Brooklyn, Victoria
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| Brooklyn Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Population: | 1583 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3012 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 5.2 km² (2.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Property Value: | AUD $270,000 [2] | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 10.5 km (7 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
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| State District: | Footscray, Williamstown | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Maribyrnong, Gellibrand | ||||||||||||
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- 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.
[edit] See also
- City of Sunshine - the former local government area of which Brooklyn was a part.
- Kororoit Creek
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Brooklyn (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Brooklyn, accessed 9 August 2007
[edit] External links
- EPA Victoria - Odours from Brooklyn [1]
- Brooklyn, Victoria is at coordinates Coordinates:
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