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'''Brooklyn''' is one of the five boroughs of [[New York City]], situated at the southwestern tip of Long Island. Sometimes referred to as "America's Fourth Largest City", including on some "welcome" signs into the borough, in actuality Brooklyn is a political subdivision of New York City (however if it was its own city it would indeed be the fourth largest, after New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago). Brooklyn is also [[coterminous]] to Kings County. It is the most populated borough in the city, but the borough of [[Queens]] is the largest in terms of area.
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'''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.
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 the most populated borough in the city, but the borough of [[Queens]] is the largest in terms of area. The borough is connected to adjacent Queens via the [[Brooklyn-Queens Expressway]].
Brooklyn is composed of a number of "neighborhoods", many of which have acheived a degree of fame on their own, such as Greenpoint, Flatbush, Coney Island, Williamsburg, and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Brooklyn has been the birthplace of many famous Americans, such as actresses Barbara Stanwyck and [[Clara Bow]], directors Woody Allen and Spike Lee, and singer Barbara Streisand, to name just a few.
Brooklyn is home to several famous neighborhoods such as Greenpoint, Flatbush, Coney Island, Williamsburg, and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Many famous Americans in the entertainment industry have been born in Brooklyn, such as actresses Barbara Stanwyck and [[Clara Bow]], directors Woody Allen and Spike Lee, and singer Barbra Streisand, to name just a few.
The accent of [[Bugs Bunny]] is a combination of accents from Brooklyn and the [[Bronx]].
==The Borough of Neighborhoods==
==The Borough of Neighborhoods==
*Brighton Beach
*Brighton Beach
*Coney Island
*Coney Island
*Greenpoint
*Carroll Gardens
*East New York
*Canarsie
*Brownsville
*Crown Heights
*Flatbush
*Midwood
==Further reading==
* Jackson, Kenneth, ed. ''The Encyclopedia of New York City'' (1995), [https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-New-York-City/dp/0300055366/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240594479&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
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