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Greenpoint Hospital. Coordinates: 40°42′58″N 73°56′23″W. Greenpoint Hospital [1] (300 Skillman Avenue) was a hospital located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It opened in 1914 and closed in 1982. [2] As of 2016 final disposition of the hospital site's ten buildings were still pending. [2]
Brooklyn Commons Park (formerly MetroTech Commons) is the 3.5-acre (14,000 m 2) privately owned public space at the heart of the Brooklyn Commons complex. [9] [10] It hosts events including concerts, health fairs, chess tournaments and holiday celebrations. Theater performances, an ice-skating rink, and children's activities are also offered at ...
Broadway. Broadway is an avenue in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that extends from the East River in the neighborhood of Williamsburg in a southeasterly direction to East New York for a length of 4.32 miles (6.95 km). It was named for the Broadway in Manhattan. The East New York terminus is a complicated intersection with East New York ...
Barclays Center ( / ˈbɑːrkliz / BAR-kleez) [9] is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The arena is home to the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association and the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association. [10] The arena also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting and ...
Duff's Brooklyn is a heavy metal bar located at 168 Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. Duff's initially opened as "Bellevue Bar" in the Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan in 1999, before moving to Brooklyn in 2004 with a name change to Duff's Brooklyn.The original Brooklyn location was at 28 North 3rd Street, where the bar resided ...
Brooklyn Center is a first-ring suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. In 1911, the area became a village formed from parts of Brooklyn Township and Crystal Lake Township. [7] In 1966, Brooklyn Center became a charter city. [8] The city has commercial and industrial development.
Downtown Brooklyn. Bridge Plaza/RAMBO. DUMBO. Fulton Ferry. Fort Greene. Prospect Heights. Pacific Park /Atlantic Yards. Vinegar Hill. South Brooklyn – takes its name from the geographical position of the original town of Brooklyn, which today includes the neighborhoods listed above under the heading "northwestern Brooklyn."
Government and politics in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Borough Hall. Each of New York City's five counties (coterminous with each borough) has its own criminal court system and District Attorney, the chief public prosecutor who is directly elected by popular vote. Charles J. Hynes, a Democrat, was the District Attorney of Kings County from 1990 to 2013.