Brooklyn Borough, New York Genealogy

United States &gt; New York &gt; Borough of Brooklyn

History

 * 1898, (now Borough of Brooklyn) consolidation along with Richmond (now Borough of Staten Island), Bronx (now Borough of The Bronx), Queens and New York (now Borough of Manhattan) formed the greater New York City with the consolidated government as the officially named "The City of New York".

Neighborhoods
Many locations used to be separate cities, towns, villages, hamlets before the consolidation of 1898.

Neighboring Counties
New York (Manhattan) | Queens | Richmond (Staten Island) | Hudson County, New Jersey

Neighborhoods
Admiral's Row · Barren Island · Bath Beach · Bay Ridge · Bedford · Bedford-Stuyvesant · Bensonhurst · Bergen Beach · BoCoCa · Boerum Hill · Borough Park · Brighton Beach · Brooklyn Heights · Brownsville · Bushwick · Cadman Plaza · Canarsie · Carroll Gardens · City Line · Clinton Hill · Cobble Hill · Coney Island · Crown Heights · Cypress Hills · Ditmas Park · Downtown · DUMBO · Dyker Heights · East Flatbush · East New York · East Williamsburg · Farragut · Fiske Terrace · Flatbush · Flatlands · Fort Greene · Fort Hamilton · Fulton Ferry · Georgetown · Gerritsen Beach · Gowanus · Gravesend · Greenpoint · Greenwood Heights · Homecrest · Kensington · Little Poland · Manhattan Beach · Marine Park · Midwood · Mill Basin · Navy Yard · New Lots · New Utrecht · Ocean Hill · Ocean Parkway · Park Slope · Pigtown · Prospect Heights · Prospect-Lefferts Gardens · Prospect Park South · RAMBO · Red Hook · Seagate · Sheepshead Bay · South Brooklyn · Starrett City · Stuyvesant Heights · Sunset Park · Vinegar Hill · Weeksville · White Sands · Williamsburg · Wingate · Windsor Terrace

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org catalog for Kings County
 * FamilySearch.org catalog for Brooklyn
 * FamilySearch.org catalog for New York City
 * The Brooklyn NYGenWeb Project, an member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.