Brooklyn Roots: A tale of pickles and egg creams

Brooklyn Roots is the story of Estelle Breines’ experience growing up in Borough Park, but it will resonate with anyone who grew up there, or for that matter, in any other urban, ethnic neighborhood. She paints word pictures that take you back in time, evoking the scenes, scents and sensibilities of the old neighborhood. —Leslie Werstein Hann, writer/editor, HannWriting Inc.

Once stirred, those memories rolled out in bursts, demanding recording. A description of the neighborhood of her you...