Yakin Long Island, wanda aka fi sani da yakin Brooklyn da yakin Brooklyn Heights, wani mataki ne na yakin juyin juya halin Amurka da aka yi a ranar Talata, 27 ga Agusta, 1776, a yammacin Long Island a Brooklyn a yau. , New York.Turawan Ingila sun yi galaba a kan Amurkawa tare da samun damar shiga tashar ruwa ta New York mai matukar muhimmanci, wadda suka rike a sauran yakin.Wannan dai shi ne babban yaki na farko da aka yi bayan Amurka ta ayyana ‘yancin kai a ranar 4 ga watan Yuli, kuma a tura sojoji da yaki, shi ne yaki mafi girma a yakin.Bayan fatattakar turawan Ingila a harin da suka kai a birnin Boston a ranar 17 ga watan Maris, babban kwamandan George Washington ya mayar da rundunar sojojin nahiyoyi domin kare tashar jiragen ruwa na birnin New York, dake kudancin tsibirin Manhattan.Washington ta fahimci cewa tashar jiragen ruwa na birnin za ta samar da kyakkyawan tushe ga sojojin ruwa na Royal, don haka ya kafa kariya a can kuma ya jira Birtaniya su kai hari.A cikin watan Yuli, Birtaniya, karkashin jagorancin Janar William Howe, sun sauka a cikin 'yan kilomita a kan tashar jiragen ruwa a kan tsibirin Staten da ba a cika yawan jama'a ba, inda wasu jiragen ruwa suka karfafa su a Lower New York Bay a cikin wata da rabi na gaba. wanda ya kawo jimillar dakarun su zuwa dakaru 32,000.Washington ta san wahalar da ke tattare da rike birnin tare da jiragen ruwa na Burtaniya da ke iko da hanyar shiga tashar jiragen ruwa a Narrows, don haka ya matsar da yawancin sojojinsa zuwa Manhattan, yana mai imani cewa zai kasance farkon hari.A ranar 21 ga Agusta, ’yan Burtaniya sun sauka a gabar Gravesend Bay a yankin Kings na kudu maso yamma, ƙetare Narrows daga Tsibirin Staten da fiye da mil dozin kudu da kafa mashigin Gabas zuwa Manhattan.Bayan kwanaki biyar ana jira, turawan ingila sun kai hari ga sojojin Amurka dake tuddan Guan.Ba a sani ba ga Amirkawa, duk da haka, Howe ya kawo babban sojojinsa a baya kuma ya kai farmaki a gefensu ba da daɗewa ba.Amurkawa sun firgita, wanda ya haifar da asarar kashi 20 cikin 100 na asarar rayuka da kamawa, kodayake tsayawar da sojojin Maryland da Delaware 400 suka yi ya hana asara mai yawa.Ragowar sojojin sun ja da baya zuwa manyan kariyar da ke kan tudun Brooklyn.Birtaniya sun haƙa don kewaye, amma a daren Agusta 29-30, Washington ta kwashe dukan sojojin zuwa Manhattan ba tare da asarar kayayyaki ko rai guda ba.An kori Sojojin Nahiyar daga New York gaba daya bayan wasu shan kashi da dama kuma an tilasta musu ja da baya ta New Jersey zuwa Pennsylvania.