CITIES OF THE WORLD - Brooklyn

Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of NY CS5 boroughs. It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Queens, at the southwestern end of Long Island. Brooklyn has a land area of 71 square miles, or 180 kilometers. Its water area is about 26 square miles or 67 square kilometers. The official motto of Brooklyn is displayed on its seal and flag. Its motto says Indrik Makmat, which means unity makes strength in early modern Dutch. The borough remains home to many diverse communities. These range from Russian enclaves in Brighton Beach and Polish residents in Greenpoint. The arty punks of Bushwick and the bugaboo pushing moms of Windsor Terrace are also part of their multicultural communities. Brooklyn is also where you'll find the world renowned Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the second largest public art collection in the United States and the Brooklyn Museum opened way back in 1897. Brooklyn is NYC second largest public Art Museum. Its permanent collection has more than 1.5 million objects that include ancient Egyptian masterpieces as well as contemporary arts. Brooklyn also opened the world's first museum dedicated to children in December 1899. Called the Brooklyn Children's Museum. It has a permanent collection of over 30,000 cultural objects and Natural History specimens. Also part of the top popular attractions in the city is a Brooklyn Academy of Music, or BAM. It has a 2109 seat Opera House and 874 seat theater and the art house BAM Rouge Cinemas. On the other side of Downtown Brooklyn in the Dumbo Arts District is where you'll find Barge Music and Saint Anne's Warehouse. There's also the Brooklyn Technical High School, which has the second largest auditorium in NYC with its remarkable seating capacity of over 3000.