South Brooklyn South Brooklyn South Brooklyn is an "obsolete and imprecise" historic term for a section of the former City of Brooklyn – now the New York City borough of Brooklyn – encompassing what are now the Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope and Red Hook neighborhoods. It was named for its location, south of the original Village of Brooklyn. It should not be confused with the geographic southern region of the modern borough of Brooklyn, which includes the neighborhoods of Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Seagate, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and Manhattan Beach, Mill Basin and the area
Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge (known as The Brooklyn Bridge Band since 2010) is an American musical group, best known for their million-selling rendition of Jimmy Webb's "Worst That Could Happen" (1968). New York City-born Johnny Maestro (born John Peter Mastrangelo aka Johnny Mastro, Johnny Masters; May 7, 1939 – March 24, 2010) began his career in 1957 as the original lead singer of The Crests, one of the first interracial groups of the recording industry. Patricia Van Dross, older sister to famed R&B singer Luther Vandross, sang with Johnny Maestro while The