... nation's important military facilities. When it was closed in 1966, it was taken over by the City of New York and reopened as an industrial park. Today, the Brooklyn navy yard is a booming industrial complex spread along the 300 acre waterfront. It is home to more than 200 businesses of ... Building. This building is a block long encompassed with red brick and terra-cotta trim. Its front entrance is marked with "majestic rounded towers-. Prospect Park is a notable scenic landmark of Brooklyn. It was designed by architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Vaux and Olmsted are also n...

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... • 59th to 110th Street contains the Upper West Side and Upper East Side, respectively. Between the two lies the green oasis of Central Park. • 110th to 145th Street lies the village of Harlem • 145th to 220th Street has no special designation, but does contain the ... the area. Immigrants still come to the Bronx, but today they are Russian and Hispanic. General areas in the Bronx • Van Cortlandt Park • Pelham Bay Park • South Bronx Today, Brooklyn is a borough of many neighborhoods, each with its own strong ethnic flavor. It's very rare to ... Brooklyn at some point in their l...

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