The first center of
urbanization sprang up in the Town of Brooklyn, directly across from
Lower Manhattan, which saw the incorporation of the Village of Brooklyn in 1816. Reliable steam
ferry service across the East River to
Fulton Landing converted
Brooklyn Heights into a
commuter town for
Wall Street. Ferry Road to Jamaica Pass became
Fulton Street to
East New York. Town and Village were combined to form the first, kernel incarnation of the City of Brooklyn in 1834.
