"First off, shout out to Brooklyn. No tour of the Beastie Boys’ New York City is complete without starting off in Brooklyn. Adam Yauch may have been the only true Brooklynite of the three (Adam Horovitz and Michael Diamond were Manhattan kids), but for the better part of 30 years, Brooklyn was the beating heart at the centre of the Beastie Boys experience. Just take a trip through their catalogue to find out for yourself. MCA has a castle there in ‘Brass Monkey’. It’s the titular destination in ‘No Sleep ’til Brooklyn’. It’s where you could get your pocket picked in ‘Shadrach’. Take the D-train to get there on your way to Coney Island in ‘B-Boy Bouillabaisse’. But even with those stops in mind, Brooklyn is just the start of the Beastie Boys’ guide to New York City. ...”
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