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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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Brooklyn has a land area of approximately 73 square miles, with a population of over 2.3 million, and is the largest provider of homes in the City of New York. There are three beaches running along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean in Brooklyn, Coney Island Beach, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach. The borough accommodates hundreds of parks and playgrounds, many with tennis courts, soccer fields, football fields, basketball courts, bocce courts, cricket fields and hundreds of softball fields and handball courts, providing ample opportunity for fitness and fun. Borough residents benefit from a suburban lifestyle, coupled with the conveniences of urban living.
Brooklyn is home to many areas of manufacturing, particularly the garment district, whose workers represent a large portion of the borough's manufacturing employment. While Brooklyn has its share of major retailers, which is increasing every day due to the growing number of 'big box stores', it is still home to many small businesses, including "Mom and Pop" establishments that continue to benefit the community, by supplying generation after generation with specialty goods and services.
Located in the growing downtown area of Brooklyn, the recently developed MetroTech Center is a 1.3 billion dollar office and technology complex that employs over 12,000 people. It is projected that this complex, in conjunction with many new downtown developments, will create more than an abundance of new jobs in the borough by the year 2000. The combined benefit of high tech businesses and research and academic facilities sustained at Metro Tech has attracted many prestigious firms to this location.
The borough of Brooklyn offers both resident and visitor a plethora of culture and beauty second to none. The arts are truly alive and well in Brooklyn, New York where cultural institutions, large and small, abound. The arts community plays a major role in the stability of the borough, inviting tourism from near and far. Brooklyn boasts such cultural icons as The Brooklyn Academy of Music, one of New York City's paramount arts centers for performing artists. The Brooklyn Botanical Garden will titillate the senses with its deluge of colorful blooms and sweet bouquets. The renowned Aquarium for Wildlife Conservation, located in Coney Island, is the oldest public aquarium in the nation. Right next door you'll find the world famous Cyclone Roller Coaster. And, what would a day at Coney Island be, without a visit to the original Nathan's Famous, partaking of that celebrated Nathan's hot dog and french fried potatoes? Coney Island still remains the city's top amusement attraction, drawing over sixteen million visitors each summer to its shore, boardwalk, amusements and rides.
In Brooklyn, getting from here to there is quite simple. Public transportation, via trains and buses, allows for ease of access throughout the borough (or into Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island.) The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) maintains the New York City subway system, which consist of trains that run overhead on elevated lines, trains that run at ground level and trains that run underground. The many MTA bus routes that network throughout the borough (and into the other boroughs as well) can also take you where you want to go. Be sure to pick up a Metro Card that allows you free transfer from bus to subway and can deliver you to the multi-cultural entity that is Brooklyn, New York, an eclectic mix of old and new that has always embraced diversity in its populace, its traditions and its commerations. We invite you to come celebrate Brooklyn.
Please note the above information was provided courtesy of Howard Witz of Fillmore Real Estate Agency
visit Howard's Website at http://brooklyn-realestate.com
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Posted on Jan 19, 2004 14:06pm by admin
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