History of Brooklyn
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Brooklyn Brooklyn, NYC, New York |
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| Borough of New York City | |||
| Kings County | |||
Clockwise from top left: Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn brownstones, Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Coney Island
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| Motto: Eendraght Maeckt Maght ("Unity makes strength") |
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 Location of Brooklyn, shown in red, in New York City |
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| Coordinates: 40°37′29″N 73°57′8″W / 40.62472°N 73.95222°W | |||
| Country |  United States of America |
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| State |
 New York
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| County | Kings | ||
| City | New York City | ||
| Settled | 1634 | ||
| Named for | Breukelen, Netherlands | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | Borough (New York City) | ||
| • Borough President |
Eric Adams (D) — (Borough of Brooklyn) |
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| • District Attorney | Eric Gonzalez — (Kings County) |
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 97 sq mi (250 km2) | ||
| • Land | 71 sq mi (180 km2) | ||
| • Water | 26 sq mi (70 km2) | ||
| Population (2015) | |||
| • Total | 2,636,735 | ||
| • Density | 37,137.1/sq mi (14,338.7/km2) | ||
| • Demonym | Brooklynite | ||
| ZIP Code prefix | 112 | ||
| Area code(s) | 347, 718, 917, 929 | ||
| Website | www.Brooklyn-USA.org | ||
Coordinates: 40°41′34″N 73°59′25″W / 40.69278°N 73.99028°W
Brooklyn (/ˈbrʊklᵻn/) is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with a Census-estimated 2,636,735 residents in 2015. It borders the borough of Queens at the southwestern end of Long Island. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after the county of New York (which is coextensive with the borough of Manhattan).
With a land area of 71 square miles (180 km2) and water area of 26 square miles (67 km2), Kings County is New York's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area, though it is the second-largest among the city's five boroughs. Today, if it were a separate city, Brooklyn would rank as the fourth-most populous city in the U.S., behind the combined other boroughs of New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago.
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