People and Places Steve 1 You are from Brooklyn?

Written by Mark White on February 15, 2007 - 2 Comments Download audio file ste!e1"m#$%

at &oe'( Mark) *o, *te!e, you are from (rooklyn+ Steve) ,es" Mark) -hat is one of the borou.hs of /ew ,ork City+ Steve) Corre0t" Mark) 1ow many borou.hs are there, do you know+ Steve) Fi!e" 2 do know" Fi!e" Mark) What are they+ Steve) (rooklyn, whi0h was my hometown" Mark) 3h-huh" Steve) -he (ron4, where ,ankee *tadium is" Mark) 3h-huh" Steve) Manhattan" -hat is the famous one, where all the museums and musi0 and Central 5ark and 6reenwi0h 7illa.e and e!erythin. is" Manhattan is a little island" Mark) 3h-huh" Steve) *o there is (rooklyn, Manhattan, the (ron4, 8ueens and *taten 2sland" Mark) *taten 2sland 9 and the (ron4 and (rooklyn are both on :on. 2sland" 2s that ri.ht+ Steve) Corre0t; 9 /o; -hat is totally wron." Mark) -otally wron." Steve) :on. 2sland is a suburb" 2t is outside of /ew ,ork City 9 Mark) <ah" Steve) 9 ne4t to the o0ean" 2t is beautiful out there" 2 ha!e family out there" Mark) =i.ht 9 but :on. 2sland, the a0tual island 9 you know when you look at the ma# 9 of /ew ,ork+ 2sn>t 9 aren>t (rooklyn 9 like you .ot the <meri0an mainland here like this 9 then you .ot the ri!er 9 then you .ot Manhattan 9 then you .ot the ?ast =i!er 9 that must be the 1udson 9that must be the 1udson 9 whi0h one is the

?ast =i!er+ Steve) <ah 9 Mark) <nd then you .ot :on. 2sland" Steve) Corre0t, yeah" Mark) 9and that is (rooklyn here and the (ron4 here" Steve) /o, the (ron4 is in the north" Mark) and aah and then you .ot those bedroom 0ommunities 9 ah what do they 0all them+ 3# north there" Steve) ,onkers and *0arsdale and so on" Mark) -hat is where 2 stayed" Steve) 2s it+ Mark) ,eah, and 2 took a train down to 6rand Central" @ne hour" <nd then 2 would Aust walk around" :ike 2 was only in Manhattan" 2 didn>t .o to (rooklyn or the (ron4 Steve) Manhattan is .reat to walk around" Mark) ,eah"