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Downtown Brooklyn

Downtown Brooklyn in 2009. — Downtown Brooklyn in 2009. Screenshot: Gizmodo

Brooklyn has seen spillover from Manhattan for years. As such, the Brooklyn skyline is becoming more and more dramatic and the addition of The Brooklyn Tower at 9 Dekalb Avenue is helping cement Brooklyn as an infamous U.S. skyline. Here is Downtown Brooklyn in July 2022:

Screenshot: Gizmodo

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