Brooklyn, Tasmania

Coordinates: 41°04′19″S 145°54′32″E / 41.07198°S 145.90900°E / -41.07198; 145.90900

This article is about the suburb in Tasmania. For other locations, see Brooklyn (disambiguation)

Brooklyn is a suburb of Burnie, Tasmania, Australia to the south-east of the main town centre.

Brookville Post Office opened on 1 August 1953 and was renamed Brooklyn in 1968. It closed in 1973.

Education

Brooklyn Primary School existed until 2009. It was later merged with Upper Burnie and Acton Primary School and a new school, Romaine Park Primary was built on the grounds of the Parklands High School. The old Acton Primary School is now home to the Burnie Child and Family Centre, Upper Burnie Primary school was demolished and was replaced by housing and Brooklyn Primary School currently houses some islanders who pick fruit for a living. Two of the old shade houses have been destroyed and my mate took a cool picture of me standing on top of one once. The grass is really tall now and every time you walk near it you're shit scared about getting bitten by snakes. Most of the windows are boarded up because hoodlum bogans started smashing them for giggles. There are also a few holes in the walls here and there, with one being near the kindergarten area and another in one of the old grade 5/6 classrooms. There's a tap with running water which is still functional, that's to the right the old groundskeeper's room, which is that set of doors in the wall near the larger of the two asphalt courts. Have a fun day.

Brooklyn (given name)

Brooklyn is a given name that has increased in popularity for girls in the United States and Canada in recent years. It has occasionally been used as a name in honor of Brooklyn, the New York City borough, but is usually regarded as simply a combination of the names Brook or Brooke, a name derived from an English surname meaning "one who lives near a brook" and the suffix -lyn, which is an element in other popular contemporary names in the United States such as Kaitlyn.

The name was the 26th most popular name for baby girls in the United States in 2014 and was the 16th most popular name for baby girls born in British Columbia, Canada in 2006. Spelling variants include, but are not limited to, Brook Lynn, Brooke Lynn, Brookelynn, Brookelynne, Brooklynn and Brooklynne.

The son of football player David Beckham and his wife Victoria, AKA "Posh Spice", was also given the name Brooklyn.

Notes

Brooklyn (disambiguation)

Brooklyn, also Kings County, is a borough of New York City, New York.

Brooklyn may also refer to:

Locations

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In Canada

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In the United States

Brooklyn Go Hard

"Brooklyn Go Hard" is the second promo single by rap artist Jay-Z, featuring additional vocals by alternative musician Santigold. The song was produced by Kanye West. It appears on the soundtrack to The Notorious B.I.G. biopic Notorious for which it serves as the theme song. It was released on December 1, 2008, as an exclusive download available via subscription to (RED)Wire, with a portion of the profits going towards Bono's Product Red organization. In 2013, it was used in a trailer and several television commercials for the Jackie Robinson biopic 42: The True Story of an American Legend.

Santigold first hinted at a collaboration in an interview with NME, saying she "may also do something with Jay-Z, it's kind of secret - it's not for anything, it's just 'cause we want to." The collaboration contains a sample of Santigold's track "Shove It", in the same vein as Jay-Z and T.I.'s "Swagga Like Us", which samples M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes". However, in "Brooklyn Go Hard", Santigold provides another new verse.