Brooklyn Wedding

Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York's most populous borough, with nearly 2.5 million residents. As an independent city Brooklyn would rank as the fourth most populous in the United States.

The borough of Brooklyn is coterminous with Kings County, which is also the most populous county in New York State.

In spite of its consolidation with New York, Brooklyn maintains a strongly distinct character of its own. Variously called the "City of Trees," "City of Homes," or the "City of Churches" in the 19th century, Brooklyn is now often styled the "Borough of Homes and Churches".

As a promotional gesture by the current borough administration, distinctive traffic signs are posted along major traffic arteries at Brooklyns border crossings. They incorporate colorful expressions associated with Brooklyn, including: "Fugheddaboudit," "Oy Vey!," and "How Sweet It Is." One sign identifies the borough as: "Home to Everyone From Everywhere!"