The Great Mistake, The Story of the Creation of New York City

(Pedestrians crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, 1905) With Brooklyns status as the newest Hippest Place on Earth, comes some nostalgic feelings about the Great Mistake, the consolidation of New York City. On that fateful day, January 1, 1898, Brooklyn, the city, disappeared, and Brooklyn, the outer borough, was born. (As were the Bronx, Queens and Stat

(Pedestrians crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, 1905)

With Brooklyn’s status as the newest “Hippest Place on Earth”, comes some nostalgic feelings about the “Great Mistake”, the consolidation of New York City. On that fateful day, January 1, 1898, Brooklyn, the city, disappeared, and Brooklyn, the “outer borough”, was born. (As were the Bronx, Queens and Stat…

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