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BHS and the Brooklyn Collection at the Central (Grand Army Plaza) branch of the Brooklyn Public Library are both great resources.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online is a great resource for 1841-1902.
Stiles' History of the City of Brooklyn is good up to 1867.
1940's, 50's, and 60's stories can be found in It Happened in Brooklyn - an oral history of growing up in the borough.
For various neighborhoods' origins, the best resource I've seen is Neighborhoods of Brooklyn by former borough historian John Manbeck.
An unusual but fascinating history is Of Cabbages and Kings: Agriculture and the Formation of Modern Brooklyn.
tl;dr: there's a lot out there...can you be more specific? ;-)