We’re Proud To Be Located in Brooklyn

At Brooklyn Periodontics & Implantology

The Office of Michael E. Abrams, D.D.S.

 Did You Know These Facts About Our Borough?

• Brooklyn, or King’s County, is the most populous county in New York State, with close to 2.6 million people (2010 census).

• Brooklyn became part of New York City in 1898.

• The portion of Brooklyn’s employed population that works in Brooklyn is 44%.

• Brooklyn is home to many Russians and Ukrainians, who are concentrated in Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay and other communities, such as Mill Basin and Bergin Beach.

• Brooklyn’s colors are blue and gold.

• The Brooklyn Museum, opened in 1897, is the nation's second-largest public art museum.

• The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) includes a 2,109-seat opera house, a 874-seat theater, and the art house BAM Rose Cinemas.

• Coney Island developed as a playground for the rich in the early 1900s and grew into one of America’s first amusement parks.

• Eighteen subway lines provide service to Brooklyn.

• Brooklyn Technical High School is the largest specialized high school for mathematics, science, technology and engineering in the United States.

• SUNY Downstate Medical Center, originally founded as Long Island College Hospital in 1860, is the oldest hospital-based medical school in the United States.

• Brooklyn’s Public Library has 58 branches, and there’s a library within a half-mile of every Brooklyn resident.

• The Queen Mary 2, the world’s largest ocean liner, was designed specifically to fit under the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Brooklyn with Staten Island. It is the largest suspension bridge in the United States. The ship regularly leaves from its Red Hook Terminal on its trans-Atlantic trip to Southampton, England.

• Prospect Park, a 585-acre park in central Brooklyn designed by Central Park’s Olmstead and Vaux, contains Brooklyn’s only lake. Brooklyn Botanic Gardens are 52 acres adjacent to Prospect Park.

• In 1955, the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees to win Brooklyn’s only World Series. The team moved to Los Angeles two years later, upsetting many Brooklynites ever since. Professional baseball returned to the borough in 2001 with the Brooklyn Cyclones, a minor league team affiliated with the New York Mets.