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archive]] Brooklyn Borough Hall was designed in 1835 and completed in 1849 to be used as the City Hall of the City Of Brooklyn . In January 1898 the independent City of Brooklyn was annexed into the City of New York and Kings County became the Borough of Brooklyn . Construction on Brooklyn's City Hall began in 1848 and the Kings County Courthouse was built in 1868 , turning this area (now known as Downtown Brooklyn into a government center and busy area of commerce. In the 1940 s, the Kings Country Courthouse and other nearby buildings were replaced by a complex of court houses and a plaza that stand in front of Borough Hall. A mall connects the building to Cadman Plaza Park . On February 26, 1895 , waste paper caught fire and destroyed the cupola, the top floors of the building, and water damage ruined the walls and ceiling of the Common Council chamber. A flag crowned the building for the next 85 years, until the 1980 s when the building was restored and the figure of Lady Justice was placed on top of a new Cupola . The building was added to the National Register Of Historic Places on . SEE ALSO
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