Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel Manhattan and Staten Island, and the X27, X28, X37, and X38 between Manhattan and Brooklyn. A vehicular tunnel under the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn was proposed by the New York Board of Trade and Transportation in 1925, in response to growing truck traffic congestion in Lower Manhattan. The tunnel would have been located between the Manhattan Bridge and the Brooklyn Bridge. A tunnel that specifically connected the Battery in Manhattan with Red Hook in Brooklyn, passing underneath the East River and Governors Island south of both the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, was first proposed by Brooklyn Borough president
Brooklyn, New South Wales Brooklyn, New South Wales Brooklyn is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire with the population of 722 as of the . Despite sharing the name, this small New South Wales town has no relation to the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Brooklyn provides convenient access for north shore residents and day trippers to the beautiful Hawkesbury River and Pittwater waterways for boating, swimming and fishing, and to Kur-ring-gai Chase and Muogamarra national parks for bush walking and scenic views. The town provides a surprising range of