The setting of the novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith, is the <em>Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York</em>. In this novel, there are many vivid descriptions of the time and place in which the story takes place. There are specific street names and sensory images that can take the reader to the time and place when the book was written Francie's neighborhood in the 1900s. There are many details in the text for Francie to relive older times and be young as she did with the things she put in the envelope.
