Brooklyn (village), Wisconsin

Brooklyn is a village in Dane and Green Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The village was incorporated in 1905.

The village straddles the border between two counties. At the 2000 census, 502 villagers lived east of the border in Dane County, and 414 lived in Green County. That sums to a total population of 916.

Geography

Brooklyn is located at coor dms|42|51|13|N|89|22|11|W|city (42.853600, -89.369689)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), all land.

All mailing addresses in the village use ZIP code 53521.

The village straddles the boundary between the Sugar-Pecatonica river basin (Allen Creek and Middle Sugar River watershed) draining to the west, and Lower Rock river basin (Badfish Creek watershed) draining to the east. [http://www.danewaters.com/resource/WatershedMap.aspx]

Infrastructure

Roads

Wisconsin state highways 92 and 104 intersect within the village limits. Dane county highway MM terminates at that intersection. United States highway 14 passes to the east of Brooklyn, and is the quickest automobile route into Madison.

Railways

An abandoned Chicago & NW Railway line runs through the village.

Data

Verizon owns a telephone exchange within the village. Its area code is 608, and its exchange prefix is 455.

U.S. Cellular owns an antenna for wireless telephone services at 291 South First Street.

Municipal Properties

Parks

There are two park areas within the village. Smithfield Park is on the east side, and Brooklyn Jaycee Park is near the center.

mithfield Park

Smithfield Park is north of Church Street (WI-92), south of Hotel Street and an extension of that road past its eastern terminus, and east of a line approximately midway between Kerch Street and Teddy Street. [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=42.85297,-89.362718&spn=0.003421,0.00721&z=17&om=1]

This park contains a basketball court, a picnic pavilion, public lavatories with drinking fountains, and a playground.

Brooklyn Jaycee Park

Brooklyn Jaycee Park is adjacent to the American Legion Softball Diamond.

Buildings

Brooklyn Community Building

The Brooklyn Community Building was built in 1938. The mailing address of this building is 102 North Rutland Ave.

Brooklyn Elementary School

Brooklyn Elementary School is a public school--part of Oregon School District. The mailing address of this building is 204 Division Street. [http://www.oregonsd.org/schools/bke_home.cfm]

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 916 people, 343 households, and 255 families residing in the village. The population density was 837.4 people per square mile (324.5/km²). There were 351 housing units at an average density of 320.9/sq mi (124.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.25% White, 0.22% African American, 0.44% Asian, 0.33% from other races, and 0.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.42% of the population.

There were 343 households out of which 43.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.3% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 18.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the village the population was spread out with 30.1% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 39.0% from 25 to 44, 16.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $48,056, and the median income for a family was $51,607. Males had a median income of $34,934 versus $25,893 for females. The per capita income for the village was $19,480. About 1.1% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.5% of those under age 18 and 18.2% of those age 65 or over.

External links

* [http://www.brooklynwisconsin.com/ Brooklyn Area Chamber of Commerce site]
* [http://www.brooklynfireems.com/ Brooklyn Fire and EMS volunteer fire department]
* [http://www.brooklyn.net/other_bklyns/bklyn_wi.html Summary of information included in a Village Cookbook]

References