Brooklyn, New York.

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Brooklyn, New York

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Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn
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New York Fun Facts
Bet you didn’t know that…
* In 1898 Brooklyn was incorporated to New York City. Brooklyn was the only borough that had doubts about joining NYC, and had several conditions that had to be met, if Brooklyn was to become a willing part of NYC.
* New York City has 722 miles ofsubway tracks…and counting.
* The first American pizzeria opened way back in 1895 and was owned by New Yorker Gennaro Lombardi.
* You like toilet paper? Yup it was invented in New York City by Joseph Gayetty in 1857.
* New York was the first state in the country to make it mandatory that all cars drive with license plates.
* Drink up! The first American brewery was founded by PeterMinuit in lower Manhattan. However Minuit was born in Germany. But still…
* Nearly half – 38% – of all Brooklyn residents were born in a foreign country.
* No Main Street in Manhattan? That is a fact…but you can walk down Main Street in The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn.
* Manhattan is the most densely populated county in the United States. The runner up is Brooklyn.
*The Bronx is the only New York borough connected to the mainland.
* There are over 215 types of bird species in Central Park.


New York Fun Facts
Bet you didn’t know that…
* In 1898 Brooklyn was incorporated to New York City. Brooklyn was the only borough that had doubts about joining NYC, and had several conditions that had to be met, if Brooklyn was to become a willing part of NYC.* New York City has 722 miles of subway tracks…and counting.
* The first American pizzeria opened way back in 1895 and was owned by New Yorker Gennaro Lombardi.
* You like toilet paper? Yup it was invented in New York City by Joseph Gayetty in 1857.
* New York was the first state in the country to make it mandatory that all cars drive with license plates.
* Drink up! Thefirst American brewery was founded by Peter Minuit in lower Manhattan. However Minuit was born in Germany. But still…
* Nearly half – 38% – of all Brooklyn residents were born in a foreign country.
* No Main Street in Manhattan? That is a fact…but you can walk down Main Street in The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn.
* Manhattan is the most densely populated county in the UnitedStates. The runner up is Brooklyn.
* The Bronx is the only New York borough connected to the mainland.
* There are over 215 types of bird species in Central Park.



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totes visit us, we’ll be waiting ;)
Brooklyn, New York 55555

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F 555-555-5555
E www.brooklyn_slays@yomamma.com
www.Brooklyn.com

Yaliris Enid Aviles Vazquez
Sra. Irizarry
English Class 12

Yaliris Enid Aviles Vazquez
Sra. Irizarry
English Class 12

“I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridgethan the man who sold it” – Will Rogers
“I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it” – Will Rogers

Brooklyn Bridge
It’s one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. Since its opening, it has become an icon of New York City, and was designateda National Historic Landmark in 1964 and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1972. The first person to jump from the bridge was Robert Emmet Odlum, on May 19, 1885. In 2003, truck driver Iyman Faris was sentenced to about 20 years in prison for providing material support to Al-Qaeda, after an earlier plot to destroy the bridge by cutting through its support wires with blowtorches...