Brooklyn, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Brooklyn
city = Melbourne
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Hobsons Bay
lga2 = City of Brimbank
area = 5.2
postcode = 3012
pop = 1583 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC21113 | name = Brooklyn (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-09-26 | quick = on]
propval = $270,000 [ [http://www.domain.com.au/public/suburbprofile.aspx?suburb=Brooklyn&postcode=3012 Brooklyn] , accessed 9 August 2007]
stategov = Footscray, Williamstown
fedgov = Maribyrnong, Gellibrand
near-nw = Sunshine West
near-n = Sunshine
near-ne = Tottenham
near-w = Sunshine West
near-e = Yarraville
near-sw = Laverton North
near-s = Altona North
near-se = Altona North
dist1 = 10.5
location1= Melbourne

: "For other uses, see Brooklyn (disambiguation)."

Brooklyn is a western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its lies within the Local Government Areas of the City of Hobsons Bay and the City of Brimbank.

Brooklyn is largely an industrial suburb, with a small pocket of low-density residential in the south. The industrial area features a quarry, landfill and recycling centre, and offices for numerous logistics organisations, including CEVA Logistics. The Huntsman (chemical plant)‎ in Somerville Rd is a large local chemical manufacturing plant.

Brooklyn is notorious for industrial pollution. EPA Victoria receives numerous complaints about offensive smelling industrial pollution from Brooklyn by residents of Melbourne's western suburbs.

The company featured in the 2006 mockumentary Kenny, Splashdown, is located in Brooklyn.

The Federation Trail is a shared use path for cyclists and pedestrians, which starts in Brooklyn on Millers Road.

See also

* City of Sunshine - the former local government area of which Brooklyn was a part.
* Kororoit Creek

References

External links

*EPA Victoria - Odours from Brooklyn [http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/air/brooklyn_odours.asp]