Brooklyn (Ohio)

Cuyahoga County

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Brooklyn is a city in Cuyahoga County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It borders immediately southwest of Cleveland, is 4.3 square miles (11.1 km ²) in size and had (2010) 11,169 inhabitants, of which 84.3 % White.

The city is located about 9.1 kilometers southwest of the city center of Cleveland, and extends in an east-west direction approximately between the 65th and 117th Street. Contrast, the area from the south like a wedge protrudes to Cleveland. While located in the south Parma, bordering on the three other sides of Cleveland.

Today's Brooklyn is the most southwestern corner of the same township, which in turn goes back to the time of land surveying within the former Connecticut Western Reserve in the early 19th century. This area stretched from present-day Brooklyn out to the north to Lake Erie, to the east down to the Cuyahoga River, and the north-eastern corner was exactly opposite of today's downtown Cleveland. By incorporations especially after Cleveland shrank this area until the early 20th century to its present size.

The building is divided into three parts. While in the east and in the middle of extensive residential areas of the (lower) are middle class, extend the southern suburbs along Interstate 480 commercial areas with specialty markets and logistics companies. At the northwestern edge again lie along the railroad numerous industries, especially in the field of metal processing. Further note are companies from the printing industry ( The Plain Dealer and American Greetings ). Of great importance to the quality of life in the city is the great Memorial Park in the city center and the nature reserve around the Big Creek, which drains the urban area to the east.

Just east of the city of the same name lies Clevelander Brooklyn, called for better differentiation and Old Brooklyn. This is known for its music scene and the many eateries along Memphis Avenue. The Brooklyn High School marks a milestone in the career of Elvis Presley, who was here on October 20, 1955 his first concert in the northern United States. It was the first concert of Elvis, of which there are movies. Elvis was not yet a headliner of the concert, but occurred after Bill Haley & His Comets, The Four Lads and Pat Boone.

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• BROOKLYN. In: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University, June 8, 2003, accessed on 13 May 2013.