Brooklyn

Article summary

Brooklyn, coextensive with Kings County, is the most populous of the five boroughs and counties of New York City. Located at the westernmost end of Long Island and formerly an independent city, Brooklyn shares a land border with the borough and county of Queens. It has several bridge and tunnel connections to the borough of Manhattan, across the East River, including the architecturally significant Brooklyn Bridge, and is connected to Staten Island by the Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge. The borough, as Kings County, at , is the second most densely populated county, and New York City borough, in the U.S. after Manhattan (New York County), and the most populous county in the state, as of 2022. In the 2020 United States census, the borough had a population of 2,736,074. Had Brooklyn remained an independent city on Long Island, it would now be the fourth most populous American city after the rest of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. With a land area of and a water area of , Kings County, one of the twelve original counties established under British rule in 1683 in the then-province of New York, is the state of New York's fourth-smallest county by land area and third smallest by total area. Brooklyn, named after the Dutch town of Breukelen, was founded by the Dutch in the 17th century and grew into a busy port city on New York Harbor by the 19th century.…

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1683 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1646 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of establishment: 1890 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of establishment: 1801 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. date of establishment: 1946 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. date of formation: 1851 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. date of foundation: 1898 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. date of foundation: 1816 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
9. date of foundation: 1869 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
10. date of foundation: 1838 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
11. date of foundation: 1970 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
12. date of foundation: 1860 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
13. date of foundation: 1901 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
14. date of foundation: 1887 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
15. date of foundation: 1854 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
16. date of foundation: 1859 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
17. date of foundation: 1946 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
18. employees: 20 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
19. population: 410,000 people — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
20. publication date: 1856 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
21. students: 4700 students — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
22. students: 2,400 students — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1683". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1646". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1890". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of establishment is "1801". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the date of establishment is "1946". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the date of formation is "1851". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the date of foundation is "1898". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. The record states that the date of foundation is "1816". What evidence would count against this claim?
10. The record states that the date of foundation is "1869". What evidence would count against this claim?
11. The record states that the date of foundation is "1838". What evidence would count against this claim?
12. The record states that the date of foundation is "1970". What evidence would count against this claim?
13. The record states that the date of foundation is "1860". What evidence would count against this claim?
14. The record states that the date of foundation is "1901". What evidence would count against this claim?
15. The record states that the date of foundation is "1887". What evidence would count against this claim?
16. The record states that the date of foundation is "1854". What evidence would count against this claim?
17. The record states that the date of foundation is "1859". What evidence would count against this claim?
18. The record states that the date of foundation is "1946". What evidence would count against this claim?
19. The record states that the employees is "20 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
20. The record states that the population is "410,000 people". What evidence would count against this claim?
21. The record states that the publication date is "1856". What evidence would count against this claim?
22. The record states that the students is "4700 students". What evidence would count against this claim?
23. The record states that the students is "2,400 students". What evidence would count against this claim?
24. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
25. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378366685