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Brooklyn is a borough in Kings County, one of the five counties of New York City.

The community was named for the Dutch settlement called Breukelen, which meant "broken land."
[NOTE: This is not the only community in New York named Brooklyn. For links to other places called Brooklyn, NY, see the Duplicate Names box at right.]

The latitude of Brooklyn is 40.65N. The longitude is -73.95W.

It is in the Eastern Standard time zone. Elevation is 23 feet.

The population, at the time of the 2000 census, was 2,465,326.

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Median household income

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$32,135

National

$41,994

Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census Bureau

For more census details and comparisons, see our Brooklyn demographic reports

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Brooklyn is across from Manhattan, on the East River.

Former and merged names include:
· Breuckelen

Settled by the Dutch in 1636.

Gen. Lafayette laid the cornerstone of Brooklyn's first library in 1825, on Cranberry Street. Among the throngs who came to see him was a young boy named Walt Whitman.

The Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883, to the booming of cannon and whistling of thousands of steamers. It was then the longest suspension bridge in the world.

Known in the 1920s as a center of organized crime. Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Albert Anastasia launched their careers here.

Public transportation: Long Island Bus, Long Island Railroad, MTA (See the transit and travel sections below.)

Filming location for:
· 1987 movie, "Moonstruck"
· 1989 movie, "Do the Right Thing"
· 1984 movie, "Moscow on the Hudson "
· 2006 movie, "Half Nelson"

Well-known residents have included:
· George Gershwin, composer
· Richard Dreyfuss, actor
· Louis Gossett Jr., actor
· Notorious B.I.G, rapper
· Barry Manilow, singer

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Local bands (past and present) have included Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Chock Full o' Nuts, Java Dave's, Starbucks

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Local festivals include:

Coney Island Film Festival - Sept. 28-30, 2007
Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest - July 4, 2007
West Indian-American Carnival Parade - Sept. 3, 2007
Brooklyn Pride Festival - June 3-9, 2007
Brooklyn Film Festival - June 1-10, 2007

Dates often change. Check Brooklyn web sites and events links in the sections below.

Performing arts: Brooklyn Philharmonic, Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, The Heights Players, Mark Morris Dance Group

Nearby parks & recreation: Prospect Park, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Brighton Beach and Boardwalk, Coney Island Beach and Boardwalk, Manhattan Beach

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Brooklyn attractions: Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Sports teams: Cyclones (minor league baseball)

Historic sites and museums: Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn History Museum, New York Transit Museum, Waterfront Museum, Coney Island Museum

Colleges and universities: CUNY - Brooklyn College, CUNY - Medgar Evers College, Polytechnic University of New York - Brooklyn Campus, Pratt Institute, St. Francis College, St. Joseph's College

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Support for libraries: Local government funding for the local library system, in fiscal years 2001-2002, was above the national average. (See library links below.)

Quotes:
If you want to make Brooklyn in words or film or paint, you must see the way the sun defines the silent streets on an early Sunday morning, sculpting trees, buildings, fire hydrants, stray dogs, and wandering people with an almost perfect clarity.
-- Pete Hamill

I live in Brooklyn. By choice.
-- A House on the Heights
Truman Capote

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Neighborhoods in Brooklyn include Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bensonhurst, Bergen Beach, Boerum Hill, Borough Park, Brighton Beach, Broadway Junction, Brooklyn Heights ... More neighborhood info

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