{"id":7843,"date":"2014-11-11T20:33:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T01:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2014-11-11T20:33:32","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T01:33:32","slug":"20-interesting-facts-about-beloved-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/20-interesting-facts-about-beloved-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Interesting Facts About Beloved Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Think you know Brooklyn? Check this list\u00a0to see how much you REALLY know about your beloved borough. At the very least, you&#8217;ll be the most knowledgeable person in the room at parties!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn-based Topps company dumped 500 cases of their 1952 high series baseball cards into the ocean just off the Jersey shore in the early 60s? (current value would be well over $1 billion)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/topps.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7849 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/topps-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"topps\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/topps-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/topps.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While most people know it as simply Brooklyn, this New York borough also goes by the name Kings County and the \u201cBorough of Homes and Churches.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn was originally its own separate city. It was not until the turn of the nineteenth century that Brooklyn merged with the City of New York. Many Brooklyn residents called the move \u201cthe Great Mistake of 1898.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bay Ridge was the Brooklyn neighborhood that John Travolta whipped out his Saturday Night Fever dance moves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/1977_film_saturday_night_fever_travolta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7844 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/1977_film_saturday_night_fever_travolta-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"1977_film_saturday_night_fever_travolta\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/1977_film_saturday_night_fever_travolta-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/1977_film_saturday_night_fever_travolta-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/1977_film_saturday_night_fever_travolta-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/1977_film_saturday_night_fever_travolta.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer behind New York City\u2019s Central Park, also designed Brooklyn\u2019s Prospect Park. When asked which park he preferred, Olmsted said his Brooklyn creation was the nicer of the two.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Serving up pies since the 1940s, Grimaldi\u2019s Pizzeria is a \u201cno slices\u201d restaurant located under the Brooklyn Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/grimaldis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7845 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/grimaldis-300x97.png\" alt=\"grimaldis\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/grimaldis-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/grimaldis.png 481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn\u2019s official motto is Een Draght Mackt Maght. It is written in the old Dutch language and translates to \u201cIn Unity There is Strength\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A whopping 38 percent of current Brooklynites are foreign born.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn has roughly 700 arts and cultural institutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn has 30 miles of waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Cyclone, a hybrid roller coaster at Coney Island, has been entertaining thrill seekers for over 83 years.\u00a0 It was named a New York City landmark in 1988 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/cyclone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7846 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/cyclone-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"cyclone\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/cyclone-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/cyclone.jpg 531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some things invented in Brooklyn include the deep-fried twinkie, sweet &amp; low, teddy bears, America\u2019s first roller coaster and in 1946 the first bank credit card was used at Flatbush National Bank.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 1884, in order to prove that the Brooklyn Bridge was stable, P.T. Barnum led 21 elephants over the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first roller coaster built as an amusement ride was invented by LaMarcus Thompson at Coney Island in 1884.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In August and September of 1776, the Battle of Long Island (also called the Battle of Brooklyn) was fought in Kings County. It was the first major battle in the American Revolutionary War following the Declaration of Independence and the largest battle of the entire conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Twizzlers candy was developed by the National Licorice Company in Brooklyn in 1845.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/twizzlers-strawberry-y-s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7847 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/twizzlers-strawberry-y-s-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"twizzlers-strawberry-y-s\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/twizzlers-strawberry-y-s-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/twizzlers-strawberry-y-s-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/twizzlers-strawberry-y-s.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn has approximately 2.5 million residents, which means if it were to be separated from the rest of New York City, Brooklyn would become the 4th most populous U.S. city.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A Historic African American neighborhood located in what is now Bedford-Stuyvesant was called Weeksville. Weeksville served as a refuge for many African-Americans who fled from Manhattan during the violent Draft Riot of 1863.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/draftriotsMED.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7848 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/draftriotsMED-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"draftriotsMED\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/draftriotsMED-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/draftriotsMED-600x457.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/11\/draftriotsMED.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prospect Park makes up the largest green space in Brooklyn. This gem of a public space measures 585 acres.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Where did Brooklyn gets its name? When the Dutch settled in western Long Island they established a village near what are the present-day neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO. They called it \u201cBreukelen\u201d after the town of Breukelen in Holland. Brooklyn is the anglicized form of the Dutch word Breuckelen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think you know Brooklyn? Check this list\u00a0to see how much you REALLY know about your beloved borough. At the very least, you&#8217;ll be the most knowledgeable person in the room at parties! &nbsp; The Brooklyn-based Topps company dumped 500 cases of their 1952 high series baseball cards into the ocean just off the Jersey shore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5901,"featured_media":7844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[658,510,1161,197,31,146,511,517,512,619,515,72,51,952,509,514,516,518,1545,519,513],"tags":[2761,1802,223,1800,1801,1798,1163,1797,2774,1803,1799,1804],"class_list":["post-7843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bay-ridge","category-bed-stuy-neighborhoods-2","category-boerum-hill-neighborhoods-2","category-brooklyn-heights","category-whats-buzzin","category-brownsville-2","category-bushwick-neighborhoods-2","category-carroll-gardens-neighborhoods-2","category-clinton-hill-ft-greene-neighborhoods-2","category-coney-island","category-crown-heights-neighborhoods-2","category-dumbo","category-east-new-york","category-lists","category-neighborhoods-2","category-park-slope-neighborhoods-2","category-prospect-heights-neighborhoods-2","category-red-hook","category-sheepshead-bay","category-sunset-park-neighborhoods-2","category-williamsburg-neighborhoods-2","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-bridge","tag-brooklyn-buzz","tag-cyclone","tag-draft-riot","tag-facts","tag-grimaldis-pizza","tag-interesting","tag-prospect-park","tag-saturday-night-fever","tag-topps","tag-twizzlers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>20 Interesting Facts About Beloved Brooklyn - Brooklyn News and Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/20-interesting-facts-about-beloved-brooklyn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"20 Interesting Facts About Beloved Brooklyn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Think you know Brooklyn? 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