Explore East Brooklyn, Connecticut, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for East Brooklyn, Connecticut. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Connecticut or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to East Brooklyn.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | East Brooklyn |
| State | Connecticut (CT) |
| County | Windham County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 41.796765 |
| Longitude | -71.897295 |
| Population | 2,205 |
| Density | 335.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 06234 |
| Area Code | 203, 475, 860, 959 |
| County Seat | Windham |
| School District | Brooklyn School District |
East Brooklyn occupies a quiet stretch of land defined by the steady, dark transit of the Quinebaug River as it carves a path through the dense terrain. It lies 17.1 miles east-northeast of Willimantic, CT (from Willimantic, CT: bearing 70°T), and is situated 8.2 miles south of Putnam. The landscape is characterized by deep woods and uneven ground that rises toward the modest elevation of Prince Hill, which sits two miles to the west. Within the immediate vicinity, Rotary Park provides a patch of managed green space where the air often carries the damp, earthy scent of the riverbed. Two miles away, the surface of Furnace Pond remains glassy and still, reflecting the changing light of the afternoon sky against the backdrop of second-growth timber. The quality of light here is heavy and golden as it filters through the trees, casting long, deliberate shadows across the uneven earth.
East Brooklyn retains the physical remnants of an era when water power and small-scale manufacturing dictated the tempo of daily life. Remnants of stone walls snake through the surrounding brush, marking boundaries set by those who first cleared the land for cultivation. While the industrial hum of the past has softened, the economy remains tied to the resilient, practical character of the interior landscape. Life in East Brooklyn moves with a measured consistency, far from the influence of the coast, defined instead by the seasonal shifts in the woods and the persistent flow of the water. Residents navigate a rhythm shaped by the proximity of the river and the quiet, persistent presence of the forest, maintaining a way of life that values the stillness of the inland plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of East Brooklyn, Connecticut. Coordinates: 41.796765, -71.897295. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for East Brooklyn includes the ZIP code (06234), telephone area code (203, 475, 860, 959), county seat of Windham County (Windham), and school district assignment (Brooklyn School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |