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April 6, 2009

Lost City's Guide to Boerum Hill

lost-city-040609.jpgLost City just published a neighborhood guide to Boerum Hill, the eighth one its done in New York and the third in Brooklyn. (The first two were for Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill.) Must-see spots include the Ex-Lax Building, Hank's Saloon and this tiled-and-sequined piece of outsider art above the doorway at 108 Wyckoff Street. And if you're a Jonathan Lethem fan, check out at Ziad's Deli on Smith—it was the inspiration for Zeod's in Motherless Brooklyn.




Posted by Brownstoner at 10:45 AM | Comments (4)
Categories: Boerum Hill, Streets

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Ziad's makes the BEST no frills deli sandwiches in the nabe of upper Smith. As for 108 Wyckoff....zzzzz.

Posted by: bowl of dicks at April 6, 2009 10:53 AM

Nice piece with interesting information.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at April 6, 2009 11:01 AM

I love Hank's. I'll be bummed when it becomes a bank or a Sleepys, or some shit like that.
And, as far as bodegas go, Ziad's is damn fine.

Posted by: broadwayron at April 6, 2009 11:53 AM

Another Motherless Brooklyn landmark is the weird, skinny building on Bergen where the protagonist lived. It used to be a car service, just like in the book, and is now (sigh) a real estate office. Before I read the book I used to wonder what it would be like to live in the obviously unattractive and cramped space above.

Posted by: Brooklyn Chicken at April 6, 2009 12:51 PM

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