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A Currier and Ives chromolithograph print of Brooklyn in 1879. Now a borough of New York City, Brooklyn was named after Breukelen in the Netherlands as part of New Netherland and existed as an independent city until 1898, when it consolidated with Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island to form the modern New York City.Restoration: Lise Broer