“The Great Mistake,” The Story of the Creation of New York City

Brooklyn never really got over it.

(Pedestrians crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, 1905)

With Brooklyn’s status as the newest “Hippest Place on Earth”, comes some nostalgic feelings about the “Great Mistake”, the consolidation of New York City. On that fateful day, January 1, 1898, Brooklyn, the city, disappeared, and Brooklyn, the “outer borough”, was born. (As were the Bronx, Queens and Stat…