Brooklyn (Coffee County, Alabama)
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Location in Alabama
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Alabama | ||
| County : | Coffee County | ||
| Coordinates : | 31 ° 19 ′ N , 86 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Height : | 94 m | ||
| Area code : | +1 334 | ||
| FIPS : | 01-09640 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0114957 | ||
Brooklyn is a civil parish in Coffee County in the state of Alabama in the United States .
geography
Brooklyn is located in southern Alabama in the southern United States and about 35 kilometers north of the Florida border . It is approximately eight miles north of the Geneva State Forest and 14 miles northeast of the Conecuh National Forest .
Nearby places include Opp (4 km southwest), Kinston (8 km south), Elba (9 km northeast), Babbie (12 km west) and Sanford (20 km west). The next larger city with 205,000 inhabitants is the capital of Alabama, Montgomery, about 110 kilometers to the north .
history
The name was chosen based on the New York borough of Brooklyn .
traffic
Brooklyn lies about two miles west of Alabama State Route 189 and three miles east of US Highway 84 .
Skelly Field Airport is approximately 4 kilometers southeast , Carl Folsom Airport is 13 kilometers northeast and South Alabama Regional Airport is 20 kilometers west .