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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. East New York station - Wikipedia

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    Long Island Railroad Co., an oft-cited court case on the doctrine of proximate cause. [15] [16] [17] In the 2010s, many locals and elected officials such as Brooklyn's then-borough president, Eric Adams, advocated for renovations to the station, including bringing it into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. [18]

  6. 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.

  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. Barren Island, Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    Barren Island was originally part of an estuary at the mouth of Jamaica Bay and acted as a barrier island for the larger Long Island, located to Barren Island's north. The bay, in turn, was created during the end of the Wisconsin glaciation. [1] The edge of the glacier had been in the middle of Long Island, creating a series of hills across the ...

  9. New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building

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    According to The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, in the year after the factory's completion (July 1872 to July 1873), the basin received forty deliveries of sand, 2,500 short tons (2,200 long tons; 2,300 t) in "sundry materials", and 8,800 barrels of Portland cement, and the basin shipped 765 stone pieces. [19] [20]