Brownsville, New York

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Artists From Brownsville

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John Forté
hip-hop Pop: 46
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Thirstin Howl III
hip-hop Pop: 24

Rivers & Roads in Song near Brownsville

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Brownsville.

Hudson River 8 songs Interstate 95 13 songs New Jersey Turnpike 4 songs

Musical Heritage

CBGB — Birthplace of American Punk RoadyGoat

1973

The narrow storefront at 315 Bowery was CBGB, the grimy club where American punk and new wave were essentially born. Hilly Kristal opened it in December 1973, and the name is one of music's great ironies: CBGB & OMFUG stood for 'Country, BlueGrass, Blues, and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers' (Kristal meant a 'voracious eater' — of music). Almost no country or bluegrass ever played there. Instead the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, Patti Smith and Television cut their teeth on its tiny stage through the 1970s. CBGB closed on October 15, 2006 over a lease dispute, and Kristal died of lung cancer the following year. The space later became a John Varvatos clothing boutique (opened April 2008), which kept some of the club's graffiti and posters; 'CBGB 73' is still etched in the cement at the entrance.

5.9 mi away

Holsten's — The Sopranos' Cut-to-Black Diner RoadyGoat

1939

Holsten's Brookdale Confectionery sits at 1063 Broad Street in Bloomfield, an old-fashioned ice cream parlor and candy shop that has been making its own chocolate and ice cream since 1939 (and is still open). It earned a permanent place in TV history on June 10, 2007, when 'Made in America,' the series finale of HBO's 'The Sopranos,' filmed its last scene in one of Holsten's vinyl booths. Tony Soprano, played by James Gandolfini, ordered onion rings and punched up Journey's 'Don't Stop Believin'' on the jukebox before the screen abruptly cut to black for roughly ten seconds — an ending so sudden many viewers thought their cable had failed. The original booth became a fan shrine, but it was actually sold at auction in March 2024 for about 82,600 dollars; the shop welcomes fans to sit in its place today.

17.0 mi away

History of Brownsville

Peter Luger Steak House RoadyGoat

Peter Luger has been serving porterhouse steaks in Williamsburg, Brooklyn since 1887. The German-style beer hall turned steakhouse earned a Michelin star and held Zagat's top steakhouse rating for 30 consecutive years. The ordering ritual is simple — you get the porterhouse for two, three, or four. The steak sauce, sold in bottles, has its own cult following. When the New York Times gave it zero stars in 2019, New Yorkers revolted. The place hasn't changed, and that's the point.

4.0 mi away

Junior's Restaurant RoadyGoat

Harry Rosen opened Junior's on the corner of Flatbush and DeKalb in Brooklyn in 1950. The cheesecake — dense, creamy, on a sponge-cake base — became so famous that Junior's ships thousands nationwide every holiday season. The neon sign and vinyl booths are Brooklyn institutions. When downtown Brooklyn gentrified around it, Junior's held firm.

4.1 mi away

Lombardi's Pizza RoadyGoat

Gennaro Lombardi opened America's first licensed pizzeria on Spring Street in Manhattan in 1905. The coal-fired oven produces a charred, blistered crust that set the template for New York-style pizza. Every pizza dynasty in New York — Patsy's, John's, Totonno's — traces its lineage back to Lombardi's. The original location closed in 1984 but reopened around the corner in 1994, and the coal oven has been burning ever since.

5.8 mi away

World Trade Center / Ground Zero

2001

Site of the September 11, 2001 attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers and killed 2,977 people.

6.2 mi away

Ellis Island Immigration Station

1892

From 1892 to 1954, over twelve million immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island in New York Harbor.

7.1 mi away

Brooklyn Bridge

1869

The Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883, was the first steel-wire suspension bridge and the longest suspension bridge in the world for twenty years.

5.2 mi away

CBGB

1973

CBGB at 315 Bowery was the birthplace of American punk rock, launching the Ramones, Blondie, Talking Heads, and Television.

5.9 mi away

Tin Pan Alley

1885

The stretch of West 28th Street between Broadway and Sixth Avenue where the American popular music publishing industry was born.

6.9 mi away

Ellis Island (New Jersey Side)

1892

In 1998, the Supreme Court ruled that most of Ellis Island's landmass belongs to New Jersey, not New York.

7.1 mi away

Things to Do in Brownsville

historical 7.1 mi away
Statue of Liberty

Give me your tired your poor. 305 feet of copper freedom since 1886.
food 3.8 mi away
Di Fara Pizza

One man hand-cutting basil and drizzling olive oil on every pizza since 1965 in Brooklyn.
food 4.0 mi away
Peter Luger Steak House

Brooklyn's legendary porterhouse palace since 1887. Cash only. The steak sauce is iconic. Zagat's top steakhouse for 30 straight years.
food 5.6 mi away
Katz's Delicatessen

I'll have what she's having. NYC's legendary pastrami since 1888.
food 5.8 mi away
Lombardi's Pizza

America's first pizzeria opened in 1905 on Spring Street in Manhattan. Coal-fired oven. The original New York slice started here.
food 6.0 mi away
McSorley's Old Ale House

NYC's oldest bar since 1854. Lincoln drank here. You get light or dark — that's it. Sawdust floors and wishbones on the gas lamp.
food 7.2 mi away
Nathan's Famous (Original)

The Coney Island hot dog stand that started it all in 1916. Home of the July 4th eating contest. Mustard not ketchup.
historical 10.2 mi away
Apollo Theater

Amateur Night launched Ella James Brown and a young Michael Jackson. Harlem's crown jewel.

Everything Near Brownsville

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