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Breukelen
[[File:Brooklyn1.jpg|thumb|450px]]
[[File:Brooklyn1.jpg|thumb|450px]]
'''Brooklyn''' is one of the five [[borough]]s of [[New York City]], situated south of [[Queens]] at the western tip of [[Long Island]].
'''Brooklyn''' (named after the Dutch town ''Breukelen'') is one of the five [[borough]]s of [[New York City]], situated south of [[Queens]] at the western tip of [[Long Island]].
Brooklyn is [[coterminous]] with Kings [[County]] (a political subdivision of the State of New York), but before the Grand Unification in 1898, Brooklyn was an independent city.
Brooklyn is [[coterminous]] with Kings [[County]] (a political subdivision of the State of New York), but before the Grand Unification in 1898, Brooklyn was an independent city.
It is sometimes referred to as "America's Fourth Largest City", including on a (now-removed) "Welcome to Brooklyn" sign at the Verazano-Narrows Bridge; if it were still a separate city, it would indeed be the fourth largest, after New York, [[Los Angeles]], and [[Chicago]].
It is sometimes referred to as "America's Fourth Largest City", including on a (now-removed) "Welcome to Brooklyn" sign at the Verazano-Narrows Bridge; if it were still a separate city, it would indeed be the fourth largest, after New York, [[Los Angeles]], and [[Chicago]].