[1] The town center village is listed by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place.

Brooklyn held the 1833 trial of Prudence Crandall, a schoolteacher charged with the crime of educating black female students in nearby Canterbury.

Brooklyn is the final resting place of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam.

Though he was originally buried in an above ground tomb in Brooklyn's South Cemetery, his remains had to be moved due to excessive visitors.

In 1888, a statue of Putnam mounted on a horse was erected, and his sarcophagus placed in the foundation.

The statue stands slightly south of the town green, in front of the post office.

The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round.