Brooklyn
City in United States: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Brooklyn is a city in United States, in New York. About 2.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of United States in our atlas.
It lies at 40.65° N, 73.95° W, about 15 m (49 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/New_York time zone.
Location
Red dot: Brooklyn. Green dots: other major cities of United States. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Brooklyn has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 26°C (79°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -1°C (29°F). Around 1,313 mm (52 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in United StatesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- New York City · 9 km
- Queens · 10 km
- Manhattan · 15 km
- The Bronx · 23 km
- Philadelphia · 128 km
- Washington · 325 km
- Chicago · 1,161 km
- Jacksonville · 1,316 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 5110302 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q18419 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
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- Bedstuybrownstone1: Newyork10r at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- American International Building3: Clément Bardot, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Prospect Park lake: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 20 Exchange Place Tower 111: ButtonwoodTree at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- The Brooklyn Tower 010: Kidfly182, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 55 Water Street and north wing: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1 New York Plaza (24280p): Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Manhattan bridge and One Manhattan Square: ThibautRe, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 484 14th St museum jeh: Jim.henderson, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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