| York (First Exit to Brooklyn) | |
| Type: | Live album |
| Artist: | The Foetus Symphony Orchestra |
| Cover: | Foetus - York.jpg |
| Released: | March 11, 1997 |
| Recorded: | July 18, 1996 |
| Venue: | The Anchorage (Brooklyn) |
| Genre: | Jazz, no wave |
| Length: | 46:29 |
| Label: | Thirsty Ear |
| Producer: | J. G. Thirlwell |
| Chronology: | J. G. Thirlwell |
| Prev Title: | Boil |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Flow |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
York (First Exit to Brooklyn) is an album by The Foetus Symphony Orchestra featuring Lydia Lunch, released in 1997 by Thirsty Ear Recordings. Unlike Foetus's other albums, York is a wholly collaborative work. A "travelogue and exploration of DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)", York features J. G. Thirlwell as composer and conductor for a group of notable New York City musicians. The musicians, almost all of whom had worked with Thirlwell before, were encouraged to freely improvise on their parts.[1] Lydia Lunch, a regular Thirlwell collaborator, narrates the proceedings.