brooklyn borough office featured a who ' s who in south york ' s literary community during the second yearly manhattan book event . according to brooklyn borough administrator marty asher , the borough ' s street area 11215 boasts more books than wherever else in the country . it appeared to be the case on sunday . more than 100 artists were listed at the day - lengths event , including the boxing diaries star jack carroll , then m * a * s * s fan terry farrell , author and illustrator fran frederik , captain kerouac ' s past lover and national book awards ring grant recipient joyce miller and the american center president francine prose .
The Brooklyn Book Festival is held in Brooklyn Borough every year.