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Brooklyn | |
|---|---|
Neighborhood | |
 Location in Portland | |
| Coordinates: 45°29′38″N 122°39′10″W / 45.49401°N 122.65280°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| City | Portland |
| Government | |
| • Association | Brooklyn Action Corps |
| • Coalition | Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.90 sq mi (2.34 km2) |
| Population (2000)[1] | |
• Total | 3,542 |
| • Density | 3,900/sq mi (1,500/km2) |
| Housing | |
| • No. of households | 1672 |
| • Occupancy rate | 95% occupied |
| • Owner-occupied | 611 households (37%) |
| • Renting | 1061 households (63%) |
| • Avg. household size | 2.12 persons |
Brooklyn is a mostly residential neighborhood in southeast Portland, Oregon. It sits along the east side of the Willamette River in the vicinity of Reed College. Founded as a neighborhood in the late 1860s, the neighborhood today is a middle-class area comprising mainly single family homes, interspersed with remaining industrial sites along the river and a large railyard. This railyard was home to Southern Pacific 4449 as well as several other large antique steam and diesel-electric locomotives.