From the Brooklyn Aerie: February 8, 2012
The last published figure on how much a seat from the late lamented Ebbets Field was selling for was — $2,000.
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Until new forms of printing such as electronic displaced the linotype, all but 1% of the world’s typesetting machinery was manufactured in Fort Greene where the manufacturing facilities of the Mergenthaler and Intertype Companies were located.
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Yes, it’s true. There really was a movie made in 1952 titled “Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla.” Its plot involved two goofy characters parodying Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis who meet a mad scientist (guess who?) in a jungle. Total production cost: an estimated $50,000.