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A
Currier and Ives
chromolithograph
print of
Brooklyn in 1879
. Now a
borough
of
New York City
, Brooklyn was named after
Breukelen
in the
Netherlands
as part of
New Netherland
and existed as an independent city until 1898, when it consolidated with
Manhattan
,
The Bronx
,
Queens
, and
Staten Island
to form the modern New York City.
Restoration:
Lise Broer
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