Brooklyn was built here because it is a beautiful place!
The Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River and was built to connect the City of New York with the City of Brooklyn. Since the bridge was opened, Brooklyn has become one of the five Boros of New York City.
in 1789
It was not. The Brooklyn Bridge was built about 20 years after the Civil War.
John Roebling.
Brooklyn bridge built in 1883
From Brooklyn to Manhattan Island.
Before the Brooklyn Bridge was built, people could only cross the East River from Manhattan to Brooklyn and back by boat.
It took 600 people and 14 years to build the Brooklyn Bridge.
Before the Brooklyn Bridge, they used ferry boats and other forms of water transportation to move between New York City (Manhattan Island) and the City of Brooklyn.
The first industrial pasta factory in America was built in Brooklyn in 1848.
Nothing it wasn't built until over a 100 years later.
It's The Post-war growth and prosperity.