Google turned up swift results regarding the highest point in Brooklyn:

The Minerva Statue: The battle is commemorated with a statue of Minerva near the top of Battle Hill, the highest point of Brooklyn, in Green-wood Cemetery. The statue on the northwest corner of the cemetery looks toward the Statue of Liberty. In 2006, the Minerva statue was evoked in a successful defense to prevent a building from blocking the line of sight from the cemetery to the Statue of Liberty in the harbor. - The Battle of Long Island @ Wikipedia

Sham.

The actual highest point in Brooklyn is about 30 yards from Battle Hill and the statue of Minerva on a neighboring hill housing the mausoleum of Philip and Latifee Kiamie. I only discovered this after my journey began.



Here's Minerva, hanging out with a wreath and some proclamations.



She stands eye-to-eye with Lady Liberty, which is pretty neat.



However, a quick glance around and I noticed that the next hill over was clearly taller. Task incomplete!



The view from the Kiamie mausoleum steps is impressive. It's evident that Battle Hill is substantially raised when you're standing on it looking out, but there are a ton of bullshit commemorations preventing you from actually looking around. The Kiamie hill comes to a small point, and you can peer out for quite a bit in every direction without too much getting in your way.

Details below. Unrelated shots from the same excursion here.

Task Complete,
Juniper

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P.S.



This poor headstone had been knocked over.



I helped it.



It didn't look super sturdy compared to its friends, but it survived a swift kick without falling back over.