Brooklyn (disambiguation)
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Brooklyn, also Kings County, is a borough of New York City, New York.
Brooklyn may also refer to:
Locations
In Australia
- Brooklyn, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
- Brooklyn, New South Wales, a town north of Sydney
- Brooklyn, Tasmania a suburb of Burnie
- Brooklyn Park, South Australia
- Brooklyn Sanctuary, Queensland
In Canada
- Brooklyn, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Brooklyn, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, a small village north of Yarmouth
- Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia, a village of Liverpool
- Brooklyn, Prince Edward Island, one of two settlements
In the Netherlands
In New Zealand
- Brooklyn, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington
In South Africa
- Brooklyn, Pretoria, a suburb of Pretoria, Gauteng Province
- Brooklyn, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town, Cape Province
In the United States
- Brooklyn (Jacksonville), a neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida
- Brooklyn, California, former city annexed to Oakland
- Brooklyn, California, former name of Red Dog, California
- Brooklyn, Connecticut
- Brooklyn, a settlement that eventually became Dayton, Kentucky
- Brooklyn, Illinois, in Saint Clair County
- Brooklyn, Indiana
- Brooklyn, Iowa
- Brooklyn, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood of Baltimore City
- Brooklyn Park, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County
- Brooklyn, Michigan
- Brooklyn, an early name for the settlement that eventually became Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (derived from Minneapolis)
- Brooklyn Park, Minnesota (derived from Minneapolis)
- Brooklyn, Missouri
- Brooklyn, East Otto, New York, a hamlet in Cattaraugus County
- Brooklyn, Franklin, Delaware County, New York, a former hamlet
- Brooklyn, a former neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Brooklyn, part of Glenwood-Brooklyn Historic District in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Brooklyn, Ohio
- Old Brooklyn, Cleveland, Ohio
- Brooklyn, Portland, Oregon
- Brooklyn, West Virginia (disambiguation)
- Brooklyn, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
In media, arts, and entertainment
Fictional characters
- Brooklyn Masefield, a character in the anime series Beyblade
- "Brooklyn", a character on the Walt Disney animated series Gargoyles (TV series), named for the New York City borough
- Private Alvin "Brooklyn" Bloomfield, an American soldier in Call of Duty 2: Big Red One
Other
- Brooklyn (novel), a 2009 novel by Colm Tóibín
- Brooklyn (musical), a Broadway musical
- Brooklyn (2015 film), a film based on the Colm Tóibín novel
- "Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn", a Netflix standup comedy special from Wyatt Cenac
Songs
- "Brooklyn", a track on the 2002 album The Fine Art of Self Destruction by Jesse Malin
- "Brooklyn", a track on the 1999 album Black on Both Sides by Mos Def
- "Brooklyn", a track on the 2003 album Center:Level:Roar by the Youngblood Brass Band
- "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)", a track on the 2006 album Louder Now by Taking Back Sunday
- "Brooklyn", a track on the 2011 EP Iron by Woodkid
People
First name
- Brooklyn Beckham, son of David and Victoria Beckham
- Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model
Nickname
- Mary J. Blige, singer who uses the moniker "Brook Lynn" when rapping
- Tony Danza, his nicknames have included "Brooklyn Tony Danza", "The Brooklyn Brawler", and "The Brooklyn Bomber"
Ships
- Brooklyn, which brought Mormon pioneers to San Francisco
- USS Brooklyn, various ships
In sports
- "Brooklyn", a term used in ten-pin bowling to describe a hit in the pocket opposite (left [pins 1,2] for right-handers, right [pins 1,3] for left-handers) from the one that is attempted
- Brooklyn Dodgers, a Major League Baseball team that became the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958
- Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC), an American football team that played from 1946-1949
- Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), an American football team that played from 1930-1944
- Brooklyn Horsemen, members of the first American Football League that merged with the Brooklyn Lions of the National Football League in 1926
- Brooklyn Lions
- Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team in the NBA
- Brooklyn Tigers, members of the second American Football League who moved to Rochester, New York, in 1936 and became the Rochester Tigers
Computer science
- Apache Brooklyn, software in Apache Incubator
See also
- Breukelen
- Brookland (disambiguation)
- Brooklin (disambiguation)
- Brookline (disambiguation)
- Brooklyn Avenue (disambiguation)
- Brooklyn Brewery
- Brooklyn chewing gum, manufactured by Perfetti Van Melle
- Brooklyn College
- Brooklyn Township (disambiguation)
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