Dumbo, Brooklyn a group of ten towers managed by the New York City Housing Authority. Dumbo, Brooklyn Dumbo (or DUMBO, short for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The area known as DUMBO used to be known as Gairville. It encompasses two sections: one located between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another that continues east from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area. The neighborhood is bounded by Brooklyn Bridge Park to the north, the Brooklyn Bridge to the west,
Brooklyn Magazine news feed for the borough. In September 2012 the website launched a special online-only issue dedicated to Brooklyn literature to coincide with the Brooklyn Book Festival. "Brooklyn Magazine"s first cover star was "Boardwalk Empire"s Michael Pitt. Subsequent covers have featured other Brooklynites of note, such as Emily Mortimer, David Cross and Olivia Thirlby. Brooklyn Magazine Brooklyn Magazine is an American glossy quarterly celebrating the arts, fashion, and high-end culture of Brooklyn, New York. "Brooklyn Magazine" was founded by Northside Media Group (brothers Scott and Daniel Stedman, the same team behind the popular free alt-weekly "L Magazine". Its editor-in-chief is Mike