Brooklyn

**Brooklyn** is one of the five boroughs of New York City. It also covers the same area as **Kings County**. Brooklyn is New York City's second-largest borough in land area (after Queens). As of 2020, about 2.7 million people live there. This is more than in any of the other four boroughs.

Brooklyn is the west end of Long Island. The East River separates it from Manhattan in the north. Brooklyn's only land boundary is with Queens in the east.  Jamaica Bay separates Brooklyn from Rockaway in the south. The Narrows separate Brooklyn from Staten Island in the west.

Coney Island is at the south end of Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Museum is near the middle of Brooklyn, near Prospect Park.

## History

Brooklyn is named after a Dutch town called "Breukelen". Dutch people were the first people from Europe to live in the area. When they got there, there were already some Native American people living there called the Lenape. The Dutch started the town in 1634 as part of the colony of New Netherland.

During the 19th century, Brooklyn expanded and filled Kings County. It remained a separate city before the people there voted to join New York City in 1898.

The Brooklyn Bridge is old and famous. It goes over the East River and connects Downtown Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan. The longest bridge in New York, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Bay Ridge, connects Brooklyn to Staten Island.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Brooklyn
- **other name**: Kings County, New York
- **settlement type**: Boroughs of New York City, Borough of New York City and List of counties in New York, county
- **motto**: _Unity makes strength, Eendraght Maeckt Maght_

- **image caption**: Clockwise from top left: Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn brownstones, Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Coney Island
- **image flag**: Flag of Borough of Brooklyn.png
- **image seal**: File:Seal of City of Brooklyn.png
- **image map**: File:New York City location Brooklyn.svg
- **map caption**: Location within New York City
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States of America
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. states, State
- **subdivision name1**: New York (state), New York
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in New York, County
- **subdivision name2**: Kings <small>(Coterminous)</small>
- **subdivision type3**: List of cities in New York, City
- **subdivision name3**: New York City
- **government type**: Borough (New York City)
- **leader title**: Borough President
- **leader name**: Antonio Reynoso (D)
— _(Borough of Brooklyn)_
- **leader title1**: District Attorney
- **leader name1**: Eric Gonzalez (D)
— _(Kings County)_
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 1634
- **named for**: Breukelen, Netherlands
- **area total sq mi**: 96.85
- **area land sq mi**: 69.38
- **area water sq mi**: 27.48
- **area total km2**: 250.85
- **area land km2**: 179.69
- **area water km2**: 71.16
- **unit pref**: imperial
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 2,736,074
- **population density sq mi**: 39440
- **population density km2**: 15230
- **population blank1 title**: Demonym
- **population blank1**: Brooklynite
- **postal code type**: ZIP Code format
- **postal code**: 112xx
- **area code**: 718, 347, 929, 917
- **website**: [https://www.brooklynbp.nyc.gov/ Official Website of the Brooklyn Borough President]