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Brooklyn City
Brooklyn is one of the five neighborhoods of New York City, and it is located in the southeastern side of New York City in the United States. It has an area of 184 square kilometers, and a population of 250,400,000 people, according to the 2010 census.
Skyscrapers in Brooklyn
Brooklyn has among its lands many high-rise towers that date back to the late nineteenth century, where Brooklyn owns the famous Brooklyn Bridge which was built in 1883 AD, and it also has several modern high-rise buildings, including:
- 333 Shermerhorn Street: The tallest skyscraper in Brooklyn with a height of 185.928 m, and it has 52 floors, and contains 754 huge apartments with three medium elevators and four elevators, and construction was completed in 2020.
- Ava Dupro: The second tallest skyscraper in Brooklyn with a height of 181.6608 meters, and has 58 floors, and construction was completed in 2015.
- 388 Bridge Street: The third tallest skyscraper in Brooklyn with a height of 179,832 meters, and has 51 floors, and its construction was completed in 2014.
Educational and cultural facilities in Brooklyn
Brooklyn contains many educational institutions, including the Pratt Institute, New York City University, New York State University and Long Island University. It also contains many different churches. Brooklyn also has many recreational and cultural institutions, including the Coney Island Theme Park and the Brooklyn Museum.
Characters from Brooklyn
Brooklyn was a source of arts, singing, acting and politics, giving birth to a number of poets including the poet Walt Whitman, writer Bernard Malamud and politician Shirley Chisholm, singer Barbara Streisand and singer Richie Havens, from which musician George Gershwin, lyricist Ira Gershwin, director of films Woody Allen and Booker Arthur .
