Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Brooklyn had a population of 649. Located two miles north of East St. Louis, Illinois and three miles northeast of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, it is the oldest majority-Black incorporated town in the United States, founded by freed and fugitive slaves and incorporated in 1873.- Village with about 650 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 410 feet (130 metres)
- Description: village in Illinois, United States
- Also known as“Brooklyn, IL”“Brooklyn, Illinois”“Lovejoy”“Lovejoy, IL”“Lovejoy, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Discover The Dome at America’s Center and McKinley Bridge.
The Dome at America’s Center
The Dome at America's Center is a multi-purpose…
2 miles southwest of Brooklyn
McKinley Bridge
The McKinley Bridge is a steel truss bridge across the Mississippi River.
Gateway Arch
The Gateway City of St. Louis is the epitome of the…
2½ miles southwest of Brooklyn
Places in the Area
Nearby places include National City and Venice.
National City
Hamlet
National City was a suburb of East St. Louis, Illinois.
Venice
Village
Venice is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States.
Near North Riverfront
Neighborhood
Near North Riverfront is a neighborhood of St.
Brooklyn
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Latitude
38.65718° or 38° 39′ 26″ north
Longitude
-90.16706° or 90° 10′ 1″ west
Open location code
86CFMR4M+V5
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Brooklyn” goes by many names.
بروكلينArabic
BrooklynBasque
BrooklynCatalan
BrooklynCebuano
布魯克林Chinese
布魯克林 (伊利諾伊州)Chinese
BrooklynDutch
برۊکلینGilaki
برۊکلین (ايلينؤی)Gilaki
BrooklynHaitian
Brooklyn, IlinwaHaitian
BrooklynItalian
BrooklynLadin
بروکلینMazanderani
بروکلین (ایلینوی)Mazanderani
BrooklynMin Nan Chinese
ब्रूकलीन (इलियोनोई)Newari
ब्रूकलीन, इलिनोइNewari
BrooklynNorwegian
Brooklyn (Illinois)Norwegian Bokmål
BrooklynPolish
БруклинRussian
БруклинSerbian
BrooklynSerbo-Croatian
Brooklyn, IllinoisSerbo-Croatian
BrooklynSwedish
Brooklyn, IllinoisSwedish
БруклінUkrainian
بروکلینUrdu
بروکلین، الینوائےUrdu
BrooklynVietnamese
Brooklyn, IllinoisVietnamese
BrooklynVolapük
BrooklynWelsh
Brooklyn, IllinoisWelsh
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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