The People, Parks, and Ambience of Brooklyn

The people, parks, and ambience of Brooklyn was a selection  written by Gloria Deak that describes the Brooklyn ferry, and well as Brooklyn’s past before becoming a part of New York. She describes the primary function of the ferry as being a ferry between New Amsterdam and Brooklyn. The perils and negative points in taking the aformentioned ferry. She also delves into the pride and self-worth that Brooklynites came to develop during the late 1800s-early 1900s. She also goes into Coney Island and Luna Park, which were two big attractions in Brooklyn and examples of pivotal playgrounds for the youth during these times. The part of her selection that really caught my eye was the decline of Brooklyn during this time. With the closure of the parks and the relocation of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, Brooklyn seemingly lost some of its “flair”. I don’t believe this to be the case, as did many people during that time. Brooklyn still had its pride, sewn into the hearts of its inhabitants. It still had the memory of its accomplishments and the view it had of itself. The agriculture that it was founded upon and focused on. Brooklyn did not decline in the slightest. It only became stronger for having lost a couple of things but keeping the most important, the love it had for itself.