with pictures, maps, historical highlights, and community data. Original hardback publication published in 1992. Revised paperback edition published in 2004. Reviewed on cover of "The New York Times Book Review," Dec. 13, 1998. Published by Yale University Press/Citizens for NYC.

Historic Photos of Brooklyn
Black and white photographs of Brooklyn from mid-nineteenth century to 2000. Divided into five decades with descriptions of historic locations. "A wonderful new book"-pardonmeforasking.blogspot

Brooklyn: Historically Speaking
Essays about Brooklyn excerpted from Manbeck's weekly columns in "The Brooklyn Daily Eagle." Arranged thematically on neighborhoods, sports, services, Battle of Brooklyn, transportation. Introduction by Eagle publisher J. Dozier Hasty.

Selected Reviews

Non-fiction

The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn
"surprising rewards" The New Yorker; "charming and highly accessible form" The New York Times Book Review

Photography

Historic Photos of Brooklyn
"a resonant collection" The New York Times; "another beautiful entry" SoHo Journal

Essays

Brooklyn: Historically Speaking
"readable and rewarding"- Hendrik Krogius, Brooklyn Daily Eagle