The 100 Greatest Brooklynites of All Time: 90 to 81
(More than half) of one of the greatest folk-pop duos of all time, Simon is among this country’s great songwriters, adding to New York lore with songs like “The Only Living Boy in New York” and “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard.” Oh. Wait. Neil Simon. Ok, Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple are still pretty great, and though he was born in the Bronx, his Brighton Beach Memoirs is a marvelous (and important) portrait of life in Brooklyn between the wars. (Paul Simon was born in Newark, by the way.)