Language Quote by David Meltzer

Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers.

— Roberto Clemente

I am thankful that Brooklyn, a community of more than 2.6 million people of which nearly half speak a language other than English at…

— Eric Adams

I have nothing but great things to say about Brooklyn.

— D'Angelo Russell

In Brooklyn, it was as though you were in your own little bubble. You were all part of one big, but very close family,…

— Don Drysdale

I grew up in Brooklyn.

— Johnny Kelly

I kind of have an allegiance to the city, but I don't love Brooklyn.

— Weyes Blood

We moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., with no idea how to speak the language. The second day in America, my brother got robbed for his…

— Valentin Chmerkovskiy

I love Brooklyn; it's a part of who you are.

— Paul Dano

“I know second-generation New Yorkers who have never been to Brooklyn;”

— Pete Hamill

New York was my first stop after school because I thought Los Angeles would be too much of culture shock.

— Matthew Bomer

I knew what the Dodgers uniform represented as a kid growing up in Brooklyn.

— Joe Torre

What I say is that there's this culture and this vibe and this community in Brooklyn that's so amazing and wonderful, and it has…

— Susan Kelechi Watson