Not for Tourists 2008 Guide to Brooklyn (Not for Tourists Guidebook) | 
| Authors: Dave Crish, David Mcfadden-elliot, Katie Naka
Publisher: Not for Tourists
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 261023
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Map
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 189
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.8 x 4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0979394503
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780979394508
ASIN: 0979394503
Publication Date: October 17, 2007
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Book Description
Not For Tourists Guide to Brooklyn features clear, easy-to-read maps and graphics, listings of key services, restaurants, shops, schools, entertainment venues, public transportation, parks, pull out maps and more. NFT Guides put everything residents need to take advantage of the wealth of local services and resources at their fingertips in a convenient size.
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 Great Source of Information November 23, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
After purchasing both the 2007 and 2008 editions of this book, I can definitely say that it is a good source about learning about the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and the borough as a whole. I docked this guide one star since it could do a better job correcting mistakes from edition to edition (although updates are made), and, like another reader said, there are more neighborhoods to cover, although this guide does cover a large chunk of the borough.
 Not for Tourists or Anyone Who Knows and Loves Brooklyn March 1, 2006
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
While the alleged intent of this Guide is commendable, it only covers recently gentrified neighborhoods. Unfortunately for Brooklyn and for true Brooklynites, what is important to the onward and upward group of society is not a true measure of what this great borough is really about. The only good part of the book is the map; otherwise, a BIG disappointment!
NFT Pocket Guide to ONLY A SMALL PART OF Brooklyn June 27, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
As a person that somewhat knows their way around Brooklyn and has recently moved there, I found this book to be grossly incomplete in content. I was expecting more, as far as the area that it covered. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the NFT Guides, they are usually a great resource for locals (please know that I also own a copy of NFT Guide to New York City, which I LOVE, and find extremely useful). As vast and expansive of an area that Brooklyn is, this book only covers a mere seven little neighborhoods along the west edges of Brooklyn (Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights/Downtown/DUMBO, Fort Greene, Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill/Carroll Gardens, Park Slope/Prospect Heights, and Bay Ridge). Unless you frequent one of those neighborhoods of Brooklyn, don't bother buying this book. As well put together as the NFT-NYC guide was, I expected this one to be just as information-packed; however, it failed miserably by giving info for only a few select areas of a borough that would be the 4th largest city in the U.S, if it stood alone as a city, and is home to some 2.5 million residents. Hopefully, NFT Guide-Brooklyn editors will think about the rest of us that live in the many other neighborhoods of Brooklyn when they come out with their 2nd edition.
Not supposed to be historical May 26, 2004
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This guide is....NOT FOR TOURISTS. There isn't supposed to be history or commentary. It's for those of us who live here who wonder if our bank is in this neighborhood, etc.
Disappointing May 7, 2004
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was rather disappointed by this "guide"; it's simply a collection of names & addresses, a teeny bit of commentary, and a map printed on not-very-durable paper. I would suggest passing this "guide" by; get a copy of "The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn" for history & background, and a "Streetwise Brooklyn" map -- or just use Google.
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