I made it out alive.

There was never a time in Brooklyn when I looked across the river and thought, Take me back, Manhattan. I only ever thought, I made it out alive. Jami Attenberg

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/when-williamsburg-was-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-river

The address was 475 Kent Avenue.

This excerpt is drawn from “I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home,” by Jami Attenberg, out in January from Ecco.