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n. - A borough of New York City.

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  • Brooklyn, New York -- Late actor Heath Ledger's Brooklyn bar, Five Leaves, is set to open to the public on Wednesday, Us Weekly reported.
  • Brooklyn --- Dion E. Hardin, 22, of Brooklyn, was shot to death early today as he was leaving a nightclub, Illinois State Police reported.
  • Brooklyn: -- I have been accustomed to the City of New York, and have been accustomed to the estimate which the people of New York make of the people of Brooklyn.
  • Brooklyn Since he took the position in June of 2008 as the Brooklyn town marshal, Terry Carlyle said he has "more than 1,500 hours of work" for which he has not...
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