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(p. 200) “Looking at a map of Brooklyn always reminded me of a predator cat’s face; Greenpoint and Cypress Hills were the tips of her ears, Red Hook was the brow, Bay Ridge the nose, Gravesend most of the mouth with Coney Island as the dropped jaw. The Gowanus Canal opened one eye, Prospect Park, unblinking, was the other.”