Brooklyn Facts

There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.

George Washington's army was pinned against the East River on the night of August 29, 1776, two days after losing the Battle of Long Island. Washington ordered a silent evacuation. Colonel John Glover's Marblehead fishermen rowed 9,000 soldiers across, boat after boat. Near dawn, a thick fog hid the last crossings. Washington left on the final boat. The British woke up to empty trenches.

Scarlett was a stray cat living in an abandoned Brooklyn garage when it caught fire in March 1996. She ran into the flames five times to carry each of her five kittens to safety, one by one. Her eyes were blistered shut by the end. Unable to see, she touched each kitten with her nose to count them before she collapsed. She survived, was adopted, and the clinic received over 7,000 letters from people wanting to give her a home.