- East Sand Island (Wikipedia)
East Sand Island is a dredge spoil island in the Columbia River estuary near Astoria, Oregon. Originally a small sandbar, it was built up over decades with river dredge sand to its current size of about 60 acres.
- Brooklyn Center, Minnesota (Wikipedia)
Brooklyn Center is a first-ring suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. In 1911, the area became a village formed from parts of Brooklyn Township and Crystal Lake Township. In 1966, Brooklyn Center became a charter city. The city has commercial and industrial development. The majority of land use is single-family homes. The population was 33,782 at the 2020 census, and the city has become the most ethnically diverse community in the state.