Brooklyn Born Trivia Quiz

Answer: Prospect Park

Prospect Park is a park ground located in the north central area of Brooklyn. It was completed and opened to residents in 1873. The Brooklyn Museum which features mainly art exhibits sits at the northern end of the park. Prospect Park also has its own little zoo. Residents and visitors can rent boats to use on the lake at Prospect Park as well. Prospect Park also offers a beach area reserved exclusively for dogs.

Answer: Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in Brooklyn located in the southern portion of the borough. It is situated between Kings Highway in the north, Shore Parkway in the south, Ocean Parkway in the west and Stuart Street in the east. Sheepshead Bay is the name of the waterway adjacent to the neighborhood that leads out into the Atlantic Ocean.

Sheepshead Bay has several piers for private and public water vessels to dock at. The name for both the bay and the neighborhood come from a species of fish named the sheepshead (Archosargus probatocephalus).

Answer: Williamsburg

Williamsburg is a neighborhood located in northern Brooklyn. It is bounded by Kent Avenue in the west, Flushing Avenue in the south, Woodpoint Road in the east and Nassau Avenue in the north. The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge that links Williamsburg, Brooklyn with Manhattan.

The bridge was opened to traffic on December 19, 1903. The neighborhood and the bridge were both named after Colonel Jonathan Williams (1751-1815), a man who worked with Army Corps of Engineers and helped survey the land that now comprises Williamsburg.

Answer: Flatbush Avenue

Flatbush is both the name of a neighborhood and a major street in Brooklyn. The neighborhood of Flatbush is situated between Coney Island Avenue in the west, Parkside Avenue in the north, Rogers Avenue in the east and and Avenue I in the south. Flatbush Avenue originates at the Manhattan Bridge on the northern end of Brooklyn and ends at the Marine Parkway Bridge on the southern end of Brooklyn.

It passes through the neighborhood of Flatbush and it passes by King's Plaza, one of Brooklyn's major malls located in the neighborhood of Flatlands.

Answer: Coney Island

Coney Island is not actually an island, but a peninsula located at the southern end of Brooklyn. The Coney Island neighborhood is bounded by the Belt Parkway in the North, Ocean Parkway in the east, the Atlantic coast in the south and West 37th Street in the west. Coney Island is famous for the Astroland amusement park, which features the iconic Cyclone roller coaster.

The New York Aquarium and the Original Nathan's hot dog stand are also found in Coney Island. Coney Island's name is derived from the Dutch name for it which was "Conyne Eylandt", which means "Rabbit Island".

Answer: Cadman Plaza

Cadman Plaza is a park area located on the northwestern end of the borough. It is also the name of two streets that run adjacent to the park designated Cadman Plaza West and Cadman Plaza East. Brooklyn's Borough Hall can be found a few blocks beyond the southern end of Cadman Plaza West.

The Brooklyn Bridge is at the northern end of Cadman Plaza. Cadman Plaza is home to the Brooklyn War Memorial and several of Brooklyn's courthouses can also be found in the area. Cadman Plaza is considered to be part of both the neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights and Downtown Brooklyn.

Answer: Dumbo

DUMBO is a small neighborhood in the northwestern part of Brooklyn. The name DUMBO is an acronym that means "Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass". It is situated on land located between the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge, stretching out to Bridge Street in the east.

The East River sits at its northern boundary while the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway serves as its southern boundary. Dumbo, of course, was the name of a cartoon elephant from Disney with giant ears who could fly. Aside from their names, Dumbo the elephant and DUMBO, Brooklyn have no relation to one another.

Answer: Fort Hamilton

Fort Hamilton is a military base that is located in the southwestern portion of Brooklyn near the neighborhood of Bay Ridge. The base was completed in 1831. It stand guards over the Narrows, a strait between Brooklyn and Staten Island that links New York Harbor to the Atlantic Ocean.

The fort is located near the Brooklyn entrance to the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge which connects Brooklyn to Staten Island. On the Staten Island side of the bridge (opposite side of the Narrows) stands Fort Wadsworth, which was built in 1663.

Answer: Bensonhurst

Bensonhurst is a Brooklyn neighborhood located in the southwestern portion of the borough. It is arranged in roughly a diamond shape ranging from 14th Avenue down to Bay Parkway from NW to SE and 86th Street and 65th Street from SW to NE and includes territory inside the triangle made by Bay Parkway, 65th Street and Avenue P. Bensonhurst has a large Italian, Chinese and Jewish demographic.

It was named after a New York politician named Egbert Benson (1746-1833).

Answer: Gravesend

Gravesend is a Brooklyn neighborhood that is also located in the southwestern portion of the borough. It is bordered by Bensonhurst in the north, Sheepshead Bay in the east, Coney Island in the south and the neighborhood of Bath Beach in the west. Gravesend is home to a large rail yard operated by the the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York City, where you can see dozens of stored subway cars as you pass over it via the Belt Parkway. L&B Spumoni Gardens, a famous Brooklyn pizzeria can also be found in Gravesend.