Guide Note
Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs that make up New York City and was named after the Dutch town of Breukelen. Brooklyn is the most popular of the boroughs and continues to maintain a character of its own. Brooklyn has many well-defined neighborhoods and many of them date back to the early 1600s.
Most people in Brooklyn work outside of the borough, but local companies like Phitzer, the pharmaceutical company and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, keep over 3,000 jobs local.
Brooklyn was once home to the MLB team, the Brooklyn Dodgers. Established in 1883, they won five pennants by 1955 and then relocated to Los Angeles in 1957, where today they are known as the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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While planning your trip, please see Brooklyn Vacation
Fast Facts
- Country: United States
- State: New York
- County: Kings County
- Mayor: Michael Bloomberg
- Population: 2,465,326 (2006)
- Currency: U.S. Dollar
- Area code: +718
- Time zone: EST
Brooklyn-ites
Actors
- Woody Allen
- Scott Baio
- Mel Brooks
- Tony Danza
- Richard Dreyfuss
- Lou Ferrigno
- Shelley Winters
- Adam Sandler
Musicians
- Pat Benatar
- Jay-Z
- Neil Diamond
- Fabolous
- Deborah Gibson
Athletes
- Mickey Welch
- Mike Tyson
- Jackie Robinson
- Phil Rizzuto
- Michael Jordan
