Brooklyn

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administrative division borough of New York City

Brooklyn is a populous and culturally diverse borough of New York City known for its distinct neighborhoods, arts scene, and iconic landmarks like the Brooklyn Bridge.

Aliases (13)

Brooklyn, New York ×28
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ×21
Brooklyn, New York City ×10
Brooklyn, New York, United States ×9
Borough of Brooklyn ×6
borough of Brooklyn ×3
New York ×2
Brooklyn streets ×1
Brooklyn, NY ×1
Brooklyn, New York City (historical) ×1
Brooklyn, New York City, United States of America ×1
City of Brooklyn ×1
New York City borough of Brooklyn ×1

Statements (110)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division → borough of New York City →
alsoKnownAs	BK → Brooklyn, New York → Kings County →
areaCode	347 → 718 → 917 → 929 →
borderedBy	Atlantic Ocean → Manhattan (across the East River) → Queens → Staten Island (across the Upper New York Bay) →
boroughHallLocation	Downtown Brooklyn →
boroughNumber	2 →
bridgeConnection	Brooklyn Bridge → Manhattan Bridge → Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge → Williamsburg Bridge →
climate	humid subtropical →
contains	Barclays Center → Bay Ridge → Bedford–Stuyvesant → Borough Park → Brooklyn Academy of Music → Brooklyn Botanic Garden → Brooklyn Bridge → Brooklyn Bridge Park → Brooklyn College → Brooklyn Heights → Brooklyn Heights Promenade → Brooklyn Museum → Brooklyn Navy Yard → Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library) → Brownsville → Bushwick → Canarsie → Coney Island → Coney Island Boardwalk → DUMBO → Flatbush → Green-Wood Cemetery → Greenpoint → Marine Park → McCarren Park → New York Aquarium → New York City College of Technology → Park Slope → Pratt Institute (Brooklyn campus) → Prospect Heights → Prospect Park → Red Hook → Sheepshead Bay → Sunset Park → Williamsburg →
country	United States →
countyEquivalent	Kings County →
countySeatOf	Kings County →
demographicGroup	growing Asian American community → large African American community → large Caribbean community → large Italian-American community → large Jewish community → large Latino community → large Russian-speaking community →
economicSector	creative industries → manufacturing → retail and services → technology startups →
ethnicDiversity	high →
ferryService	NYC Ferry →
fireJurisdiction	FDNY →
foundedAsTown	17th century →
governedAs	borough of New York City →
hasBoroughPresident	elected official →
hasSignificantLanguages	Arabic → Chinese → Haitian Creole → Italian → Russian → Spanish → Yiddish →
historicallyAssociatedWith	Brooklyn Dodgers →
joinedNewYorkCityOn	1898 →
knownFor	arts scene → cultural diversity → distinct neighborhoods → food culture → historic brownstones → music scene → waterfront parks →
language	English →
largestBoroughByPopulationOf	New York City →
locatedOn	western end of Long Island →
namedAfter	Breukelen (Netherlands) →
officialName	Borough of Brooklyn →
originallySettledBy	Dutch colonists →
partOf	New York City →
policeJurisdiction	NYPD →
population	over 2,500,000 →
postalCityName	Brooklyn, NY →
previousStatus	City of Brooklyn → independent city →
seat	Brooklyn Borough Hall →
sportsTeam	Brooklyn Cyclones → Brooklyn Nets →
state	New York →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
transportationSystem	New York City Subway →
ZIPCodePrefix	112 →

Referenced by (374)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station → Atlantic Terminal → Bay Ridge → Beach Haven apartments in Brooklyn → Bedford–Stuyvesant → Bedford–Stuyvesant → Borough Park → Brooklyn Academy of Music → Brooklyn Borough Hall → Brooklyn Botanic Garden → Brooklyn College → Brooklyn Navy Yard → Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library) → Brownsville → Bushwick → Canarsie → Canarsie Pier → Coney Island → Crescent Street station → Dead Horse Bay → Downtown Brooklyn → Eastern Parkway Line → Ebbets Field → Flatbush → Floyd Bennett Field → Fort Greene Park → Fort Greene Park → Greenpoint → Jamaica Bay ("Borough of Brooklyn") → Long Island Rail Road → Long Island Rail Road Atlantic Branch → Marine Park → McCarren Park → Mill Basin → Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line) → New York Aquarium → New York City College of Technology → New York City park system → New York's 11th congressional district → Pacific Street (former station name area) → Paerdegat Basin → Paerdegat Basin ("borough of Brooklyn") → Park Slope → Pratt Institute (Brooklyn campus) → Red Hook → Sheepshead Bay → South Brooklyn route → Sunset Park → Trump Village → Williamsburg →	locatedIn
Aaron Copland → Adam Sandler ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Anthony S. Fauci ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Bernard King ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Betty Comden → Carl Sagan → Carmelo Anthony ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Clive Davis ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Darren Aronofsky → Dorothy Day ("Brooklyn, New York, United States") → Eddie Murphy ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Foxy Brown ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Greg Grandin → J. Erik Jonsson ("Brooklyn, New York") → Jay Black → Jay-Z → Jimmy Smits → Joe Torre ("Brooklyn, New York, United States") → Jonathan Lethem → Lady Randolph Churchill ("Brooklyn, New York, United States") → Larry King ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Lee Krasner → Martin J. Sherwin ("Brooklyn, New York City") → Mary White Ovington → Mickey Rooney ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Milton Friedman ("Brooklyn, New York City, United States of America") → Norman Finkelstein ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Norman J. Zabusky → Paul Rand ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Red Auerbach ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Red Holzman ("Brooklyn, New York, United States") → Robert Nozick → Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Ruth Bader Ginsburg ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Ted Leonsis ("Brooklyn, New York City") → The Notorious B.I.G. ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Thelma Ritter →	placeOfBirth
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station → BMT Jamaica Line → Bay Ridge → Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line → Brooklyn Academy of Music → Brooklyn Bridge → Brooklyn Cyclones → Brooklyn Museum → Brownsville → Bushwick → Canarsie → Coney Island → Crescent Street station → Downtown Brooklyn → Eastern Brooklyn → Eastern Parkway Line → Fort Greene Park → Fort Greene Park → Green-Wood Cemetery → Greenpoint → IND Crosstown Line → IND Culver Line (subway portion) → IND Fulton Street Line (subway portion) → Marine Park → Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line) → New Lots Line → Nostrand Avenue Line → Park Slope → Prospect Heights → Prospect Park → Q train → Sheepshead Bay → Sunset Park →	borough
2 train → 3 train → 4 train → 5 train → A train → B train → C train → D train → F train → FDNY → G train → Interborough Rapid Transit Company → J → L train → Lexington Avenue Line → M train → N → N train → New York City Subway 4 line → New York City Subway B line → New York City Subway C line → Q → R (New York City Subway service) → R (New York City Subway service) → R train → W →	boroughServed
BSE Global ("Brooklyn, New York") → Barclays Center → Barclays Center ("New York") → Battle of Long Island → Brooklyn Bridegrooms ("Brooklyn, New York") → Brooklyn Bridge Park → Brooklyn Museum → Brooklyn Nets → Brooklyn Superbas ("Brooklyn, New York City") → Green-Wood Cemetery → Prospect Park → Red Hook Container Terminal ("Brooklyn, New York City") →	location
Emily Blunt ("Brooklyn, New York City (historical)") → Emily Warren Roebling ("Brooklyn, New York") → Heathcliff Huxtable ("Brooklyn, New York City") → Isaac Asimov → Katie Nolan → Mae Capone → Mary White Ovington → Norman Mailer ("Brooklyn, New York, United States") → Teresa Capone → Truman Capote ("Brooklyn, New York") → Washington Roebling ("Brooklyn, New York, United States") → William C. Redfield ("Brooklyn, New York") →	residence
Crescent Street station → IND Culver Line (subway portion) → IND Division → IRT → J train → Lower East Side route → Myrtle Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line) → New York City Subway D line → South Brooklyn route → Staten Island Route →	servesBorough
C train → Community Affairs Bureau → IND → Independent Subway System → M train → New York City Department of Education → New York City Department of Environmental Protection → New York City Department of Finance → New York City Housing Authority →	serviceArea
Bronx–Manhattan–Brooklyn corridor → Brooklyn Bridge → Hugh L. Carey Tunnel → Manhattan Bridge → South Brooklyn route → Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge → Williamsburg Bridge →	connects
City University of New York → MTA New York City Bus → New York City Department of Probation → New York City Department of Small Business Services → Transportation Bureau (NYPD) ("borough of Brooklyn") → YMCA of Greater New York → YWCA of the City of New York →	operatesIn
Brooklyn Superbas → Lucius ("Brooklyn, New York") → Murder, Inc. → Nets Gaming Crew → T'yanna Wallace → Wilbert Robinson →	basedIn
Abraham Maslow ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Al Capone ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → C. Everett Koop ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") → Jennie Jerome ("Brooklyn, New York, United States") → RZA ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") →	birthPlace
Brooklyn Borough Hall → Hugh L. Carey Tunnel → McCarren Park → New York City → New York's 11th congressional district → Nostrand Avenue Line →	hasBorough
Bedford–Stuyvesant → DUMBO → New Lots Line → Red Hook → Red Hook Container Terminal → The Narrows →	locatedInBorough
Jamaica Bay → Lower New York Bay → Manhattan Island → New York Harbor estuarine system → Upper New York Bay ("New York City borough of Brooklyn") →	adjacentTo
City Terminal Zone → LIRR Atlantic Terminal service → Long Island Rail Road → NYC Ferry → New York City Subway →	serves
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film) → A View from the Bridge → Brooklyn Nine-Nine → Death of a Salesman → The Cosby Show ("Brooklyn, New York City") →	settingLocation
Mayor of New York City → New York City Administration for Children’s Services → New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission → New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission ("borough of Brooklyn") →	appliesToJurisdiction
BMT Jamaica Line → D train → Hugh L. Carey Tunnel → L train →	connectsBorough
Crossing Brooklyn Ferry → Moonstruck → The Super Mario Bros. Movie → Warning →	setting
Edward Beecher ("Brooklyn, New York") → Leopold Eidlitz → Sean Marks → William Merritt Chase ("Brooklyn, New York") →	workLocation
Brooklyn Bridegrooms → Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment → New York Liberty →	basedInBorough
1916 World Series → Brooklyn Nets → New York Islanders ("Brooklyn, New York") →	city
BSE Global ("Brooklyn, New York") → Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment ("Brooklyn, New York City") → Vitagraph Company of America →	headquartersLocation
Detective Bureau (NYPD) ("Borough of Brooklyn") → New York City Police Department ("Borough of Brooklyn") → New York City courts →	jurisdiction
Edward Beecher ("Brooklyn, New York") → John A. Roebling ("Brooklyn, New York, United States") → John A. Roebling →	placeOfDeath
Deuces Wild → Dog Day Afternoon ("Brooklyn, New York City") → Sophie's Choice →	setInLocation
Brooklyn ("Brooklyn, New York") → Kings County →	alsoKnownAs
One More Chance → Prince Rakeem →	associatedBorough
Queens → Upper New York Bay →	borderedBy
Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt → Henry Churchill DeMille ("Brooklyn, New York") →	burialPlace
Long Island → Long Island →	contains
Henry Ward Beecher ("Brooklyn, New York, United States") → Lyman Beecher ("Brooklyn, New York") →	deathPlace
Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania ("Brooklyn, New York") → Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York ("Brooklyn, New York") →	formerHeadquartersLocation
Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War → Subway Series →	hasLocation
Brooklyn Bridegrooms → New York Liberty →	homeCity
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation → Trump Management →	operatedIn
Bedford–Stuyvesant ("Borough of Brooklyn") → Eastern Brooklyn →	partOf
Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses ("Brooklyn, New York") → Jehovah's Witnesses ("Brooklyn, New York") →	previousHeadquartersLocation
East River → The Narrows →	separates
Arsenic and Old Lace (film) → Girls →	setIn
Governors Island →	accessibleFrom
East River →	adjacentToBorough
Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign ("Brooklyn, New York") →	announcementLocation
New York City Council →	appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction
New York City Economic Development Corporation →	areaServed
Big Poppa →	associatedWithBorough
Big Poppa →	associatedWithCity
Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment →	basedInCity
Steve Rogers →	birthplace
Prince Rakeem ("Brooklyn, New York City") →	birthPlaceOfUser
Queens →	borders
Williamsburg Bridge →	boroughOnEastEnd
Fred Trump ("Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States") →	businessLocation
Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign ("Brooklyn, New York") →	campaignHeadquarters
New York Street backlot set ("Brooklyn streets") →	canRepresent
Barclays Center ("Borough of Brooklyn") →	cityBorough
Los Angeles Dodgers ("Brooklyn, New York") →	cityMoveFrom
Brooklyn Public Library (Central Library) →	cityServed
Canarsie Pol →	coast
Staten Island →	connectedByBridgeTo
Rockaway Peninsula →	connectedTo
A train →	connectsArea
New York metropolitan area →	containsBorough
Kings County →	coterminousWith
Kings County →	countySeat
New York Public Library →	doesNotServe
We Own the Night →	filmingLocation
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures ("Brooklyn, New York") →	formerPublisherLocation
New York City government →	governs
New York City →	hasAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
New York City Criminal Court →	hasBuildingIn
Hasidism →	hasDemographicCenter
Yemeni American ("Brooklyn, New York") →	hasMajorPopulationIn
Canarsie Pier →	hasNearbyBorough
Lucius ("Brooklyn, New York") →	hasOriginStoryLocation
IRT Division →	hasServiceArea
FDNY →	headquartersBorough
Junior M.A.F.I.A. →	hometownBorough
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York →	jurisdictionOver
Canarsie Pol →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
DUMBO ("New York") →	locatedInState
Gateway National Recreation Area →	locatedNear
Syrian Jews →	majorCommunityCity
Bangladeshi American →	majorSettlementArea
Breukelen (Netherlands) →	namedAfter
Desiigner →	nativeOf
Barren Island (Jamaica Bay) →	nearbyCity
Brooklyn ("Borough of Brooklyn") →	officialName
IRT A Division subway cars →	operatedInBorough
5 train →	operatesInBorough
Interborough Rapid Transit Company →	operatingArea
GZA ("Brooklyn, New York City") →	origin
New York City greenways →	passesThrough
Leaves of Grass →	placeOfPublication
Brooklyn ("Brooklyn, NY") →	postalCityName
World Headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses ("Brooklyn, New York") →	previousLocationOfHeadquarters
Brooklyn ("City of Brooklyn") →	previousStatus
Brooklyn Nets →	relocatedTo
Brooklyn Bridegrooms ("Brooklyn, New York") →	representedRegion
Nick Hornby →	screenwriterOf
Manhattan Island →	separatedFrom
Manhattan →	sharesBorderWith
The Real World →	subsequentSeasonLocationsInclude
BKN →	teamBorough
BKN ("Brooklyn, New York") →	teamLocation
LAD →	teamPredecessorCity
Diocese of Brooklyn →	territory
Episcopal Diocese of Long Island →	territoryIncludes
J train →	via
Manhattan skyline →	viewedFrom