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  2. Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Timeline of Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    John Ward Hunter (October 15, 1807 – April 16, 1900) was born in Bedford (now known as Bedford-Stuyvesant), Brooklyn and in 1875 and 1876 was Mayor of Brooklyn. 1809 – Long Island Star newspaper begins publication. [19] 1810 – Henry C. Murphy is born in Brooklyn, (1810–1882) Mayor of Brooklyn in 1842.

  4. Fulton Ferry (ferry) - Wikipedia

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    It revolutionized travel between the then City of New York on Manhattan Island and the Village of Brooklyn and the rest of Long Island. Robert Fulton's steam Fulton Ferry Company in 1814 established his name on the ferry service. After the Brooklyn Bridge was built, ridership declined, and the ferry ceased operation on January 19, 1924. [1]

  5. Long Island (proposed state) - Wikipedia

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    The independent Long Island flag proposed by Cesidio Tallini. Long Island, a large island directly south of New England, has made attempts in the past to secede from New York and become its own state. Mentions of Long Island secession range from 1896 to 2010.

  6. Long Island - Wikipedia

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    To the extreme southwest, Long Island, at Brooklyn, is separated from Staten Island and the state of New Jersey by Upper New York Bay, The Narrows, and Lower New York Bay. With a population of 8,063,232 residents as of the 2020 U.S. census, Long Island constitutes 40% of the state's population.

  7. Brooklyn Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Including approaches, the Brooklyn Bridge is a total of 6,016 feet (1,834 m) long [2] [3] [4] when measured between the curbs at Park Row in Manhattan and Sands Street in Brooklyn. [4] A separate measurement of 5,989 feet (1,825 m) is sometimes given; this is the distance from the curb at Centre Street in Manhattan.

  8. List of tide mills on Long Island - Wikipedia

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    The Peconic or Goldsmith Inlet Grist Mill, located at Goldsmith's Inlet in the Town of Southold on the North Fork of Long Island, New York, had its beginnings in 1836 when plans were first made for its construction. Built as a tidal mill on the inlet, construction started in 1839 and was completed in 1840.

  9. List of former municipalities in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Village of Brooklyn, incorporated within the town in 1816 (its boundaries roughly match those of present-day neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights), [8] became part of the city of Brooklyn in 1834; City of Brooklyn, the entire town of Brooklyn became a city in 1834. [9] Town of Bushwick - founded as "Boswijck" in 1661, annexed to Brooklyn in 1854