This is a timeline and chronology of the

history History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

. Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's

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, and was settled in 1646.

17th century

* 1646 – Village of "Breuckelen" on the western end of

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land are ...

authorized by the colonizing

Dutch West India Company The Dutch West India Company () was a Dutch chartered company that was founded in 1621 and went defunct in 1792. Among its founders were Reynier Pauw, Willem Usselincx (1567–1647), and Jessé de Forest (1576–1624). On 3 June 1621, it was gra ...

for their North American colony of

New Netherland New Netherland () was a colony of the Dutch Republic located on the East Coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva Peninsula to Cape Cod. Settlements were established in what became the states ...

. Named after the town of

Breukelen Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the northwest of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist i ...

in the province of

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in the Netherlands, "the old country". * 1652 – The

Wyckoff House The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, within Milton Fidler Park. It is situated on land that New Netherland director gen ...

is estimated to have been built in 1652, one of the first structures built by Europeans on Long Island. Only a small section remains from 1652. It was declared a

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in 1967. and and is owned by New York City but is operated by a nonprofit agency. * 1654 - Municipal privileges of Brooklyn enlarged. * 1658 Old Gravesend Cemetery –

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, a

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(now at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in

Gravesend Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the Bank (geography), south bank of the River Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Roche ...

), was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and settlers with their families. ''See also:'' * 1664 – Dutch (

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)

Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant ( – August 1672)Mooney, James E. "Stuyvesant, Peter" in p.1256 was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as the Directors of New Netherland, director-general of New Netherland from 1647 to 1664, when the colony was pro ...

surrenders the colony to the

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's English fleet under the authority of the James, the Duke of York.

becomes the

Province of New York The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. It extended from Long Island on the Atlantic, up the Hudson River and Mohawk River valleys to ...

. * 1665 – perhaps Brooklyn's first murder trial, Albert Cornelis Wantenaer was found guilty of manslaughter for the death in Wallabout Bay of Barent Jansen Blom. * 1677 – New Utrecht Reformed Church established of the

Dutch Reformed Church The Dutch Reformed Church (, , abbreviated NHK ) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the traditional denomination of the Dutch royal famil ...

and is the fourth oldest church in Brooklyn. Both the church and the cemetery are listed in the

. ''See also:''

18th century

* 1700 – New Utrecht Reformed Church built. * 1744 – Joost Van Nuyse House, original section was built in 1744 and enlarged between 1793 and 1806. It was moved to its present site in 1925. It is a -story frame house with a steeply pitched flared roof. ''See also:'' and was listed on the

in 2006. * 1766 – Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead is believed to have been built before 1766. During the

American Revolution The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a colonial rebellion and war of independence in which the Thirteen Colonies broke from British America, British rule to form the United States of America. The revolution culminated in the American ...

, it housed Hessian soldiers for the

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. It was declared a

in 1976. * 1776 ** June 22 - Mayor David Mathews was arrested in Flatbush on orders from

George Washington George Washington (, 1799) was a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot (American Revoluti ...

related to his suspected involvement in the Hickey Plot to kill him. ** August 27 –

Battle of Long Island The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at and near the western edge of Long Island in present-day Brooklyn ...

(also known as the "Battle of Brooklyn" or the "Battle of Brooklyn Heights"), the largest battle in the

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

starts. British Army wins, beginning the

New York and New Jersey campaign The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and New Jersey, Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between Kingdom ...

. The British set up a system of

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anchored in Brooklyn's Wallabout Bay, where more American patriot soldiers and civilian captives died than on all the battlefields, combined. * 1780 – Fort Brooklyn constructed in

Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south ...

area along east bank of the

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by the British Army, then occupying New York Town and

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, near Fort Stirling (named for Patriot general, also called " Lord Stirling"). Later razed for housing development by 1823–1825. * 1783 – " Evacuation Day", November 25,

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forces leave New York and Manhattan under terms of Treaty of Paris after occupation of seven years. Gen.

and his officers of the

Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States during the American Revolutionary War. It was formed on June 14, 1775, by a resolution passed by the Second Continental Co ...

take control. * 1786 –

Erasmus Hall High School Erasmus Hall High School was a four-year public high school located at 899–925 Flatbush Avenue between Church and Snyder Avenues in the Flatbush, Brooklyn, Flatbush neighborhood of the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brookly ...

– oldest public high school in the city, founded as Erasmus Hall Academy, a private school. Later joined by free academy in the 1840s as the first

public high school A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-f ...

, which later becomes

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. Wooden schoolhouse p.638 was opened in 1787. Later wings were added and removed. * 1788 –

New York State New York, also called New York State, is a state in the northeastern United States. Bordered by New England to the east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and ...

debates and ratifies the new

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to replace the previous

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and Perpetual Union. * 1790 – Small population recorded for the villages of Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights on the western end of

in the first decennial United States Census of 1790. * 1797 – Population: 1,603 recorded in newly published reference book ''The American Gazetteer''.

19th century

1800s

* 1800 – small population for the budding village on the western end of

, recorded in the 1800 United States census * 1801 –

Brooklyn Navy Yard The Brooklyn Navy Yard (originally known as the New York Navy Yard) is a shipyard and industrial complex in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York (state), New York, U.S. The Navy Yard is located on the East River in Wallabout Bay, a se ...

established and begins construction along the eastern bank of the

by the new

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. Was repeatedly enlarged in the next century and a half. * 1804 – Martin Kalbfleisch (February 8, 1804 – February 12, 1873) manufacturer, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn from 1861 to 1863, including the time of the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

and again after the war from 1867 to 1871. Later a

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from Brooklyn. * 1805-06 – " Quarters 'A'" built as residence of the Commander of the

. * John Ward Hunter (October 15, 1807 – April 16, 1900) was born in Bedford (now known as Bedford-Stuyvesant), Brooklyn and in 1875 and 1876 was Mayor of Brooklyn. * 1809 – ''Long Island Star'' newspaper begins publication. * 1810 – Henry C. Murphy is born in Brooklyn, (1810–1882) Mayor of Brooklyn in 1842.

1810s

* 1816 ** The incorporation under the laws and

of the

State of New York New York, also called New York State, is a state in the northeastern United States. Bordered by New England to the east, Canada to the north, and Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, its territory extends into both the Atlantic Ocean and ...

of the Village of Brooklyn. ** Population of the town of Brooklyn about 4,500. * 1819 – Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle was designed in 1819 and built between 1825 and 1836. It is a historic building located in

Fort Hamilton Fort Hamilton is a United States Army installation in the southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, surrounded by the communities of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. It is one of several posts that are part of the region which ...

, in

. and was listed on the

in 1974.

1820s

* 1820 – is launched from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Missions include suppressing the

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off the coast of west Africa. * 1823 – Brooklyn Apprentices' Library Association formed. ** After the occupying British evacuation, Fort Brooklyn was leveled between 1823 and 1825 for development. * 1827 – James Street Market built. * 1828 – New Utrecht Reformed Church established and is the fourth oldest church in Brooklyn. In 1828, The present church was built in 1828 of stones taken from the original church, built in 1700. * 1829 – Coney Island House opens.

1830s

John Rankin House 440 Clinton Street Brooklyn

* 1830 ** Construction starts on what would become the Fulton Ferry District ''See also:'' Today the area holds many popular attractions and is listed on the

. * 1833 ** First Unitarian Congregational Society established, designed by architect

Minard Lafever Minard Lafever (1798–1854) was an American architect of churches and houses in the United States in the early nineteenth century. Life and career Lafever began life as a carpenter around 1820. At this period in the United States there were no ...

, marking the beginning of the

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

style of architecture in Brooklyn. ** U.S. Naval Lyceum founded, (precursor to the

U.S. Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (USNA, Navy, or Annapolis) is a federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the sec ...

Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the county seat of Anne Arundel County and its only incorporated city. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east ...

), Commodore

Matthew C. Perry Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a United States Navy officer who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. He led the Perry Expedition that Bakumatsu, ended Japan' ...

is instrumental in its founding. * 1834 ** Village of Brooklyn, and now growing town, is incorporated as a city. ** Old First Reformed Church built. ** George Hall is elected as the First Mayor of the new City of Brooklyn and served just one year, 1834. ** Population 23,310. * 1835 ** Jonathan Trotter is elected the second Mayor of Brooklyn and served from 1835 to 1836. **The Brooklyn Lyceum, later the Brooklyn Institute, is built at the intersection of Washington Street and Concord Streets. * 1837 ** The 9-gun, side-wheel steamer (Fulton II) is launched from the

and is the first U.S. Navy steam-powered warship assigned to sea duty. ** Jeremiah Johnson is elected the third Mayor of Brooklyn and served from 1837 to 1838. * 1838 **

Green-Wood Cemetery Green-Wood Cemetery is a cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope, Brooklyn, South Slope/Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, Win ...

established. ** James Weeks, an African-American freedman from Virginia, buys the land which marks the beginning of Weeksville, which grows to be the largest independent Negro town in the nation before the Civil War * 1839 – Cyrus P. Smith is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn and served from 1839 to 1841.

1840s

* 1840 ** John Rankin House (Brooklyn, New York) – Greek Revival.

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br>"John Rankin House Designation Report"
(July 14, 1970) p.248 ''See also:'' Designated New York City landmark in 1970, National Register of Historic Places in 1978. ** Fort Greene Historic District, townhouses built between 1840 and 1890. The park was built on the site of fortifications built in 1776 and 1814. ''See also:'' Also located in the district is the

Brooklyn Academy of Music The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a multi-arts center in Brooklyn, New York City. It hosts progressive and avant-garde performances, with theater, dance, music, opera, film programming across multiple nearby venues. BAM was chartered in 18 ...

. ''See also:'' ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 1983 and expanded in 1984. * 1841 ** ''

Brooklyn Daily Eagle The ''Brooklyn Eagle'' (originally joint name ''The Brooklyn Eagle'' and ''Kings County Democrat'', later ''The Brooklyn Daily Eagle'' before shortening title further to ''Brooklyn Eagle'') was an afternoon daily newspaper published in the city ...

'' newspaper begins publication in October, endures until 1955, with a revival in 1962–1963 and after 1996 by different owners. ** U.S. Department of the Navy at the

begins 10-year project to build its third granite

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. First use of a steam-powered

pile driver A pile driver is a heavy-duty tool used to drive piles into soil to build piers, bridges, cofferdams, and other "pole" supported structures, and patterns of pilings as part of permanent deep foundations for buildings or other structures. Pili ...

in the United States. * 1843 ** The Brooklyn Institute formed. ** Joseph Sprague is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn and served from 1843 to 1844. * 1844 – Bridge Street Methodist Church of the Bridge Street Methodist Church built. * 1845 ** Brooklyn Female Academy, (later Packer Collegiate Institute) established. ** Thomas G. Talmage is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn and just served one year, 1845. ** Boerum Hill Historic District (later

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

) in

Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Boerum Hill (pronounced ) is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east. The western border is variously given as either ...

begins construction. ''See also:'' and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. * 1846 – Francis B. Stryker is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn and served from 1846 to 1848. * 1847 ** Church of the Holy Trinity (later merges with St. Ann Church) built. ** Central Presbyterian Church (previously Brooklyn Tabernacle) established. ** State Street Houses, 23 rowhouses built between 1847 and 1874 on State Street between Smith and Hoyt Streets in the

Boerum Hill Boerum Hill (pronounced ) is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east. The western border is variously given as either ...

neighborhood. ''See also:'' p.240 * 1848 ** Cypress Hills Cemetery established. ** Hawkins Circulating Library begins its business and literary operations. **

Brooklyn Borough Hall Brooklyn Borough Hall is a building in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. It was designed by architects Calvin Pollard and Gamaliel King in the Greek Revival style, and constructed of Tuckahoe marble under the supervision of superintendent ...

was built as the City Hall & designed by architects Calvin Pollard and Gamaliel King in the Greek Revival style of architecture, and constructed of

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. * 1849 ** Cemetery of the Evergreens established. ** Edward Copland is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn and just served one year, 1849.

1850s

* 1850 ** Plymouth Church built. ** Brooklyn Law Library founded. ** An area later designated as the Greenpoint Historic District was built up between 1850 and 1900. ''See also:'' ''and'' & is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ** Samuel Smith is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn and just served one year, 1850. ** Population: 138,882. * 1851 ** Conklin Brush is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1851 to 1852. * 1852 ** Brooklyn Athenaeum and Reading Room founded. In 1869 it merged with the Mercantile Library. In 1878 the amalgamated libraries were renamed as the present

Brooklyn Public Library The Brooklyn Public Library is the public library system of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is the sixteenth largest public library system in the United States by holding and the seventh by number of visitors. Like the two Brooklyn Publ ...

. ** At the

, a young Naval Surgeon named E. R. Squibb seeks assignment to the Naval Hospital where he perfects manufacture of an

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known as "

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". ** Construction starts on the South Bushwick Reformed Presbyterian Dutch Church, (a.k.a. the "White Church"), later placed on the

in 1982.
Alumni Catalogue of New York University, 1833–1905: College, Applied Science and Honorary Alumni
'. (New York: General Alumni Society of New York University, 1906), 8.
Fortieth Anniversary of the Inauguration of the Rev. S. M. Woodbridge, D.D., LL.D., as Professor in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed (Dutch) Church in America at New Brunswick, 1857–1897
'. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: New Brunswick Theological Seminary Alumni Association, 1897), 4. It was listed on the

in 1982. **

Seth Low Seth Low (January 18, 1850 – September 17, 1916) was an American educator and political figure who served as the mayor of Brooklyn from 1881 to 1885, the president of Columbia University from 1890 to 1901, a diplomatic representative of ...

(1850–1916), born in Brooklyn and was the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1882 to 1885 * 1853 ** Brooklyn Branch of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) established, later part of YMCA of Greater New York. ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn established. ** Edward A. Lambert is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1853 to 1854. ** Brooklyn, Baltimore, named specifically after the New York town, established in

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

. Later cities and towns adopt "Brooklyn" name, or "Brooklyn Park", "Brooklyn Heights", "Brooklyn Center", and "New Brooklyn" in Ohio, Minnesota, etc. * 1854 ** Packer Collegiate Institute opens. ** "Brooklyn Excelsiors", one of organized professional baseball's first teams formed. ** Lawrence & Foulks shipyard in operation in Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. * 1855 ** Additional geographic areas of

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, Greenpoint, and Williamsburg become part of the City of Brooklyn. ** " Brooklyn Atlantics" baseball team formed as another early club of newly-organizing baseball. ** Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute opens and become a nationally renowned mathematical, engineering and scientific institution. ** George Hall is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1855 to 1856. * 1857 ** Several young men with merchants, manufacturers, business people establish the Brooklyn Mercantile Library Association of the City of Brooklyn, which later merged with others and became the Brooklyn Public Library. ** Friends Meetinghouse built, with later addition of school, by

Society of Friends Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers ...

("Quakers"). ** Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn (and later Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra) formed. ** Naval Surgeon E. R. Squibb starts his own pharmaceutical company outside the

, which provides the majority of medical supplies for the Union Army during the

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. ** Construction starts on Hanson Place Baptist Church, later called Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church. The church was designated a

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in 1970, and was listed on the

in 1980. ** Samuel S. Powell is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1857 to 1860. * 1858 ** Ridgewood Reservoir constructed, providing additional water capacity for waterworks system for Brooklyn. ** Second Unitarian Church built. ** The

-built and the British

's meet mid-ocean, making the first attempt to lay the first

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. It soon breaks down. * 1859 ** St. Francis College established. ** Larry Corcoran, an especially skilled American

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in early

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born in Brooklyn. Credited with creating first method of signaling pitches to his catcher.

1860s

Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn Sanitary Fair - overall

The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza

* 1860 ** Population: 266,661. ** Kings County Savings Bank built 1860–1868 in French Second Empire style. Now a

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick and East Williamsburg to the east; and the East River to the west. It was an independe ...

. * 1861 **

is inaugurated; presents its first performance ** Martin Kalbfleisch becomes

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. ** Brooklyn played a major role with its industrial resources and vast population in supplying troops and

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for the

, with such regiments as the 14th Brooklyn, known as the "Red Legged Devils". They fought from 1861 to 1864 and wore red the entire war. * 1862 ** Court House built. ** Park Theatre opens. **

Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad The B68 is a bus route that constitutes a public transit line operating in Brooklyn, New York City. The B68 is operated by the MTA New York City Transit Authority. Its precursor was a streetcar line that began operation in June 1862, and wa ...

begins operating. ** Cypress Hills National Cemetery the only United States National Cemetery in New York City, established to honor

veterans. It also has graves of soldiers who fought in the

Spanish–American War The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

and

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

. **

Continental Iron Works The Continental Iron Works was an American shipbuilding and engineering company founded in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, in 1861 by Thomas F. Rowland. It is best known for building a number of Monitor (warship), monitor warships for the United States Na ...

, builder of revolutionary naval iron-clad warship , established on

waterfront. * 1863 – Long Island Historical Society (later known as the

Brooklyn Historical Society The Center for Brooklyn History (CBH, formerly known as the Brooklyn Historical Society) is a museum, library, and educational center founded in 1863 that preserves and encourages the study of Brooklyn's 400-year history of Brooklyn, history. Th ...

) founded. * 1864 ** Brooklyn

Sanitary Fair Sanitary fairs were fund-raising events held in various cities on behalf of the United States Sanitary Commission to raise funds and supplies for the Union Army during the American Civil War. Established in 1863, the last major event was held in 1 ...

held to provide relief funds and medical supplies along with orphan and widows' assistance for

soldiers, sailors and veterans, held by the

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. ** Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh incorporated. ** Alfred M. Wood (April 19, 1825 – July 28, 1895), the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1864 to 1865 & was an officer in the 14th Brooklyn during the Civil War. * 1865 ** Tilyou's Surf House established, Coney Island. ** Prospect Heights Historic District, built between 1865 and about 1900 in a variety of architectural styles popular in the late-19th century. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 1983. * 1866 ** St. Paul's Church built. ** Samuel Rooth is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1866 to 1867. * 1867 **Brooklyn Friends School is founded by the Religious Society of Friends as a coeducational Quaker school. ** Grand Army Plaza laid out in commemoration of the victorious Union Army and its subsequent veterans organization, the

Grand Army of the Republic The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (United States Navy, U.S. Navy), and the United States Marine Corps, Marines who served in the American Ci ...

. ** Charles Pratt and Company formed. ** Prospect Park, a 585-acre park in Brooklyn and designed by famous architects

Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, Social criticism, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the U ...

Calvert Vaux Calvert Vaux Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, FAIA (; December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was an English-American architect and landscape architect, landscape designer. He and his protégé Frederick Law Olmsted designed park ...

. ** St. Paul's Episcopal Church, built 1867–1884, designed by

Richard Upjohn Richard Upjohn (22 January 1802 – 16 August 1878) was a British-American architect who immigrated to the United States and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches. He was partially responsible for launching the movement to popula ...

& Son in the High Victorian Gothic style. It was added to the

in 1989. * 1868 –

Quaker Meeting House A Friends meeting house is a meeting house of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), where meeting for worship is usually held. Typically, Friends meeting houses are simple and resemble local residential buildings. Ornamentation, spires, a ...

built. * 1869 ** Brooklyn Fire Department founded. **

Gowanus Canal The Gowanus Canal (originally known as Gowanus Creek) is a canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the westernmost portion of Long Island. Once a vital cargo transportation hub, the canal has seen decreasing use since the mid-20th ...

built. ** Adelphi Academy chartered.

1870s

* 1870 ** St. John's College opens. ** Population of the city of Brooklyn in the 1870 United States census: 396,099. ** Construction starts on what is now the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Buildings are mostly two and three-story rowhouses with high basements, with a few multiple dwellings and institutional structures. ''See also:'' ''See also:'' * 1873 ** Samuel S. Powell is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1872 to 1873. * 1874 ** Construction starts on

Ocean Parkway (Brooklyn) Ocean Parkway is a boulevard in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it was built between 1874 and 1876. Ocean Parkway runs roughly north to south from the intersection with Prospect Park ...

& extends over a distance of about five miles (8 km), running almost north to south from the vicinity of Prospect Park to Brighton Beach. ** Construction starts on Flatbush Town Hall, a historic

town hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ...

, designed by John Y. Culyer in the High Victorian Gothic style in the Ruskinian mode. p.711 It is a two-story masonry building on a stone foundation, and features a three-story

bell tower A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell to ...

with a steep hip roof. * 1875 ** Williamsburgh Savings Bank is built and designed by

George B. Post George Browne Post (December15, 1837November28, 1913) was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition. Active from 1869 almost until his death, he was recognized as a master of several contemporary American architectural genres, an ...

and today is a New York City Landmarks and on the National Register of Historic Places. * 1876 ** Brooklyn Theater Fire ** Frederick A. Schroeder is the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1876 to 1877. * 1878 ** Brighton Beach Line begins operating. ** Brighton Beach Hotel opens. ** James Howell is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1878 to 1881. * 1879 **

Brighton Beach Race Course The Brighton Beach Race Course was an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, opened on June 28, 1879 by the Brighton Beach Racing Association. Headed by real estate developer William A. ...

opens. ** Gage and Tollner restaurant opens.

1880s

* 1880 ** Weir Greenhouse in Sunset Park was built in 1880 and significantly rebuilt and enlarged in 1895. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 1984. ** Population: 599,495. * 1881 - The Grand Opera House gives its inaugural performance on November 14, 1881. * 1883 **

Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It w ...

opens, spanning the lower

from New York's

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near South Street Seaport vicinity to the

. **

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baseball team formed. ** Brooklyn Beef Company begins business. * 1884 ** Famous author and humorist

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...

(Samuel L. Clemens) and George W. Cable entertain with readings and storytelling at the

. * 1885 – Brooklyn Elevated Railroad begins operating. * 1886 ** New Lots becomes part of Brooklyn. ** 75th Police Precinct Station House is a three-story, yellow brick building in the

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended t ...

. ** 68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable, a three-story brick building with carved stone detailing in the Romanesque Revival style. ** Daniel D. Whitney served as Mayor of Brooklyn from 1886 to 1887. * 1887 **

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, and Luger's Café established. ** St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church was built in 1887 in the

style of architecture. It is constructed of red brick with light stone trim in a cruciform plan. ** Brooklyn Academy of Photography incorporated. * 1888 ** Old First Reformed Church, in

Park Slope Park Slope is a neighborhood in South Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Prospect Park and Eighth Avenue (Brooklyn), Prospect Park West to the east, ...

construction started. p.657 ''See also:'' The church was listed on the

in 1998. ** Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (Brooklyn, New York) was built in 1888–91 as St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church and was designed by John Welch in the

style. ''See also:'' p.644 ** Alfred C. Chapin is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1888 to 1891. * 1889 ** Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1976) – military person; U.S. Navy officer; naval aviator during World War I and World War II was born in Brooklyn. ** Brooklyn Society of Amateur Photographers organized. ** Montauk Club established.

1890s

Brooklyn Museum - Church at Vernon - Claude Monet - overall

* 1890 ** Population: 838,547, according to the

1890 United States census The 1890 United States census was taken beginning June 2, 1890. The census determined the resident population of the United States to be 62,979,766, an increase of 25.5 percent over the 50,189,209 persons enumerated during the 1880 United States ...

, making Brooklyn the fourth largest city in America. ** The U.S. Navy Department at the

on the

, launches a

battleship A battleship is a large, heavily naval armour, armored warship with a main battery consisting of large naval gun, guns, designed to serve as a capital ship. From their advent in the late 1880s, battleships were among the largest and most form ...

of a new generation, the . Eight years later its explosion triggered the short

. * 1891 ** Old First Reformed Church built. ** Boy's High School built and today is regarded as "one of Brooklyn's finest buildings".''Brooklyn: A State of Mind'', Michael W. Robbins, Wendy Palitz, Workman Publishing, 2001, p. 228. ** 23rd Regiment Armory, in Crown Heights area, built 1891–95. Placed on the New York City Landmarks list and the

administered by the

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, of the U.S. Department of the Interior p.685 p.272 ** Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District, buildings built by Van Glahn Brothers and Rockwood & Company between 1891 and 1928. ''See also:'' Much of the industrial complex has since been converted to loft apartments. It was listed on the

in 1983. ** African-American (then called "colored" or "Negro") educator and activist

Booker T. Washington Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite#United S ...

(1856–1915), president of the

Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU; formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute) is a Private university, private, Historically black colleges and universities, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It was f ...

Tuskegee, Alabama Tuskegee ( ) is a city in Macon County, Alabama, Macon County, Alabama, United States. General Thomas Simpson Woodward, a Creek War veteran under Andrew Jackson, laid out the city and founded it in 1833. It became the county seat in the same y ...

delivers a speech on full emancipation of the race at the

. ** United States Navy rear admiral George H. Cooper dies and is buried * 1892 **

Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch The Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch is a triumphal arch at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Designed by John Hemenway Duncan and built from 1889 to 1892, the arch commemorates American Civil War veterans. The monument is mad ...

dedicated to the memory of the veterans and the casualties from the

of which the people and resources of Brooklyn, played a large part. ** Renaissance Apartments, at Hancock Street and Nostrand Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community constructed. ''See also:'' ** Construction starts on the Grand Prospect Hall,

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. A four-story building in the

French Renaissance The French Renaissance was the cultural and artistic movement in France between the 15th and early 17th centuries. The period is associated with the pan-European Renaissance, a word first used by the French historian Jules Michelet to define ...

style of

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

. ''See also:'' and was listed on the

in 1999. ** The parish house was built at the New Utrecht Reformed Church. ** David A. Boody is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1892 to 1893. * 1893 ** Andrews Methodist Church (later United Methodist) built. **

Burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...

and

motion pictures A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

star of the 20th Century,

Mae West Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and playwright whose career spanned more than seven decades. Recognized as a prominent sex symbol of her time, she was known ...

is born in Brooklyn, an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter and

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whose entertainment career spanned seven decades. ** Andrews Methodist Church (later United Methodist), a one-story, asymmetrical orange brick church with massive

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and a three-story, square

. ** Baptist Temple is designed in the

style of

and features a large

and three corner towers. ''See also:'' ** Category 3

hurricane A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depending on its ...

destroys buildings in Coney Island and Brighton Beach. * 1894 ** Towns of

Flatbush Flatbush is a neighborhood in the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood consists of several subsections in central Brooklyn and is generally bounded by Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Prospect Park to the nort ...

, and New Utrecht become part of the City of Brooklyn. ** Eastern District High School opens. ** Baptist Temple building completed. ** 83rd Precinct Police Station and Stable for the Brooklyn City Police was built in the

style. ''See also:'' ** Charles A. Schieren is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1894 to 1895. * 1895 ** The

Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...

founded in a building of , planned to be the largest art museum in the world. ** Brooklyn trolley strike disrupts commerce; National Guard keeps order. * 1896 **

established, separate from the

New York Public Library The New York Public Library (NYPL) is a public library system in New York City. With nearly 53 million items and 92 locations, the New York Public Library is the second-largest public library in the United States behind the Library of Congress a ...

system. ** Brooklyn's expansion of its population and commercial/residential and industrial development had reached its natural municipal boundaries at the Kings County line with almost all of the available territory being " urbanized". ** Lefferts Manor established, later becomes a national historic district in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush. ** Frederick W. Wurster is elected and later becomes the last Mayor of Brooklyn. His office is replaced by the Brooklyn Borough President and the Brooklyn City Hall becomes the

. * 1898 – (1 January) City of Brooklyn becomes one of five

(

The Bronx The Bronx ( ) is the northernmost of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It shares a land border with Westchester County, New York, West ...

Queens Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the ...

Staten Island Staten Island ( ) is the southernmost of the boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County and situated at the southernmost point of New York (state), New York. The borough is separated from the ad ...

), of the new reorganized

City of Greater New York The City of Greater New York was the Merger (politics), consolidation of the New York City, City of New York with Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island, which took effect on January 1, 1898. New York had already annexed the Bronx ...

, with a new municipal charter after a long controversy, debate and campaign through the 1890s. Consolidation was opposed by the city's main daily newspaper, the ''

'' * 1899 ** Grace Methodist Episcopal Church built, (later becomes Bay Ridge United Methodist Church). ** Christ English Evangelical Lutheran Church built in Romanesque Revival architectural style on Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Later becomes Rugged Cross Baptist Church and placed on the

by the U.S. Department of the Interior. ** 1920s and early 1930s

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

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and liquor smuggler against

Prohibition Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic b ...

of the 18th Amendment,

Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone ( ; ; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American organized crime, gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-foun ...

is born in

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. ** Prospect Park South begins construction, exclusively for large and expensive houses. ** Saitta House, a two-and-a-half-story, one-family, Queen Anne style of architecture of English-type timbered and stucco dwelling construction on 84th Street, between 11th and 12th Streets, in Dyker Heights, completed ca. 1899 by architect John J. Petit and builder P.J. la Note for Simone and Beatrice Saitta (pronounced: sigh-eat-a). **

is born in Brooklyn to Italian immigrants and was an American

who attained fame during the

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. **

Walter Berndt Walter Berndt (November 22, 1899, – August 15, 1979) was an American cartoonist known for his comic strip ''Smitty (comic strip), Smitty'', which he drew for 50 years. Biography Bernt's job as an office boy at the ''New York Journal'' , wh ...

(November 22, 1899

was a cartoonist known for his long-run

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, '' Smitty'', which he drew for 50 years. * 1900 - Population: 1,166,582.

20th century

1900s

* 1901 **

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founded. ** Brighton Derby inaugurated. **

Adelaide Hall Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death. Early in her career, she was a major figure in the Harlem Ren ...

(1901–1993) – Jazz singer, songwriter, actress is born in Brooklyn and becomes a major figure in the

Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s. At the ti ...

of African-American artistic performances. * 1902 – Ditmas Park Historic District, a national

in the Ditmas Park area and consists of 172 contributing, largely residential buildings built beginning in 1902 to 1914. ''See also:'' and was listed on the

in 1983. * 1903 ** Williamsburg Bridge opens, second major span across

between

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and Borough of Brooklyn, constructed of revolutionary steel I-beams assemblage. ** The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is founded. ** 1903 to 1911 Dreamland contained primarily

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s and an ambitious

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that was located at

Coney Island Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to ...

, Brooklyn. ** ''Luna Park'' is the name of two

s in

. The first Luna Park existed from 1903 to 1944 on the north side of Surf Avenue. A second Luna Park was opened on the former site of the nearby Astroland amusement park on the south side of Surf Avenue, on May 29, 2010.Hall of Fame / Inventor Profile: Theophilus Van Kannel
,

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, USA. * 1905 ** Construction starts on the Boathouse on the Lullwater of the Lake in Prospect Park, which was built in 1905–1907 to a classical design of Helmle, Hudswell and Huberty, protégés of New York architectural firm of

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. ** Senator Street Historic District – consisting of 40 contributing residential buildings (including two garages) built between 1906 and 1912. Later added in 2002 to

, maintained by

of U.S. Department of the Interior. ''See also:'' ** The parsonage was built at the New Utrecht Reformed Church. ** Population: 1,358,686. * 1907- The first live singing performance over radio, when

Eugenia Farrar Eugenia Farrar (1875 – May 17, 1966), whose full name was Ada Eugenia Hildegard von Boos Farrar, was a mezzo-soprano singer and philanthropist. She was born in Sweden and lived most of her life in New York City. In the fall of 1907 she gave wh ...

sang " I Love You Truly" and " Just Awearyin' for You" over Dr.

Lee de Forest #REDIRECT Lee de Forest {{redirect category shell, {{R from move{{R from other capitalisation ...

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/arc radiotelephone located atop the Parker Building, which was received by the USS ''Dolphins wireless operator, Oliver A. Wyckoff, while docked at Brooklyn Navy Yard. * 1908 – The

moved to its present location
Brooklyn Academy of Music
* 1909 ** Construction is complete on the Manhattan Bridge, third major

span and a gateway into Brooklyn from Canal Street in lower

. ** Shaari Zedek Synagogue was built in 1909–1910, a two-story rectangular brick building with cast stone trim. ''See also:'' and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1910s

* 1910 **

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) is a botanical garden in the Borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn in New York City. The botanical garden occupies in central Brooklyn, close to Mount Prospect Park, Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Prospect Park, ...

founded. ** Population: 1,634.351. * 1912 – Brooklyn Music School founded and owns and operates a four-story building located at 126 St. Felix St. that contains twenty-four classrooms, three dance studios, and a 266-seat Spanish Style theatre. * 1913 –

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stadium opens. * 1914 – Church of St. Francis of Assisi built. * 1915 ** Launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Sunk on Sunday, December 7, 1941, in the

Pearl Harbor attack The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. At the ti ...

. **

Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse The Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse, also known as 184 Kent Avenue and Austin Nichols House, is a historic warehouse building on the East River between North 3rd and North 4th Streets in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New ...

, designed by Cass Gilbert, using reinforced concrete on a huge scale. an
''Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 2006–2007''
/ref> It is now a listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently used as an apartment building. ** Eli Wallach, actor, was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, at 156 Union St.. * 1916 ** Jackie Gleason, an American actor, born in Brooklyn. ** Brooklyn Trust Company built a gigantic building inspired by ancient Roman and Italian Renaissance architecture at 177 Montague Street. The building was landmarked in 1996. The interior is also landmarked. It was listed on the

in 2009. ** Congregational Church of the Evangel, a historic Congregational church in Flatbush, Brooklyn & was built in 1916–1917 and is an asymmetrically massed Late Gothic Revival style building. ** Storehouse No. 2, U.S. Navy Fleet Supply Base was a United States Navy Fleet supply base that was built during World War I. ** Construction starts on the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Greenpoint, with designs by Louis Allmendiger and a plan is based on a Greek cross and is designed in the Russian version of the Byzantine style. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 1980. ** Margaret Sanger#Birth control movement, Birth control clinic opens. * 1917 ** 28th President Woodrow Wilson asks in April United States Congress, U.S. Congress to declare war on German Empire and later Austria-Hungary of Central Powers alliance, entering America into World War I. Industries, commerce and people of New York and Brooklyn enter into war mobilization until Armistice, November 11, 1918. ** The New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line (currently the ) opens, after being rebuilt from a steam railroad to a rapid transit line. ** Red Auerbach born. coach of basketball teams including the Boston Celtics. * 1918 ** Brooklyn Army Terminal is a large complex of warehouses, offices, piers, Dock (maritime), docks, crane (machine), cranes, rail sidings and cargo loading equipment on between 58th and 63rd Streets in waterfront Sunset Park. It is now leased and managed by the New York City Economic Development Corporation as a center for dozens of light manufacturing, warehousing and back-office businesses. ** New York Congregational Home for the Aged opens in Brooklyn, constructed in three stages; the center section and east pavilion in 1918, west pavilion in 1921, and a west wing in 1927. ''See also:'' New York Congregational Home for the Aged was listed on the

in 2008. ** Carlton Avenue YMCA opens.

1920s

* 1920 – Temple Beth El of Borough Park, now known as "Young Israel Beth El" of Borough Park, Brooklyn, Borough Park, is a historic synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn and was built between 1920 and 1923. ''See also:'' * 1921 ** Magen David Synagogue (Brooklyn), Magen David Synagogue, a Sephardic Jewish synagogue in Brooklyn. ** Zander Hollander is born in Brooklyn, United Press International journalist and in the mid-1960s by becoming what ''Sports Illustrated'' called "the unofficial king of sports paperbacks" — particularly a once wildly popular series of * 1922 - Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn Tech opens. * 1924 ** Ocean Parkway Jewish Center, built between 1924 and 1926 and is a stone clad Classical Revival, Neoclassical style building. ** Buddy Hackett [born "Leonard Hacker"]; (August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003): American comedian and actor in film, motion pictures, television and live acts and theatre, was born in

, New York City, the son of a Jewish upholsterer. He grew up on 54th Street and 14th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, Borough Park.Hackett, Buddy. ''I've Got A Secret'', October 3, 1966. * 1925 ** Park Slope Jewish Center – known from 1942 to 1960 as Congregation B'nai Jacob – Tifereth Israel, is a Conservative synagogue in South Slope, Brooklyn, South Slope, a 2 1⁄2-story brick building with Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanseque Revival and Baroque architecture, Baroque style elements. ** Young Israel of Flatbush, a historic synagogue in the Midwood, Brooklyn, Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn that was built between 1925 and 1929 and is a three-story Moorish architecture, Moorish-inspired style building. ''See also:'' * 1926 ** Born in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn is actor, director and producer and live stage performances comedian Mel Brooks, who occasionally starred in his own produced features. – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter. ** East Midwood Jewish Center, a Conservative Judaism, Conservative synagogue located at 1625 Ocean Avenue, Midwood, Brooklyn, Midwood section of Brooklyn, construction started in 1926 and was finished in 1929 in the Neo-Renaissance, Renaissance revival style of architecture. * 1927 ** Coney Island Cyclone, a historic wooden roller coaster, that opened on June 26, 1927, in the

section of Brooklyn facing the Atlantic Ocean resort beaches at a cost of $175,000. ** Jerry Stiller comedian and actor (born June 8, 1927) in Brooklyn. ** Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush opens. It features Byzantine architecture, Byzantine and

decorative elements and is a landmark in the

area. ''See also:'' & is located in Flatbush, Brooklyn. * 1928 ** Congregation Beth Israel (Brooklyn, New York), Congregation Beth Israel, a two-story, rectangular buff brick building with

and Classical Revival architecture, Classical Revival of Greek Revival architecture, Greco–Roman architecture, Roman style elements. ** Jewish Center of Kings Highway, a historic synagogue in

. ** Bill Benulis was an People of the United States, American comic book artist in the 1950s, born in Brooklyn. ** Kol Israel Synagogue, a historic synagogue in the Crown Heights community of Brooklyn. ** Parkway Theatre opens, ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 2010. * 1929 – Williamsburgh Savings Bank, Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower was built. At the time of construction, it was the tallest office building in Brooklyn, at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues.

1930s

* 1933 ** Born in Brooklyn is television talk-show host and interviewer Larry King – ** IND Culver Line () opens to Church Avenue (IND Culver Line), Church Avenue; extended to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway), Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue along former BMT Culver Line in 1955 ** The Manhattanville Resolutions advocates for desegregation and the civil rights of African Americans. * 1935 ** Sandy Koufax – baseball player is born in (Borough Park, Brooklyn, Borough Park), Brooklyn. A left-handed

, he played his entire

(MLB) career for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. Youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. ** Woody Allen – Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician whose career spans over 50 years is born in Brooklyn ** United States Post Office (Kensington, Brooklyn), historic brick post office building in the Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival style. For much of its history it was painted white. National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York, NRHP. ''See also:'' ** Prospect Park Zoo opened. * 1936 ** United States Post Office (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn), United States Post Office, a two-story, flat roofed red brick building with a one-story rear wing in the Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival style. ''See also:'' ** United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), United States Post Office, opened as Station "A", historic post office building at Williamsburg in Brooklyn, in the Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival style. National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York, NRHP ''See also:'' ** United States Post Office (Flatbush, Brooklyn) a historic post office building, a symmetrical, two-story, red brick building with a gable roof and a large one-story rear wing. ''See also:'' ** Louis Gossett Jr.Born: May 27, 1936, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and a lifetime fan of the History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Dodgers ** The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences merges with the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Louis Gossett Jr LF

* 1938 ** John Corigliano, a famous composer who won an Academy Award, Pulitzer Prize for Music & Grammy Award was born in Midwood, Brooklyn ** Elliott Gould an American actor born in Brooklyn. * 1939 ** The original Kosciuszko Bridge opens. ** Parachute Jump, an amusement ride built for the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1941 it moved to

, New York, and operated as part of Steeplechase Park until the 1960s. National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York, NRHP.

1940s

* Richie Havens born in Brooklyn, January 21, 1941, singer. * 1941–1945, At its peak, during World War II, the

employed 70,000 people, 24 hours a day. ** December 7, 1941, the Attack on Pearl Harbor brings the United States into World War II the next day. ** 1942 *** Born in Brooklyn is Tony Sirico, actor who played Paulie Gualtieri, Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri a fictional character on the HBO TV series ''The Sopranos''. *** Lou Reed born in Brooklyn, rock musician & songwriter. *** Joy Behar is an American comedian, writer, actress was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn ** 1944 – Elevated railways removed from the Brooklyn Bridge * 1947 ** Arlo Guthrie, born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, singer. ** Larry David (born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, July 2, 1947), comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. * 1949 ** Lyle Alzado, born in Brooklyn, professional American football player. He played 15 seasons, splitting his time between the Denver Broncos, the Cleveland Browns, and finally the Los Angeles Raiders, with whom he won a championship in Super Bowl XVIII. ** Jackie Robinson House was a Brooklyn home of baseball great Jackie Robinson from 1947 when he was earned Rookie of the Year with the Brooklyn Dodgers through 1949 when he was voted Most Valuable Player. It was declared a

in 1976. and

1950s

* 1950 – Streetcar service discontinued on

and other bridges. * 1951 – Tony Danza born April 21, 1951, Comedic actor in television. * 1953 – Academy Award winner Ken Burns born. (born July 29, 1953) * 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, (born April 29, 1954, in Brooklyn)), American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer and famous for Seinfeld. * 1955 – ''Brooklyn Eagle'' daily newspaper in the borough since 1841, ceases publication after 114 years following labor strike. * 1956 – 1956 Bush Terminal explosion, Sunset Park * 1957 ** Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher, resident Soviet Union, Soviet spy, is arrested. ** Steve Buscemi, actor and director born. ** New York Aquarium relocates from Castle Garden in Battery Park,

to Coney Island. ** Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team and franchise in the National League (baseball), National League of major league baseball departs for Los Angeles along with similar move by New York Giants (NL), New York Giants to San Francisco. ** Andrew Dice Clay (born "Andrew Clay Silverstein") controversial American comedian and motion picture actor * 1959 - Vincent D'Onofrio born on June 30. Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Actor, director, film producer, writer, and singer.

1960s

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* 1961 ** Actor, comedian, and writer Charlie Murphy (actor), Charlie Murphy is born in Brooklyn. Charlie is also known for his work with his younger brother Eddie Murphy. ** Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in operation. ** Eddie Murphy is born in Brooklyn. A comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician. He was a regular cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1980 to 1984 and has worked as a stand-up comedian. * 1963 ** The revised (1963) New York City Charter creates Community boards of New York City, community boards within each borough. ** Mark Breland (born 1963) – actor and boxing, boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion and won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Olympics. * 1964 - Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens November 21, providing a gateway to suburban-style living for thousands of Italian-American Brooklynites. * 1965 ** Brooklyn Heights Historic District was named a

in January 1965, designated a New York City Landmark in November 1965, and added to the

in October 1966. and ** Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn), Saint Ann's School, considered one of New York's most prestigious private schools, and well known for its lack of formal grading, is founded in Brooklyn Heights * 1966 ** Closing of the

. ** The New Utrecht Reformed Church received landmark status. ''See also:'' ** Flatbush Town Hall was designated a New York City Landmark. * 1967 –

was declared a National Historic Landmark. The house is estimated to have been built in 1652, it is the oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America, and was one of the first structures built by Europeans on

. * 1969 ** Shirley Chisholm becomes U.S. representative for New York's 12th congressional district. ** Darren Aronofsky an American film director, screenwriter and film producer was born in Brooklyn, the son of public school teachers. He grew up in the borough's Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach neighborhood and graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School.

1970s

* 1970 – John Rankin House (Brooklyn, New York) – one of the finest Greek Revival houses in the city was designated a New York City landmark. * 1971 – ''The French Connection (film), The French Connection'' is filmed in Brooklyn and is an American Drama film, dramatic thriller film about crime, detectives, and the increasing worldwide nature of drug smuggling. * 1972 ** The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York), founded in 1972, A.R.T./New York serves nearly 400 not-for-profit theatres throughout New York City. Its South Oxford Space in the Cultural District houses twenty-one performing arts organizations. ** Flatbush Town Hall was listed on the

. ** "Bang on a Can" founded as a twelve-hour music festival, later much expanded. * 1973 – State Street Houses were designated New York City landmarks, built between 1847 and 1874 in the

neighborhood. * 1974 ** "Quarters A" (commander's house) at the old

was declared a

. and ** Fulton Ferry District consists of 15 contributing buildings built between 1830 and 1895 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district was the site of the terminus of the Fulton Ferry (ferry), Fulton Ferry. Today the area holds many popular attractions such as Pier One of Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Grimaldi's pizza. ** Jimmy Fallon was born on September 19, 1974, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Bay Ridge. Television host, performer and producer, hosting a later night-time variety show. Fallon was best known as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' – Host of Weekend Update from 1998 to 2004 and was host of ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' from 2009 to 2014. * 1975 - The movie Dog Day Afternoon, set and filmed in Brooklyn starring Al Pacino, is released. * 1976 ** Cobble Hill Historic District and consists of 796 contributing, largely residential buildings built between the 1830s and 1920s. It includes fine examples of Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival, Italianate architecture, Italianate, and Queen Anne Style architecture, Queen Anne style Terraced housing, row houses and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ** Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead was declared a National Historic Landmark. Historians estimate that the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead was constructed before 1766. During the

, it housed Hessian soldiers, two of whom, Captain Toepfer of the Ditfourth regiment and Lieut. M. Bach of the Hessen-Hanau Artillerie, scratched their names and units into windowpanes. ** New York Transit Museum opens on July 4 in the old Court Street terminus for the IND Fulton Street Line. * 1977 ** ''Saturday Night Fever'', a musical film, starring John Travolta, in his break-out major role, is filmed in Brooklyn. Famous also for using the disco music soundtrack by The Beegees. ** 23rd Regiment Armory was designated a New York City landmark. ** Horror film The Sentinel (1977 film), The Sentinet, filmed in Brooklyn Heights, is released January 7. * 1978 – John Rankin House (Brooklyn, New York) – one of the finest Greek Revival houses in the city was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

1980s

* 1980 ** Park Slope Historic District was listed on the

. and consists of 1,802 contributing buildings built between 1862 and about 1920. The 33 block district is almost exclusively residential and located adjacent to Prospect Park. ** 23rd Regiment Armory was listed on the

for its historic and distinct architecture. ** United American Muslim Association headquartered in Brooklyn. ** State Street Houses, 23 Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival and Italianate architecture, Italianate rowhouses built between 1847 and 1874 and located at 291–299 (odd) and 290–324 (even) State Street between Smith and Hoyt Streets in the

neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. * 1982 ** Motion picture ''Sophie's Choice (film), Sophie's Choice'' is filmed in Brooklyn ** Astral Apartments, historic apartment building in Brooklyn & built in 1885–1886 as affordable housing for employees of Charles Pratt's Astral Oil Works was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 * 1983 ** Astral Apartments (1885–1886) are designated a List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn, City Landmark. ** Brooklyn Army Terminal (built in 1918 for World War I) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing includes 11 contributing buildings on an area of . an
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** Carroll Gardens Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Placesc and consists of 134 contributing residential Terraced house, rowhouses built between the 1860s and 1880s. They are two and three-story brownstone buildings in Greek Revival architecture, neo-Grec and Italianate architecture, late Italianate styles featuring uniform setbacks, even cornice lines and stoop levels, and fenced front yards and landscaped gardens. ''See also:'' ** Cypress Avenue West Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes 440 contributing buildings built between 1888 and 1906. They consist mainly of brick two and three-story row houses with one apartment per floor and three-story tenements with two apartments per floor. ** Boerum Hill Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and consists of 238 contributing residential Terraced house, rowhouses and a few commercial buildings built between 1845 and 1890. Most are three bay, three-story brick buildings with projecting stoops in a Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival or Italianate architecture, Italianate style. ** Ditmas Park Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and consists of 172 contributing, largely residential buildings built between 1902 and 1914. It includes fine examples of Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman architecture, Bungalow/Craftsman, and Queen Anne Style architecture, Queen Anne style single family homes. Also in the district is one church, the brick Neo-Georgian architecture, Neo-Georgian style architecture of Flatbush Congregational Church (1910). ** Fort Greene Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, built between 1840 and 1890. Most are faced in sandstone and exhibit characteristics of the Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival, Italianate architecture, Italianate, Second Empire architecture, Second Empire, and Neo-Greco styles. It includes a 33-acre park designed by landscape architect

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in 1868. ** Greenpoint Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, consisting of 363 contributing commercial and residential buildings built between 1850 and 1900, including both substantial and modest Terraced house, row houses, numerous walk-up apartment buildings, as well as a variety of commercial buildings including the former Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory, six churches, and two banks. ** Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District was listed on the

in 1983. and consists of 16 contributing buildings built between 1891 and 1928. The largest and oldest building (Building 1 and 2) dates to 1891 and is located at the corner of Washington and Park avenues. It is a five-story,

style building. Much of the complex has been converted to loft apartments. * 1984 ** ''Once Upon a Time in America'' is a 1984 Italian epic film, epic crime film, crime drama film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. It chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime. ''Once Upon a Time in America'' was filmed in Brooklyn. ** Weir Greenhouse, is a historic greenhouse located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1880 and significantly rebuilt and enlarged in 1895. * 1985 ** Clinton Hill Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is made up of 1,063 contributing, largely residential buildings. ** Long Island Historical Society, founded by Henry Pierrepont, (1808–1888) and others in 1863, under a charter from the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, changes its name from LIHS to the

. Located at 128 Pierrepoint Street near Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, New York, Brooklyn Heights, in a historic mansion designed by architect

in 1878–1881. * 1986 ** "No Sleep till Brooklyn" is a song by Beastie Boys as well as the sixth single on their debut studio album ''Licensed to Ill'' is recorded and released the following year. ** Clinton Hill South Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and consists of 246 contributing, largely residential buildings built between the 1850s and 1922. It includes fine examples of Greek Revival architecture, Neo-Grec style Terraced housing, row houses. ** Neil Simon film ''Brighton Beach Memoirs (film), Brighton Beach Memoirs'' is filmed in Brooklyn * 1987 – The movie Radio Days is filmed in Brooklyn and is directed by Woody Allen and is a movie that takes a look back on an American family's life during the Golden Age of Radio using both music and memories to tell the story. * 1988 – 651 ARTS was founded and is committed to developing, producing, and presenting performing arts and cultural programming grounded in the African Diaspora, with a primary focus on contemporary performing arts. 651 ARTS serves the cultural life of New York City, with a particular focus on Brooklyn, one of America's most culturally diverse communities. * 1989 - The movie Do the Right Thing, focused on racial tensions set in Bedford-Stuyvesant, was released. The movie has been named one of the best films of all time and is enshrined in the Library of Congress.

1990s

* 1990 – ''Goodfellas'' is filmed in Brooklyn – a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and was nominated for six Academy Awards. * 1992 – Lefferts Manor Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ''See also:'' * 1993 – The Boathouse on the Lullwater of the Lake in Prospect Park was seen in Scorsese's movie: ''The Age of Innocence (1993 film), The Age of Innocence'' (1993). * 1995 – Baptist Temple (Brooklyn, New York) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1893–1894 in the

style and rebuilt after a fire in 1917–1918. * 1998 ** The parish house and the cemetery received landmark status at the New Utrecht Reformed Church. ** The Carey Playhouse is converted to the four-screen Brooklyn Academy of Music Rose Cinemas, home to BAMcinématek, featuring repertory, independent, and foreign films. ** Brooklyn Academy of Music – BAMcafé Live begins programming free weekend music in the Lepercq Space ** Old First Reformed Church (Brooklyn, New York) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

21st century

2000s

* 2000 – DUMBO Industrial District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes the earliest large-scale reinforced concrete factory buildings in America. ''See also:'' * 2001 – Brooklyn Cyclones – The team's new park, which was then called KeySpan Park, was completed in time for the 2001 season. Brooklyn had been without professional baseball since 1958. * 2002 ** A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Governor George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2002 that created Brooklyn Bridge Park. ** The movie Deuces Wild is filmed in Brooklyn & is set in 1958 and Martin Scorsese was the executive producer. ** Senator Street Historic District buildings built between 1906 and 1912. They are all three-story brownstone rowhouses in the Renaissance Revival architecture, Neo-Renaissance style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. * 2003 ** Gun court of law established. ** Williamsburg Houses were designated a New York City Landmark. * 2004 ** Renovation of the 80 Arts – James E. Davis Arts Building, completed in Summer 2004, becoming the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District's first completed project. ** Steiner Studios Opens at the site of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The 310,000-square-foot facility is the largest and most sophisticated studio complex outside of Hollywood, offering five soundstages and state-of-the-art film and television production facilities.
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2010s

* 2010 ** Population: 2,504,700. ** Steiner Studios, the largest US film and television production studio complex outside of Hollywood, started an expansion project within the

. ** Young Israel of Flatbush was listed on the

. ** May 29, A second Luna Park opened on the former site of the Astroland amusement park. in

. Luna Park includes 19 attractions designed and manufactured by Antonio Zamperla, SpA (Zamperla). Luna Park also operates the historic Coney Island Cyclone, Cyclone Roller Coaster. * 2011 ** In October, it was announced that Douglaston Development, which built the Edge, the adjoining property just to the north of Northside Piers, would build a 40-story rental tower on a site within the Northside Pier complex with construction scheduled to bring in March 2012. ** The Brooklyn Flea opened the Williamsburg location. **

celebrates ''¡Sí Cuba!'', a citywide festival of Cuban culture, with the BAM presentations of Creole Choir and Ballet Nacional de Cuba. * 2012 ** The Brooklyn Flea opened the Dumbo, Brooklyn, DUMBO location at the historic Brooklyn Bridge Park#Tobacco Warehouse and Empire Stores, Tobacco Warehouse. ** In March 2012, Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled five new sound stages (a total of ) at Steiner Studios. The new sound stages all feature two or three wall cycloramas. ** On February 2, 2012, the Weir Greenhouse was purchased by the neighboring

, which plans to preserve the greenhouse and restore elements which have decayed in recent years. ** In December 2012, the city approved 50,000 square feet of new creative, cultural, and community space at the "South Site" located at Flatbush Avenue and Lafayette Street. ** In October, the $637 million Barclays Center, where the Brooklyn Nets play, opened. * 2013 ** Saxophone player Fred Ho performed his final performance at the

(BAM) on October 11–12, 2013. In 2009, he received the Harvard Arts Medal. **

's historic B&B Carousell is open to the public after a five-year restoration. * 2014 ** In May, the

is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ** In June, the new Thunderbolt (Luna Park, Coney Island), Thunderbolt roller coaster at

opens. * 2015 ** In January the movie Brooklyn (film), Brooklyn, filmed in part in Coney Island. ** Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016 headquartered in Brooklyn. ** The landmarks commission designated a 16-block area bounded by Gates Avenue, Fulton Street, Bedford Avenue and Tompkins Avenue as the Bedford Historic District. The 800 largely intact residential buildings represent various styles. * 2017 ** The first of two replacement spans for the Kosciuszko Bridge open.

2020s

* 2022 - January 1: Antonio Reynoso becomes the 20th List of borough presidents of New York City#List of Brooklyn borough presidents, Brooklyn Borough President.

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