Brooklyn i New York city i New York state i USA

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The history of European settlement in Brooklyn spans more than 350 years. The settlement began in the 17th century as the small Dutch-founded town of ”Breuckelen” on the East River shore of Long Island, grew to be a sizeable city in the 19th century and was consolidated in 1898 with New York City (then confined to Manhattan and the Bronx), the remaining rural areas of Kings County, and the largely rural areas of Queens and Staten Island, to form the modern City of New York.

Brooklyn har fått sitt namn efter den nederländska staden Breukelen. Nuvarande Brooklyn bestod från början av sex ”towns” som alla grundades av nederländare.

Stadsdelens gränser sammanfaller med Kings County.