Last Exit to Brooklyn (disambiguation)

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Last Exit to Brooklyn is the name of a 1964 novel by Hubert Selby Jr.

<i>Last Exit to Brooklyn</i> book

Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. The novel has become a cult classic because of its harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s and for its brusque, everyman style of prose.

Last Exit to Brooklyn may also refer to:

<i>Last Exit to Brooklyn</i> (film) 1989 film by Uli Edel

Last Exit to Brooklyn is a 1989 German-British drama film directed by Uli Edel and adapted by Desmond Nakano from Hubert Selby Jr.'s novel of the same title.

<i>Last Exit to Brooklyn</i> (album) 1989 soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler

Last Exit to Brooklyn is a soundtrack album by British singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Knopfler, released on 3 October 1989 by Vertigo Records internationally, and by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album contains music composed for the 1989 film Last Exit to Brooklyn, produced by Bernd Eichinger and directed by Uli Edel.

Last Exit to Brooklyn (song) single

Last Exit to Brooklyn is a song by German musical group Modern Talking. It was released in April 2002 as the second single from their tenth studio album America. The single released on May 7, 2001, experienced a moderate success, it spent only five weeks on the German single chart and peaked at only No. 41. "Last Exit to Brooklyn" charted similarly in Austria peaking at No. 44 and No. 94 in Switzerland. The single; however, managed to chart better in Russia, where it peaked at No. 7.

The phrase also appears in the chorus of Gene Pitney's song "Last Chance to Turn Around".

Gene Pitney American singer and songwriter

Gene Francis Alan Pitney was an American singer-songwriter, musician, and sound engineer.

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The Last Exit on Brooklyn was a Seattle University District coffeehouse established in 1967 by Irv Cisski. It is known for its part in the history of Seattle's counterculture, for its pioneering role in establishing Seattle's coffee culture, and as a former chess venue frequented by several master players.

Seattle City in Washington, United States

Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With an estimated 730,000 residents as of 2018, Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. According to U.S. Census data released in 2018, the Seattle metropolitan area’s population stands at 3.87 million, and ranks as the 15th largest in the United States. In July 2013, it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States and remained in the Top 5 in May 2015 with an annual growth rate of 2.1%. In July 2016, Seattle was again the fastest-growing major U.S. city, with a 3.1% annual growth rate. Seattle is the northernmost large city in the United States.

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