Brooklyn is a city in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.

Near the center of town, Brooklyn boasts a large display of flags from each of the fifty states, branches of the military, and a smattering of other sources.

[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.24 square miles (3.21 km2), all land.

There were 652 housing units at an average density of 495.9 per square mile (191.5/km2).

There were 665 housing units at an average density of 536.3 per square mile (207.1/km2).

33.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

36.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Brooklyn is part of the BGM Community School District, a primarily rural school district that also includes the communities of Guernsey and Malcom and surrounding areas.

The main campus houses a single building that serves students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

KSKB is marketed towards the Cedar Rapids - Iowa City - Marshalltown - Pella region and is rebroadcast on K259AV 99.7 in Waterloo and KLOX 90.9 in Creston.

During the Presidential caucus of 2008, Gersh Kuntzman, the editor of The Brooklyn Paper, a small New York City broadsheet journal, spent a week in Brooklyn, Iowa, posting daily reports on the city, its residents and the political process.