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How did Brooklyn get its name?

Last updated June 19, 2020 by ZagBot Comment

The New York City borough of Brooklyn is named after the town of Breukelen in the Netherlands.

In the mid 1600s, Dutch colonists established six settlements in the area of present-day Brooklyn, one of which was called Breuckelen after the Dutch town. After the British gained control of the territory in 1664, the name became anglicized and the six towns ultimately consolidated into the single city of Brooklyn. It became a borough of New York City in 1898.

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