Brooklyn Borough Hall

Brooklyn Borough Hall is a building in , New York City. It was designed by architects Calvin Pollard and Gamaliel King in the Greek Revival style, and constructed of Tuckahoe marble under the supervision of superintendent Stephen Haynes.
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  • Type: Town hall
  • Description: city hall
  • Also known as: Brooklyn City Hall
  • Address: 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Borough Hall/Court Street station and New York Transit Museum.

Metro station
Photo: Pacific Coast Highway, Public domain.
The is an underground New York City Subway station complex in shared by the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and the IRT Eastern Parkway Line.

Museum
The is a that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region. is situated 830 feet south of Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Public building
The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Municipal Building, also the , is a civic building at 210 Joralemon Street in the neighborhood of , built in 1924.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights.

is in . In addition to the downtown area proper, it includes Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and the Navy Yard.

Neighborhood
is a residential neighborhood within the borough of . The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the on the north, on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway or the on the west.

Neighborhood
The is a municipal and national historic district located in the neighborhood of , . The national district consists of 796 contributing, largely residential buildings built between the 1830s and 1920s.

Brooklyn Borough Hall

Latitude
40.69277° or 40° 41′ 34″ north
Longitude
-73.99031° or 73° 59′ 25″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Height
135 feet (41 metres)
Open location code
87G8M2V5+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 241846064
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­townhall
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6343463
Wiki­data ID
Q929403
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Brooklyn Borough Hall” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Brooklyn Borough Hall
  • Chinese: 布魯克林區政廳
  • Dutch: Brooklyn Borough Hall
  • Finnish: Brooklyn Borough Hall
  • French: Brooklyn Borough Hall
  • German: Brooklyn Borough Hall
  • Japanese: ブルックリン・ボロー・ホール
  • Japanese: ブルックリン区庁舎
  • Japanese: ブルックリン区役所
  • Russian: Ратуша боро Бруклин
  • Spanish: Brooklyn Borough Hall

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Nearby Places

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