Interesting Facts About Brooklyn

By Pedro Torres Ciliberto

Some Lesser Known Facts About BROOKLYN

The Brooklyn Bridge

The Great Mistake of 1898Brooklyn was originally its own separate city. It was not until the turn of the nineteenth century that Brooklyn merged with the City of New York. Many Brooklyn residents called the move “the Great Mistake of 1898.”

2.5 Million Residents

Brooklyn has approximately 2.5 million residents, which means if it were to be separated from the rest of New York City, Brooklyn would become the 4th most populous U.S. city.

In Unity There is Strength

❖ Brooklyn’s official motto is Een Draght Mackt Maght. !

❖ It is written in the old Dutch language and translates to In Unity There is Strength.

Breuckelen

The borough we know today as “Brooklyn” was named by Dutch colonists after a village in the Netherlands called “Breuckelen.”

A whopping 38 percent of current Brooklynites are foreign born.

Brooklyn has roughly 700 arts and cultural institutions.