brooklyn city hall debuted a who ' s who in new york ' s writers community during the second annual brooklyn book festival . according to its state president friedman markowitz , the manhattan ' s street coded 11215 boasts more authors than every anywhere in the us . it appeared to be the cases on thursday . more than 100 authors were mentioned at the day - long event , including the ball diaries writer jim carroll , former m * a * s * h star mike farrell , author and illustrator mo burkhart , jack kerouac ' s sometime lover and national book critics circle award finalists joyce johnson and the american center president francine prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.