City size comparison

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Brooklyn is about 1.5 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Brooklyn is approximately 180 sq km, making Brooklyn 48% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Brooklyn uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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