As a child, he lived for nine years at 662 Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, known at that time (and referred to frequently in his works) as the Fourteenth Ward.
Ako dieťa žil na 662 Driggs Avenue vo Williamsburgu, v Brooklyne, známy v tých časoch (a často zmieňovaný v jeho prácach) ako 14. obvod.