I was never too familiar with the history of Brooklyn, much less the greater of New York, but the Wikipedia postings revealed a goldmine of information about such a small chunk of land. One of the things I found interesting was after the Canarsee Indians sold the land to the Dutch, it was renamed Breukelen and so far that name has stuck. Also the major rezoning of Brooklyn after World War II allowing it to continually evolve in it’s own right was interesting to read about, and in many ways Brooklyn still operates and maintains an identity apart from New York.