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The flags of New York City include the flag of New York City, the respective flags of the boroughs of The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, and flags of certain city departments. The city flag is a vertical tricolor in blue , white , and orange and charged in the center bar with the seal of New York City in blue.
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the State of New York.Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under British rule in 1683 in the then Province of New York.
The term borough was adopted in 1898 to describe a form of governmental administration for each of the five fundamental constituent parts of the newly consolidated city. Under the 1898 City Charter adopted by the New York State Legislature, a borough is a municipal corporation that is created when a county is merged with populated areas within ...
Rendered from File:Flag of Borough of Brooklyn.png (layout), CRW Flags (color), and The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 15, 1894, p. 2 (rendition of the Goddess of Justice) Author: Based on flag by "The League of Loyal Citizens of Brooklyn", original designers Unknown. Permission (Reusing this file)
NEW YORK (AP) - Two German artists have claimed responsibility for the white flags that mysteriously appeared on the Brooklyn Bridge last month. Mischa Leinkauf and Mattias Wermke said Tuesday ...
FORT GREENE, Brooklyn — Shouting, shoving and then emotions erupted. Brooklyn's Fort Greene park looked like a battlefield. "If you don't like this flag and you don't like this country, leave!
Brooklyn Borough Hall. 1840 John Rankin House (Brooklyn, New York) – Greek Revival. [31] [32] [33] Designated New York City landmark in 1970, [31] National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [13] [21] Fort Greene Historic District, townhouses built between 1840 and 1890. The park was built on the site of fortifications built in 1776 and ...
Mayor Eric Adams, who was once the Brooklyn borough president himself, proposed to rewrite zoning regulations so vacant offices can be converted into housing during the summer of last year; parts ...