Brooklyn | |
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| Coordinates: 41°18′22″S 174°45′47″E / 41.30611°S 174.76306°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Wellington City |
| Local authority | Wellington City Council |
| Electoral ward |
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| Established | 1888 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 398 ha (983 acres) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,860 |
| Postcode(s) | 6021 |
| Aro Valley | Mount Cook | |
| Karori |
  Brooklyn  |
Vogeltown |
| Ōwhiro Bay | Mornington, Kingston |
Brooklyn is a suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, under the governance of Wellington City Council. It lies 3 km south of Wellington's central business district on the eastern slopes of the hills above Happy Valley.[3] It is located to the south of Aro Valley and Highbury, west of Mount Cook, north of Vogeltown, Mornington and Ōwhiro Bay and east of Kowhai Park, Panorama Heights, Mitcheltown and Karori.
It was named after the district of Brooklyn, New York which in turn was named after the village of Breukelen, Utrecht, the Netherlands.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand Gazetteer: Brooklyn". Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ Reed, A. W.; Dowling, Peter (2010). Place names of New Zealand (Revised ed.). Auckland: Penguin. p. 59. ISBN 9780143204107.