Brooklyn

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1. What year was Brooklyn incorporated into NYC? 1895 1897 1898 1896

2. What famous family was involved in the building of the Brooklyn Bridge? The Washingtons The Roeblings The Irvings The Schermerhorns

3. What neighborhood saw rioting after a West Indian child was struck and killed by a Chasidic driver, following the Rebbe's motorcade in 1991? Borough Park Crown Heights Williamsburg Brighton Beach

4. Where is the Brooklyn Public Library's Central Branch Library? Borough Hall Grand Army Plaza Sheepshead Bay Bay Ridge

5. How many suspension bridges span the East River to Brooklyn? 7 2 3 5

6. What island is Brooklyn located on? Utrecht Island Kings Island Long Island The Isle of Brooklyn

7. What is the name of the historic African American neighborhood located in what is now Bedford Stuyvesant? Bed-Stuy Brooklyn Heights Stuyvesant Town Weeksville

8. What neighborhood contains a thriving Latin American community, as well as Brooklyn's largest Chinatown? Fort Greene Sheepshead Bay Dyker Heights Sunset Park

9. What two green spaces dominate the center of Brooklyn? Prospect Park and Van Cortland Park Shore Road Park and Prospect Park Prospect Park and Greenwood Cemetery Van Cortland Park and Greenwood Cemetery

10. Although we Brooklynites lost our beloved Dodgers in the 1950s, we now have a minor league team that draws huge crowds of loyal fans. What is the name of this team? Answer: (Roller Coaster)