The 100 Greatest Brooklynites of All Time: 100 to 91
Yes, Joan Rivers, a great Brooklynite. Sure, you might find her crass, narcississtic and in a constant fugue of self-promotion, but Joan Alexandra Molinsky is actually pretty funny. And c’mon, she’s basically been in the public eye, as a funny lady, for over half a century. Fun fact: one of Rivers’s earliest roles on stage was as a lesbian attracted to a then-unknown (and fellow great Brooklynite) Barbra Streisand.