Brooklyn

:For other senses, see Brooklyn (disambiguation).

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Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City with about 2.5 million inhabitants. Were it still a city, and not only a borough, it would be the fourth-largest city in the United States after New York City itself, Los Angeles and Chicago. An independent city prior to 1898, Brooklyn developed out of the small Dutch-founded town of "Breuckelen" on the East River shore, named after Breukelen in the Netherlands.

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Borough - New York City - United States - Los Angeles - Chicago - 1898 - East River - Breukelen - Netherlands

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Kings County, coterminous with Brooklyn, is also the most populous county in New York. It was named in honor of King Charles II of England.

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County - New York - King - Charles II of England

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Variously called the "City of Trees", "City of Homes" or the "City of Churches" in the 19th century, Brooklyn is now often styled the "Borough of Homes and Churches" or even sometimes called "The Planet" - given its large diversity, population, and size.

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