The relationship between Brooklyn and new york

Brooklyn is located in the northeastern United States, southeast of Manhattan Island in new york. It is the most populous of the five boroughs in new york, New York, with 2.5 million residents. If this area were a city, it would be the fourth largest city in America. It is also the most densely populated area in new york.

At first, only six small Dutch immigrant villages in Brooklyn were built on the East River. They were called Little Holland. 1664 became a part of new york. 1898 was formally incorporated into new york, becoming one of the five major districts. Formerly known as Brookren, Netherlands. This name appeared before the Dutch city of Burgen.

Basic information

Chinese name

Brooklyn.

dialect

English

Fuzhou dialect

Guangzhou people

Another name

Family and Church Municipality of Brunswick, Kings County.

Urban history

Building area process

Brooklyn.

Brooklyn is a farm owned by Benson family, the owner of Brooklyn Natural Gas Company, at the beginning of 19 century. Later, it was divided into small pieces and sold, and a house was built to form the current community.

It is said that the earliest colonists in this area were Dutch. At first, six Dutch villages were built by the East River, called Little Holland. Brooklyn is an English translation of a place name in the Netherlands. 1686, the British royal family named Brooklyn Kings County, New York Province, across the East River from Manhattan.

From 65438 to 0898, with the consent of residents, Brooklyn was officially included in new york City, becoming one of the five major districts in new york. It has a large population, about 2.57 million; The area is very wide, 25 1 square kilometer, which is the highest among the five regions. If all districts in new york are independent cities, Brooklyn is the third most populous city after Los Angeles and Chicago, and it can also be regarded as the fourth largest city in the United States.

In the19th century, Brooklyn has other nicknames, such as the city of trees, the city of homes and the city of churches, which shows its unique charm. Compared with Manhattan, the capital of the world on the other side, it has some local flavor and the environment is more suitable for living.

Because ethnic minorities such as blacks once lived here, coupled with the low education level, employment difficulties and racial discrimination of ethnic minorities in American history, it was once the region with the highest crime rate in the United States and was regarded by some as the original place of chaos, filth and crime, but with the development of society, the situation has greatly improved. The environment has become beautiful and the quality of the population has improved significantly.