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| Brooklyn, New York, USA - A Bit of History |
Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of New York City. It occupies the southwestern extremity of Long Island and lies southeast of the borough of Manhattan. Known as Kings County, it is separated from Manhattan by the East River and borders the borough of Queens to the north and the east. To the west lies the Narrows and Upper New York Bay. To the south is the Atlantic Ocean and Jamaica Bay. Brooklyn is connected to Manhattan by three bridges, The Brooklyn Bridge, The Manhattan Bridge and The Williamsburgh Bridge. Brooklyn is connected to the borough of Staten Island by the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge.
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