Brooklyn+Breukelen

Foundation for friendship between Brooklyn (NYC) and its original namesake Breukelen (Netherlands). After the #Brooklyn375 Year, we continue to build bridges.

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The complete documentary ’Leven in BRKLN’ (version in Dutch) can be seen via this official YouTube link of @rtvutrecht

#eendraghtmaecktmaght #brooklynhistory #brooklyn #breukelenstory #breukelenbrooklyn #dutchbrooklyn #breukelen #breukelenbridge

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Not everyone is amused by the regular gridlock to and from the Original Brooklyn Bridge…

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Today’s POTW looks at 24 Middagh Street, the star of recent New York Times article "Bragging Rights in Brooklyn Heights." The article looks at two properties and their claim to be the oldest homes in Brooklyn Heights https://t.co/HYwfDM2xSo

[24 Middagh Street], 1922, V1974.32.72

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Interested in a special evening about Breukelen & Brooklyn at Nyenrode Castle? Email [email protected] for the last available invites…

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CBH's unofficial submission to this year's Peep Diorama contest. These are all actors, and events depicted are purely fictional. Although you too can come do genealogical research in our Othmer Library if you so wish. The REAL Othmer library is a little less lopsided.

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Be sure to wear your Breukelen shirt when walking that iconic bridge

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The mayor of Breukelen, Ap Reinders, and the president of the Borough of Brooklyn, Antonio Reynoso, already know each other — but only online.

Yet surprisingly, the two leaders have never met in person.

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The roots of Flatbush and Erasmus…

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In Brooklyn, the borough president, Antonio Reynoso, is now running for the U.S. Congress, hoping to succeed longtime representative @NydiaVelazquez.

Two places with deep historical ties — Breukelen and Brooklyn — and two very different ways of choosing their leaders. 🇳🇱🇺🇸

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In two weeks, voters in Breukelen head to the polls for local elections. But in Brooklyn, the system works a little differently. In the Netherlands, residents don’t elect the mayor. The mayor of the municipality that includes Breukelen, Ap Reinders, was recently reappointed…
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…to a second six-year term, so his position isn’t on the ballot.

Instead, voters elect the municipal council, which sets local policy and forms the governing coalition.

Across the Atlantic, politics looks very different…

@StichtseVecht @BKBPReynoso

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People always mix them up 👇

The Brooklyn Bridge (1883) has stone Gothic towers + web-like cables = classic postcard NYC.

The Manhattan Bridge (1909) has sleek steel towers + trains running across it = industrial vibe.

Same river. Very different personalities.

[Brooklyn+Breukelen @breukelenbridge]

Although we still love the special seal that the graphics team at Brooklyn Borough Hall had developed for that festive occasion, it is high time to move on. That’s why we changed our profile, back to the original official logo of the Brooklyn Bridge Breukelen Foundation.

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Identity change?

#Brooklyn375 took place in 2021, to commemorate the founding of the village of Breuckelen in New Netherlands (America) on May 21, 1646. So, almost five years ago.

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#breuckelen #brooklynhistory #est1646 #breukelenbrooklyn #dutchbrooklyn #breukelenbridge

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#nieuweprofielfoto

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The original Brooklyn, from above

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Nieuwe campagne: BuitenGewoon Breukelen https://t.co/jXnsxNKJgY

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New profile for the Original Brooklyn: BuitenGewoon Breukelen

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Leven in BRKLN - Leven in BRKLN deel 2 https://t.co/HLNXbNkeUL #rtvutrecht @rtvutrecht @apreinders

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In this weekend’s rerun of documentary Life in BRKLN - @LEROYLUCAS

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Foggy Breukelen Bridge, by drone photographer Arthur Bungener