Hey, Brooklyn! Borough’s influence on “Hey Arnold!” lives on 30 years later

Thirty years after "football head" first wandered the streets of fictional Hillwood, Brooklyn is still hiding in plain sight all over "Hey Arnold" — in its brownstones, stoops, playgrounds, schoolyards and even its jazz-heavy soundtrack.The Nickelodeon cartoon, which debuted 30 years ago, was technically set in the fictional city of "Hillwood," which the show’s creator, Craig Bartlett, said was based on Brooklyn, Seattle and Portland.But to many viewers and fans, it was always all ab