![]() The Dutch were the first Europeans to settle Long Island's western edge, which was then largely inhabited by the Lenape, an Algonquian-speaking American Indian tribe often referred to in European documents by a variation of the place name " Canarsie". The settlement began in the 17th century as the small Dutch-founded town of "Breuckelen" on the East River shore of Long Island, grew to be a sizeable city in the 19th century and was consolidated in 1898 with New York City (then confined to Manhattan and the Bronx), the remaining rural areas of Kings County, and the largely rural areas of Queens and Staten Island, to form the modern City of New York.Ĭolonial era New Netherland The history of European settlement in Brooklyn spans more than 350 years. There have been so many variations of the name that its origin has been debated some have claimed breuckelen means "broken land." The current name, however, is the one that best reflects its meaning. The New Amsterdam settlement of Breuckelen also went through many spelling variations, including Breucklyn, Breuckland, Brucklyn, Broucklyn, Brookland, Brockland, Brocklin, and Brookline/Brook-line. Over the past two millennia, the name of the ancient town in Holland has been Bracola, Broccke, Brocckede, Broiclede, Brocklandia, Broekclen, Broikelen, Breuckelen, and finally Breukelen. Breuckelen on the American continent was established in 1646, and the name first appeared in print in 1663. This form is made up of the words broeck, meaning bog or marshland, and lede, meaning small (dug) water stream specifically in peat areas. The oldest mention of the settlement in the Netherlands is in a charter of 953 by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I as Broecklede. The name Brooklyn is derived from the original Dutch town of Breukelen. Since the 2010s, parts of Brooklyn have evolved into a hub of entrepreneurship, high technology start-up firms, postmodern art and design. ![]() Some new developments are required to include affordable housing units. In the first decades of the 21st century, Brooklyn has experienced a renaissance as a destination for hipsters, with concomitant gentrification, dramatic house price increases, and a decrease in housing affordability. Brooklyn's official motto, displayed on the Borough seal and flag, is Eendraght Maeckt Maght, which translates from early modern Dutch as " Unity makes strength." Having a larger Jewish population than Jerusalem, the borough has been described as "the most Jewish spot on Earth", with Jews forming around a quarter of its population. ![]() Many Brooklyn neighborhoods are ethnic enclaves. The borough continues to maintain some distinct culture. On January 1, 1898, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s, in accordance to the new Municipal Charter of " Greater New York", Brooklyn was consolidated in and annexed (along with other areas) to form the current five borough structure of New York City. With a land area of 70.82 square miles (183.4 km 2) and a water area of 26 square miles (67 km 2), Kings County is the state of New York's fourth-smallest county by land area and third-smallest by total area.īrooklyn was founded by the Dutch in the 17th century and grew into a busy port city by the 19th century. It has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan, across the East River, and is connected to Staten Island by way of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Named after the Dutch town of Breukelen, Brooklyn is located on the westernmost edge of Long Island and shares a border with the borough of Queens. ![]() after the rest of New York City and Los Angeles, and ahead of Chicago. If Brooklyn were an independent city, it would be the third most-populous in the U.S. Brooklyn is also New York City's most populous borough, with 2,736,074 residents in 2020. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behind New York County ( Manhattan). Brooklyn ( / ˈ b r ʊ k l ɪ n/) is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. ![]()
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