Brooklyn
Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City. It also covers the same area as Kings County. Brooklyn is New York City's second largest borough in land area (after Queens). As of 2020, about 2.7 million people live there. This is more than in any of the other four boroughs.
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Kings County, New York | |
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 Location within New York City | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′29″N 73°57′8″W / 40.62472°N 73.95222°W | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | New York |
| County | Kings (Coterminous) |
| City | New York City |
| Settled | 1634 |
| Named for | Breukelen, Netherlands |
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| • Type | Borough (New York City) |
| • Borough President | Antonio Reynoso (D) — (Borough of Brooklyn) |
| • District Attorney | Eric Gonzalez (D) — (Kings County) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 96.85 sq mi (250.85 km2) |
| • Land | 69.38 sq mi (179.69 km2) |
| • Water | 27.48 sq mi (71.16 km2) |
| Population (2020)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,736,074 |
| • Density | 39,440/sq mi (15,230/km2) |
| • Demonym | Brooklynite |
| ZIP Code format | 112xx |
| Website | Official Website of the Brooklyn Borough President |
Brooklyn is the west end of Long Island. The East River separates it from Manhattan in the north. Brooklyn's only land boundary is with Queens in the east. Jamaica Bay separates Brooklyn from Rockaway in the south. The Narrows separates Brooklyn from Staten Island in the west.
Coney Island is the south end of Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Museum is near the middle of Brooklyn, near Prospect Park.
History
Brooklyn is named after a Dutch town called "Breukelen". Dutch people were the first people from Europe to live in the area. When they got there, there were already some Native American people living there called the Lenape. The Dutch started the town in 1634 as part of the colony of New Netherland.
During the 19th century Brooklyn expanded and filled Kings County. It remained a separate city before the people there voted to join New York City in 1898. Today, many parts of Brooklyn are home to people who are mostly from one culture or ethnicity. Other parts are mixed.
The Brooklyn Bridge is old and famous. It goes over the East River and connects Downtown Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan. The longest bridge in New York, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Bay Ridge connects Brooklyn to Staten Island.
Brooklyn Media
A dining table from the Dutch village of Brooklyn, c. 1664, in The Brooklyn Museum
Village of Brooklyn and environs, 1766
The Battle of Long Island was fought across Kings County.
Winter Scene in Brooklyn, c. 1819–20, by Francis Guy (Brooklyn Museum)
Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, by Currier and Ives
Currier and Ives print of Brooklyn, 1886
Map of Brooklyn and vicinity published by Rand McNally in 1897 as part of their Atlas of the World.
USGS map of Brooklyn (2019)
Landmark 19th-century rowhouses on tree-lined Kent Street, in Greenpoint Historic District
References
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide about: Brooklyn |
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ↑ ""P1: TOTAL POPULATION"". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
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