Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs that make up New York City. It was named after the Dutch town of Breukelen. Brooklyn's atmosphere and many well-defined neighborhoods, many of them dating back to the early 1600s, made it a borough Europeans chose to reside in as well as visit.http://www.heartofbrooklyn.org/connection After the final British conquest of New Netherland in 1664, Brooklyn was handed over by the Dutch. It remained with the English until the American Revolutionary War combined with The Treaty of Paris drove the English from the City.http://www.brooklynwalkingtour.com/brooklyn-history.htm .

In the late 1800s Brooklyn was consolidated with Manhattan and a portion of The Bronx to form New York City. Queens and Staten Island were added to form the modern New York City.http://www.ny.com/histfacts/geography.html Brooklyn's attributes consist of its Italian food and submarine sandwiches, Coney Island in the southernmost part of the borough, legendary bridges and parks such as Prospect and McCarren, and the Brooklyn Museum and Botanical Garden.http://nymag.com/travel/visitorsguide/40602/

Working Brooklyn-ites

Only 40% of Brooklyn's population works there while most people in Brooklyn work outside of the borough.http://renagel.legalview.info/local/brooklyn-ny-lawyer-attorney/ Local companies like Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company and the Brooklyn Navy Yard keep over 3,000 jobs local. The Yard employed over 70,000 workers during World War II when production was at its peak.http://renagel.legalview.info/local/brooklyn-ny-lawyer-attorney/

The Dodgers of Old

Brooklyn was once home to a Major League Baseball team known as the Brooklyn Dodgers. Established in 1883, the team won five pennants by 1955 and then relocated to Los Angeles in 1957, where today they are known as the Los Angeles Dodgers and official members of the National League’s Western Division.http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Brooklyn_Dodgers

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Actors

  1. Woody Allen
  2. Scott Baio
  3. Mel Brooks
  4. Tony Danza
  5. Richard Dreyfuss
  6. Lou Ferrigno
  7. Shelley Winters
  8. Adam Sandler

Musicians

  1. Pat Benatar
  2. Jay-Z
  3. Neil Diamond
  4. Fabolous
  5. Deborah Gibson

Athletes

  1. Mickey Welch
  2. Mike Tyson
  3. Jackie Robinson
  4. Phil Rizzuto
  5. Michael Jordan

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