wˌɛn hiː wʌz sˈɪks jˈɪɹz ˈoʊld hɪz fˈæmɪli mˈuːvd tə bɹˈʊklɪn wˈɛɹ, æz ɐ hˈaɪ skˈuːl stˈuːdənt, ɡˈoʊldstaɪn dʒˈɔɪnd sˈɪɡmə oʊmˈeɪɡə sˈaɪ fɹɐtˈɜːnᵻɾi æt nˈuː jˈɔːɹk jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi.
When he was six years old his family moved to Brooklyn where, as a high school student, Goldstein joined Sigma Omega Psi fraternity at New York University.