Brooklyn, New South Wales

Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New South Wales
State :  Australia State : New South Wales
Coordinates : 33 ° 33 '  S , 151 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 33 ° 33 '  S , 151 ° 13'  E Area : 2.2  km²
Residents : 722 (2016) Population density : 328 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC +10) Postal code : 2083 LGA : Hornsby Shire
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a small suburb of around 700 people in northern Sydney in New South Wales ( Australia ). Brooklyn is located 32 miles north of downtown in the Hornsby Shire Administrative Area (LGA) . It is the northernmost suburb of the metropolis of Sydney.

Brooklyn extends along a narrow strip of coast on the south side of the Hawkesbury River . In the south, the Ku-ring-gai-Chase National Park connects directly to the place.

Peat's Ferry Bridge over the Hawkesbury River

The area was long known as Peat's Ferry Crossing after Georg Peat, a European settler, was granted land in 1836 and set up a ferry service across the Hawkesbury River. The name Peat's Ferry Bridge , the bridge of the Pacific Highway across the river, is a reminder of this time. The railroad reached the area in 1877. The name Brooklyn was first mentioned in January 1884, when Peter and William Fagan registered a 30-acre piece of land under that name. The name is derived from the Dutch town of Breukelen . The railway bridge over the Hawkesbury River was completed in 1889.

Web links

Commons : Brooklyn, New South Wales  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Brooklyn (L) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
2. ↑ Brooklyn. The Sydney Morning Herald , February 8, 2004, accessed December 28, 2010 . 
3. ^ History of Hornsby Shire. (No longer available online.) Hornsby Shire Library, archived from the original on January 23, 2012 ; accessed on December 28, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.