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Kurt Boone
Kurt Boone (born September 24, 1959) is a New York City-based author known for his work documenting street culture, which includes graffiti, urban cycling, street photography, skateboarding, busking, and spoken word. Early life Boone was born in the Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn to Elliott W. Boone Sr., a United States Postal Service employee, and Thelma Boone (née Strothers). Boone graduated from Andrew Jackson High School (Queens), Andrew Jackson High School in the Cambria Heights, Queens, Cambria Heights neighborhood of Queens in New York City. In high school, Boone was on the track team and basketball team. Boone attended LaGuardia Community College. He graduated from Los Angeles City College with a degree in business administration. Career Boone started writing poetry in his first year at LaGuardia Community College. He worked as a sports reporter for York College, City University of New York, York College's ''Pandora Box ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Bedford–Stuyvesant (), colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Bedford–Stuyvesant is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north (bordering Williamsburg), Classon Avenue to the west (bordering Clinton Hill), Broadway to the east (bordering Bushwick and East New York), and Atlantic Avenue to the south (bordering Crown Heights and Brownsville). The main shopping street, Fulton Street runs east–west the length of the neighborhood and intersects high-traffic north–south streets including Bedford Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and Stuyvesant Avenue. Bedford–Stuyvesant contains four smaller neighborhoods: Bedford, Stuyvesant Heights, Ocean Hill, and Weeksville (also part of Crown Heights). Part of Clinton Hill was once considered part of Bedford–Stuyvesant. Bedford–Stuyvesant has the largest collection of intact and largely untouched Victorian architecture in the United States, with roughly 8,80 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
