Editing Lou Reed (section)

===1942–1957: Early life===
Lewis Allan Reed was born on March 2, 1942, at Beth-El Hospital (later [[Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center|Brookdale]]) in [[Brooklyn]] and grew up in [[Freeport, New York|Freeport]], [[Long Island|New York]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-27/lou-reed-rocker-who-sang-walk-on-the-wild-side-dies-at-71.html |title=Lou Reed, 'Walk on the Wild Side' Rocker, Dies at 71 |newspaper=Bloomberg.com |date=October 27, 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2013}}</ref>{{refn|Contrary to some sources, his birth name was Lewis Allan Reed, not Louis Firbanks, a name that was coined as a joke by [[Lester Bangs]] in ''[[Creem]]'' magazine.{{sfnp|Roberts|Reed|2004|p=18}}|group=nb}} Reed was the son of Toby (née Futterman) (1920–2013) and Sidney Joseph Reed (1913–2005), an accountant.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Lou_Reed.aspx |title=Lou Reed Facts, information, pictures|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=December 24, 2012}}</ref> His family was Jewish and his grandparents were [[Russian Jews]] who had fled antisemitism;{{sfnp|Beeber|2006|p=11}} his father had changed his name from Rabinowitz to Reed.{{sfnp|DeCurtis|2017|p=}}

Reed attended Atkinson Elementary School in Freeport and went on to Freeport Junior High School. His sister Merrill, born Margaret Reed, said that as an adolescent, he suffered [[panic attack]]s, became socially awkward and "possessed a fragile temperament" but was highly focused on things that he liked, mainly music.<ref name=medium>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/a-family-in-peril-lou-reed-s-sister-sets-the-record-straight-about-his-childhood-20e8399f84a3|title=A Family in Peril: Lou Reed's Sister Sets the Record Straight About His Childhood|first=Merrill Reed|last=Weiner|date=April 11, 2015|website=[[Medium.com]]|access-date=June 6, 2017}}</ref> Having learned to play the guitar from the radio, he developed an early interest in [[rock and roll]] and [[rhythm and blues]], and during high school played in several bands.<ref name="Costello interview">{{cite episode|title=Lou Reed and Julian Schnabel|url=http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500328617|series=Spectacle|airdate=2008|season=1|number=2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415182218/http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500328617|archive-date=April 15, 2009}}</ref>

Reed was [[dyslexic]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHB0YVZvz1U| title = Elvis Costello and Lou Reed| date = November 21, 2008| via = YouTube}}</ref>