Founding Name
Breuckelen
The settlement on the East River opposite Manhattan on today’s Long Island, called by the Dutch Breukelen after a town in the Netherlands, was originally inhabited by Lenape Indians, known to the Dutch as the Canarsie. The Dutch, between 1645 and 1661, formed six towns under Dutch West India Company charters. In addition to Breukelen (Brooklyn), these were, as Anglicized, Gravesend, Flatlands, Flatbush, New Utrecht, and Bushwick.
Date
1646
Boundary
Chosen Name
Brooklyn
Full Name
Breuckelen Stad
Founding Date (text)
1646-05-21
End Date (text)
9999-12-31
Date of Establishment (text)
1646-05-21
Notes
We the Director & Council aforesaid,...do hereby authorize...
Jurisdiction Type
Stad
State
Nieuw Nederlandt
Boundary Events
| Name at the time | Change | Start Date | End Date | Boundary Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breuckelen | Town chartered | 1646-05-21 | 1662-04-23 | Brooklyn_Breuckelen_1646-05-21_1662-04-23 |
| Breuckelen | Claimed by Connecticut by royal charter. | 1662-04-23 | 1664-03-12 | Brooklyn_Breuckelen_1662-04-23_1664-03-12 |
| Breuckelen | Assigned to Yorkshire shire | 1664-03-12 | 1683-11-01 | Brooklyn_Breuckelen_1664-03-12_1683-11-01 |
| Breuckelen | Assigned to Kings County | 1683-11-01 | 1686-05-03 | Brooklyn_Breuckelen_1683-11-01_1686-05-03 |
| Brookland | Name changed from Breuckelen | 1686-05-03 | 1789-04-01 | Brooklyn_Brookland_1686-05-03_1789-04-01 |
| Brooklyn | Recognized as a town by state law. | 1789-04-01 | 1824-11-24 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1789-04-01_1824-11-24 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn gained in East River, Upper New York Bay | 1824-11-24 | 1834-04-08 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1824-11-24_1834-04-08 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn incorporated as a city. | 1834-04-08 | 1854-04-17 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1834-04-08_1854-04-17 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn gained by annexation of Bushwick and Williamsburgh | 1854-04-17 | 1886-05-13 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1854-04-17_1886-05-13 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn annexed New Lots | 1886-05-13 | 1894-04-25 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1886-05-13_1894-04-25 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn annexed Flatbush | 1894-04-25 | 1894-05-03 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1894-04-25_1894-05-03 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn annexed Gravesend & New Utrecht | 1894-05-03 | 1896-01-01 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1894-05-03_1896-01-01 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn annexed town of Flatlands | 1896-01-01 | 1898-01-01 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1896-01-01_1898-01-01 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn annexed to New York City | 1898-01-01 | 1915-04-28 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1898-01-01_1915-04-28 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn gained from Queens | 1915-04-28 | 1917-05-08 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1915-04-28_1917-05-08 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn gained from Queens | 1917-05-08 | 1925-04-11 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1917-05-08_1925-04-11 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn exchanged with Queens | 1925-04-11 | 1931-04-03 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1925-04-11_1931-04-03 |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn exchanged with Queens | 1931-04-03 | 9999-12-31 | Brooklyn_Brooklyn_1931-04-03_9999-12-31 |
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Citation
History of Long Island, Vol. 1, Ross, Chap. XXXII p. 383
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