Brooklyn Brooklyn (73 square miles) lies south-southeast, on the tip of Long Island. More people live in this borough than any other; over 2,000,000. Some of them occupy wealthy Brooklyn Heights, but many more live in the cookie-box apartment buildings or housing projects. Worst yet are the slums, full of abandoned or burned out buildings with residents to match. On the other hand, Brooklyn offers the Coney Island amusement park. |  |