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So, with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's dream of finding a perfect slogan for Brooklyn comes the reailty that there's no one slogan that's good enough for the borough. Instead, the borough will use a variety of civilian-suggested slogans for different campaigns. According to the Daily News, "the Brooklyn Tourism Partnership will use several slogans - which range from the classy ('Brooklyn: Bridge to the World') to the wacky ('Brooklyn: The Tenth Planet') and possibly risque ('Do It In Brooklyn') - for specific advertising campaigns." Hey, aren't there only eight planets?

Anyway, here were some of Gothamist's ideas:
Brooklyn: Brunch or Else
Brooklyn: Where Subway Missed Connections Are Made
Brooklyn: Manhattan Still Makes Fun of Me
Brooklyn: We Have Cooler Celebrity Couples!
Brooklyn: Only Babies or Dogs May Apply
Brooklyn: I Saw Marty Markowitz Yesterday!

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By Jen Chung in News on January 3, 2006 5:05 PM

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tommy

To be honest, I can't decide between "It's always a slow news day in Brooklyn," and "Brooklyn: Home of the Best-Spent Tax Dollars." It's a toughie, for sure.

J

All the people leaving comments about how Brooklyn is awful are using reverse psychology - trying to get fewer people to move there and more people to leave so they can afford to buy a brownstone. In the words of the inimitable Mr. Markowitz: "Blessed are those who bought early."

ltorres

Brooklyn: The Borough of Kings!

citizen

"Move to Manhattan B!"

j&m

how about

"brooklyn: way better than queens"

or

"brooklyn: the trendiest name for your daughter."

j&m

how about

"brooklyn: way better than queens"

or

"brooklyn: the trendiest name for your daughter."

k

it does?!

Samantha T

"Brooklyn: Actually Extends Beyond Park Slope"

Toby

Hey Oscar Madison - When I was a little kid I remember Peugeot 505 taxis, the WNBC news open with the bolt of lightning hitting the statue of Liberty and a big 4 coming out of it, Ed Koch asking "How am I doing?", dirty streets, etc.

Getting back to basketball - the Nets were established in 1967 as part of the American Basketball Association. Their orginal name was the New Jersey Americans which played in the Teaneck Armory, then they became the New York Nets and moved to Long Island in 1973, returning to their home state in 1977.

So "Brooklyn: We don't need some stupid basketball team from New Jersey." is quite accurate.

oscar madison

hey toby - I realize you're still unpacking from Indiana or wherever the Greyhound came from; but that team belonged to NY long before jersey got them. We'll take 'em back anyday, certainly when you consider the state of the Knicks.

brooklyn - the anus of ny that drops all over staten island.

Brooklyn Keeps On Takin It

Brooklyn already has some good time-tested nicknames. They should use one of those (for example, "The Mother Borough" or "The Planet").