Annotated Bibliography 2

Manbeck, John. “Forgotten NY Neighborhoods.” The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
Yale University Press 1998. Retrieved 9 Sept. 2007
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/brownsville/brownsville.html

It was the Dutch who first settled in Brownsville and East New York in the 1700’s after the Flatbush community began to get crowed. Brownsville is named for Charles S. Brown, who subdivided it in 1865. Like many other parts of NYC, Brownsville has been occupied by many nationalities. In the 1920’s Brownsville had become the home base of Murder Incorporated, the organized crime family that included Meyer Lansky and Lucky Luciano. Brownsville hit rock bottom after the lootings and riots during the 1977 blackout but it has been on a slow comeback trail for the past 80 years.