Brooklyn (disambiguation)

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Brooklyn, also Kings County, is a borough of New York City, New York.

Brooklyn may also refer to:

Locations

In Australia

• Brooklyn, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
• Brooklyn, New South Wales, a town north of Sydney
• Brooklyn, Tasmania a suburb of Burnie
• Brooklyn Park, South Australia
• Brooklyn Sanctuary, Queensland

In Canada

• Brooklyn, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador
• Brooklyn, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, a small village north of Yarmouth
• Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia, a village of Liverpool
• Brooklyn, Prince Edward Island, one of two settlements

In the Netherlands

• Breukelen

In New Zealand

• Brooklyn, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington

In South Africa

• Brooklyn, Pretoria, a suburb of Pretoria, Gauteng Province
• Brooklyn, Cape Town, a suburb of Cape Town, Cape Province

In the United States

• Brooklyn (Jacksonville), a neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida
• Brooklyn, California, former city annexed to Oakland
• Brooklyn, California, former name of Red Dog, California
• Brooklyn, Connecticut
• Brooklyn, a settlement that eventually became Dayton, Kentucky
• Brooklyn, Illinois, in Saint Clair County
• Brooklyn, Indiana
• Brooklyn, Iowa
• Brooklyn, Baltimore, Maryland, a neighborhood of Baltimore City
• Brooklyn Park, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County
• Brooklyn, Michigan
• Brooklyn, an early name for the settlement that eventually became Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (derived from Minneapolis)
  • Brooklyn Park, Minnesota (derived from Minneapolis)
• Brooklyn, Missouri
• Brooklyn, East Otto, New York, a hamlet in Cattaraugus County
• Brooklyn, Franklin, Delaware County, New York, a former hamlet
• Brooklyn, a former neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Brooklyn, part of Glenwood-Brooklyn Historic District in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Brooklyn, Ohio
• Old Brooklyn, Cleveland, Ohio
• Brooklyn, Portland, Oregon
• Brooklyn, West Virginia (disambiguation)
• Brooklyn, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
  • Brooklyn, Dane County, Wisconsin
  • Brooklyn, Green County, Wisconsin
  • Brooklyn, Green Lake County, Wisconsin
  • Brooklyn, Washburn County, Wisconsin

In media, arts, and entertainment

Fictional characters

• Brooklyn Masefield, a character in the anime series Beyblade
• "Brooklyn", a character on the Walt Disney animated series Gargoyles (TV series), named for the New York City borough
• Private Alvin "Brooklyn" Bloomfield, an American soldier in Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

Other

• Brooklyn (novel), a 2009 novel by Colm Tóibín
• Brooklyn (musical), a Broadway musical
• Brooklyn (2015 film), a film based on the Colm Tóibín novel
• "Wyatt Cenac: Brooklyn", a Netflix standup comedy special from Wyatt Cenac

Songs

• "Brooklyn", a track on the 2002 album The Fine Art of Self Destruction by Jesse Malin
• "Brooklyn", a track on the 1999 album Black on Both Sides by Mos Def
• "Brooklyn", a track on the 2003 album Center:Level:Roar by the Youngblood Brass Band
• "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)", a track on the 2006 album Louder Now by Taking Back Sunday
• "Brooklyn", a track on the 2011 EP Iron by Woodkid

People

First name

• Brooklyn Beckham, son of David and Victoria Beckham
• Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model

Nickname

• Mary J. Blige, singer who uses the moniker "Brook Lynn" when rapping
• Tony Danza, his nicknames have included "Brooklyn Tony Danza", "The Brooklyn Brawler", and "The Brooklyn Bomber"

Ships

• Brooklyn, which brought Mormon pioneers to San Francisco
• USS Brooklyn, various ships

In sports

• "Brooklyn", a term used in ten-pin bowling to describe a hit in the pocket opposite (left [pins 1,2] for right-handers, right [pins 1,3] for left-handers) from the one that is attempted
• Brooklyn Dodgers, a Major League Baseball team that became the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1958
• Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC), an American football team that played from 1946-1949
• Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL), an American football team that played from 1930-1944
• Brooklyn Horsemen, members of the first American Football League that merged with the Brooklyn Lions of the National Football League in 1926
• Brooklyn Lions
• Brooklyn Nets, a professional basketball team in the NBA
• Brooklyn Tigers, members of the second American Football League who moved to Rochester, New York, in 1936 and became the Rochester Tigers

Computer science

• Apache Brooklyn, software in Apache Incubator

See also

• Breukelen
• Brookland (disambiguation)
• Brooklin (disambiguation)
• Brookline (disambiguation)
• Brooklyn Avenue (disambiguation)
• Brooklyn Brewery
• Brooklyn chewing gum, manufactured by Perfetti Van Melle
• Brooklyn College
• Brooklyn Township (disambiguation)