Brooklyn Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
borough of New York City, New York, United States
About Brooklyn
The borough of Brooklyn is coterminous with Kings County—the counterpart ofQueensCounty to the north—but hardly anyone calls it that except in occasional official correspondence. Brooklyn was once a separate city independent of the City of New York. The cities merged at the end of the nineteenth century, forever after lamented by Brooklynites as "The Great Mistake of 1898." Although Brooklyn is very diverse, what makes Brooklyn so different from the other boroughs are its distinct cultural neighborhoods. Manhattan is frequently referred to as "the city" by residents of the other boroughs—for example, in the phrase "I'm going to the city." Many Brooklynites have a great deal of pride in their borough, and most New Yorkers consider Brooklynites to have an identity distinct from that of othe
Top Attractions in Brooklyn
Explore the best things to see and do in Brooklyn:
- ★Adventurer's Family Entertainment Center
- ★Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park
- ★Luna Park at Coney Island
Brooklyn Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 13 sections including: