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Brooklyn - Flatbush Boundary Line

THE BRASS LINE IN THE WALK SHOWS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE OLD CITY OF BROOKLYN AND THE TOWNSHIP OF FLATBUSH   BROOKLYN (BREUCKELEN) FIRST SETTLED 1636 FLATBUSH 1621.   BROOKLYN INCORPORATED A CITY...

THE BRASS LINE IN THE WALK SHOWS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE OLD CITY OF BROOKLYN AND THE TOWNSHIP OF FLATBUSH
 
BROOKLYN (BREUCKELEN) FIRST SETTLED 1636
FLATBUSH 1621.
 
BROOKLYN INCORPORATED A CITY APRIL 8 1834 CONSOLIDATED WITH FLATBUSH APRIL 28 1894
 
FIVE BOROUGHS CONSOLIDATED AS GREATER NEW YORK JANUARY 1 1898
 
THIS TABLET AND BRASS LINE ARE THE GIFT OF MEMBERS THE BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN 1934

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