Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn () is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, it borders the borough of Queens, at the western end of Long Island. Brooklyn also has several bridge connections to the boroughs of Manhattan (across the East River) and Staten Island (across the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge). Since 1896, the borough has been coterminous with Kings County, the most populous county in the U.S. state of New York and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after the county of New York (which
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street (New York City Subway) 6 trains to be lengthened to nine cars, and allowed express trains to open all doors at the station (previously the doors only opened in eight of the ten cars). Upon its completion, the Worth Street station to the north was closed due to its close proximity to the platform extensions, and, as such, the station was renamed Brooklyn Bridge–Worth Street. After Worth Street station closed, the Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall station was known as "Brooklyn Bridge–Worth Street". The name was reverted to "Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall" in 1995. Google Maps: Street View: Abandoned Stations: Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall/Chambers Street (New York City