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Barbra Streisand
Singer
Born 1942 in Brooklyn
Born and raised in NYC Wikipedia
See Barbra Streisand on the map
Neighborhood
Wikipedia ties Barbra Streisand to Flatbush, Brooklyn. A tie, not always an origin
On the map at Vanderveer Estates
Vanderveer Estates, Brooklyn: Moved here at eight. Her memoir describes a tall brick building on Newkirk Avenue.
Source: jta.org
Places
- Forest Hills Stadium
- Erasmus Hall High School, School
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
Forest Hills Stadium
1964The West Side Tennis Club’s 14,000-seat stadium, built in 1923, is also a concert venue. A poster for its 1964 concerts billed Barbra Streisand, Count Basie and Harry Belafonte, and in the 1960s and 1970s it hosted Simon & Garfunkel among others. It reopened for concerts in 2013, per Wikipedia.
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