Editing Brooklyn, Ohio

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Brooklyn, Ohio
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_blank_emblem = Logo of Brooklyn, Ohio.png
| blank_emblem_type  = Logo
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = BrooklynWelcomeSign.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Welcome sign at Biddulph Avenue & Tiedeman Road
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = Brooklynohioseal.png

<!-- Maps -->| image_map          = Cuyahoga County Ohio incorporated and unincorporated areas Brooklyn highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 260px
| map_caption        = Location in [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga County]] and the state of [[Ohio]].

<!-- Location -->| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Ohio]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Ohio|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio|Cuyahoga]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Ron Van Kirk (R)<ref>{{cite web | title=2024 Elected Officials | url=https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/docs/default-source/boe/candidates-page/master-elected-officials-list.xls?sfvrsn=b324beb0_2 | ref={{sfnref | Anon.}} | access-date=2024-08-01}}</ref>
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=September 20, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 11.09
| area_land_km2      = 11.01
| area_water_km2     = 0.08
| area_total_sq_mi   = 4.28
| area_land_sq_mi    = 4.25
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.03

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 11359
| population_density_km2 = 1031.65
| population_density_sq_mi = 2672.08
| pop_est_as_of      = 2023
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="2023 est">{{cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Ohio: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2023/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2023-POP-39.xlsx |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=5 June 2024}}</ref>
| population_est     = 11022

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 764
| coordinates        = {{coord|41|26|7|N|81|44|40|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 44144
| area_code          = [[Area code 216|216]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 39-09246<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 1056727<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1056727}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.brooklynohio.gov/}}
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Brooklyn''' is a city in [[Cuyahoga County, Ohio]], United States. The population was 11,359 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. A suburb of [[Cleveland]], it is a part of the [[Greater Cleveland|Cleveland metropolitan area]].

==History==
{{more citations needed section|date=January 2023}}
Brooklyn was home to the first seat belt law in 1966 and the first [[Restrictions on cell phone use by US drivers|cell phone law]] for motorists in 1999.

The [[Hugo Boss]] Plant was closed for three months in 2009 and was going to ship the jobs overseas to [[Turkey]]; however, the union and the City of Brooklyn were able to reach a compromise and a three-year contract reopening the plant shortly after.<ref>Robert Schoenberger, The Plain Dealer
(2009-01-29) Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer (2010-07-20)</ref>

===Brooklyn High School concert===
Brooklyn High School gained attention on October 20, 1955, when [[Elvis Presley]] performed in its auditorium. It was the first ever concert Presley performed in the northern United States. It is also believed to be the first filmed concert in his career. It would be nearly a year before he appeared on [[The Ed Sullivan Show]] for the first time. Presley was not the headliner at the concert organized by Cleveland DJ Bill Randle. The other, more popular performers were [[Bill Haley & His Comets]], [[The Four Lads]] and [[Pat Boone]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Boone |first1=Pat |title=Headliner Pat Boone recalls 1955 Brooklyn High School rock concert with Elvis.... who? |url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/g66l-2019/02/6c984b606a5172/headliner-pat-boone-recalls-1955-brooklyn-high-school-rock-concert-with-elvis-who.html |agency=The Plain Dealer |publisher=cleveland.com |date=11 February 2019}}</ref>

On October 20, 2005, some of the acts returned to participate in an anniversary event for this visit. Among the acts were Priscilla Wright, and Bill Haley's Original Comets. The BHS Chorale also performed a song with Priscilla Wright.<ref>Scott, Jane (1998-10-28)</ref> "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum designates Brooklyn High School a national rock 'n' roll landmark; Elvis Presley performed at the school on Oct 20, 1955".

==Geography==
Brooklyn is located at {{coord|41|26|7|N|81|44|40|W|type:city}} (41.435357, -81.744457).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|4.29|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|4.25|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Expand section|small=no|date=May 2025}}

==Demographics==
86.2% spoke [[American English|English]], 2.8% [[Spanish language in the United States|Spanish]], 2.5% [[Arabic language in the United States|Arabic]], 2.0% [[Italian language in the United States|Italian]], 1.7% [[German language in the United States|German]], and 1.4% [[Greek language|Greek]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mla.org/map_data_results&state_id=39&place_id=9246&cty_id=|title=Data Center Results|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref>

{{US Census population
|1870= 648
|1930= 784
|1940= 1108
|1950= 6317
|1960= 10733
|1970= 13142
|1980= 12342
|1990= 11706
|2000= 11586
|2010= 11169
|2020= 11359
|estyear=2023
|estimate=11022
|estref=<ref name="2023 est"/>
|footnote=Sources:<ref name="GR2" /><ref name="Census1960">{{cite web|title=Number of Inhabitants: Ohio|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-1/37749282v1p37_ch02.pdf|date=1960|work=18th Census of the United States|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="Census1990">{{cite web|title=Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen1990/cph2/cph-2-37.pdf|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=22 November 2013}}</ref>
}}

===2020 Census===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Brooklyn, Ohio – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Brooklyn city, Ohio|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p004&g=160XX00US3909246&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Brooklyn city, Ohio|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3909246&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Brooklyn city, Ohio|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US3909246&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|10,493
|8,808
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,378
|90.57%
|78.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |64.95%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|192
|529
|style='background: #ffffe6; |988
|1.66%
|4.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8.70%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|12
|12
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23
|0.10%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.20%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|264
|441
|style='background: #ffffe6; |651
|2.28%
|3.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.73%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.01%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|8
|23
|style='background: #ffffe6; |58
|0.07%
|0.21%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.51%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|167
|191
|style='background: #ffffe6; |467
|1.44%
|1.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.11%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|449
|1,165
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,794
|3.88%
|10.43%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15.79%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''11,586'''
|'''11,169'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''11,359'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> of 2010, there were 11,169 people, 5,153 households, and 2,926 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2628.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 5,506 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1295.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 84.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 4.0% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 10.4% of the population.

There were 5,153 households, of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 43.2% were non-families. 37.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.85.

The median age in the city was 42.9 years. 19.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.8% were from 25 to 44; 28.2% were from 45 to 64; and 19.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 11,586 people, 5,348 households, and 3,171 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,704.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 5,521 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,288.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.66% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.69% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.10% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.28% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.63% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.62% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.88% of the population.

There were 5,348 households, out of which 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the city the population was spread out, with 18.9% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.4% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $40,661, and the median income for a family was $46,696. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $21,439.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/3909246.html|title=Population estimates, July 1, 2015, (V2015)|access-date=2 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905080149/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/39/3909246.html|archive-date=2015-09-05|url-status=dead}}</ref> About 5.2% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==

===Top employers===
According to the city's 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref name="cafr2017">[https://web.archive.org/web/20230525220342/https://www.brooklynohio.gov/DocumentCenter/View/721/2021-annual-comprehensive-financial-report-for-GFOA?bidId=]</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|[[KeyBank]]
|2,544
|-
| 2
|[[Medical Mutual of Ohio]]
|1,168
|-
| 3
|Wal-Mart Associates, Incorporated
|1,032
|-
| 4
|[[Arrow International]]
|614
|-
| 5
|[[Lowe's]]
|355
|-
| 6
|[[Menards]]
|330
|-
| 7
|Inogen
|292
|-
| 8
|Plain Dealer
|280
|-
| 9
|[[Brooklyn City School District]]
|265
|-
| 10
|Donald Martens and Sons
|247
|-
|}

==Notable people==
{{more citations needed section|date=June 2023}}
* [[David Birney]] - actor
* [[John M. Coyne]] - Mayor from 1948–2000, longest consecutive mayoral service in U.S. history
* [[Lee Fohl]], baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19651101&id=ogJPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iAEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6006,2146132|title=Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search|access-date=2 September 2016}}</ref>
* [[Jim Kavourias]] - baseball player
* [[Clint Nageotte]] - baseball player
* [[Jim Petro]] - Ohio politician
* [[Murray Salem]] - actor and screenwriter

==See also==
* [[Memphis Kiddie Park]]
* [[Brooklyn High School (Brooklyn, Ohio)|Brooklyn High School]]

{{Geographic Location
| North     = [[Linndale, Ohio|Linndale]], [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]]
| West      = [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]]
| Center    = Brooklyn
| East      = [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]]
| South     = [[Parma, Ohio|Parma]]}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Brooklyn, Ohio}}
* [http://www.brooklynohio.gov/ City website]

{{Cuyahoga County, Ohio}}

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[[Category:Cities in Ohio]]
[[Category:Cities in Cuyahoga County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1818]]
[[Category:Cleveland metropolitan area]]