Brooklyn Heights Promenade

Today's Brooklyn Heights is also a monument to the history of New York and the United States. Europeans first appeared here in 1645 and formed the settlement of "Breuckelen" near the site of today's Borough Hall. The word Breuckelen, meaning marsh land, is considered to come from Holland, where the settlers originated. The bluffs of Brooklyn Heights attracted Manhattan's early merchants, who built the first mansions here.

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