A report on New York City, New York (state), Administrative divisions of New York (state) and Brooklyn

Separate municipal buildings for the town and village of Monroe in Orange County

New Amsterdam, centered in the eventual Lower Manhattan, in 1664, the year England took control and renamed it "New York"

Albany City Hall, the seat of local government in New York's capital city

Fort George and the City of New York c. 1731. Royal Navy ships of the line are seen guarding what would become New York Harbor.

New York was dominated by Iroquoian (purple) and Algonquian (pink) tribes.

The wards of New York City as established in 1683

A dining table from the Dutch village of Brooklyn, c. 1664, in The Brooklyn Museum

Columbia University was founded by royal charter in 1754 under the name of King's College.

New Amsterdam, present-day Lower Manhattan, 1660

Map showing municipalities in New York, as well as cities not included within a town. New York City is shown as divided into boroughs.

The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolution, took place in Brooklyn in 1776.

New York and neighboring provinces, by Claude Joseph Sauthier, 1777

Sign for the Hamlet of Sand Lake within the Town of Sand Lake, New York

The Battle of Long Island was fought across Kings County.

Broadway follows the Native American Wickquasgeck Trail through Manhattan.

British general John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga in 1777

The village of Pomona (red) in Rockland County is partly within two different towns.

Winter Scene in Brooklyn, c. 1819–20, by Francis Guy (Brooklyn Museum)

The current 5 boroughs of Greater New York as they appeared in 1814. Bronx was in Westchester County, Queens County included modern Nassau County, Kings County had 6 towns, one of which was Brooklyn, New York City is shown by hatching in southern New York County on the island of Manhattan, and Richmond County on Staten Island.

1800 map of New York from Low's Encyclopaedia

Brooklyn Bridge in 1883, by Currier and Ives

A construction worker atop the Empire State Building as it was being built in 1930. The Chrysler Building is behind him.

The Erie Canal at Lockport, New York, in 1839

Currier and Ives print of Brooklyn, 1886

Manhattan's Little Italy, Lower East Side, circa 1900

Flight 175 hitting the South Tower on September11, 2001

The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, a designated U.S. National Historic Landmark and National Monument, as the site of the June 1969 Stonewall riots and the cradle of the modern gay rights movement

Flooding on AvenueC in Lower Manhattan caused by Hurricane Sandy

Location of Brooklyn (red) within New York City (remainder yellow)

United Airlines Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

New York is bordered by six U.S. states, two Great Lakes, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

Landmark 19th-century rowhouses on tree-lined Kent Street in Greenpoint Historic District

The core of the New York City metropolitan area, with Manhattan Island at its center

Enveloped by the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound, New York City and Long Island alone are home to about eleven million residents conjointly.

Lake-effect snow is a major contributor to heavy snowfall totals in western New York, including the Tug Hill region.

150–159 Willow Street, three original red-brick early 19th-century Federal Style houses in Brooklyn Heights

Lower and Midtown Manhattan, as seen by a SkySat satellite in 2017

Two major state parks (in green) are the Adirondack Park (north) and the Catskill Park (south).

Imatra Society, consisting of Finnish immigrants, celebrating its summer festival in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn in 1894.

Central Park in Winter by Raymond Speers, in Munsey's Magazine, February 1900

The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is a symbol of the United States and its ideals.

Flushing Meadows–Corona Park was used in both the 1939 and 1964 New York World's Fair, with the Unisphere as the centerpiece of the latter and which remains today.

The African Burial Ground National Monument in Lower Manhattan

The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in New York Harbor is a symbol of the United States and its ideals of freedom, democracy, and opportunity.

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch at Grand Army Plaza

View of The Pond and Midtown Manhattan from the Gapstow Bridge in Central Park, one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, in 2019

New York population distribution map. New York's population is primarily concentrated in the Greater New York area, including New York City and Long Island.

The USS North Carolina, launched at Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 1940

California sea lions play at the Bronx Zoo, the world's largest metropolitan zoo.

The Stonewall Inn in the gay village of Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan, site of the June 1969 Stonewall riots, the cradle of the modern LGBT rights movement

Newer buildings near East River State Park

A map of racial distribution in New York, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people:

Kwanzan Cherries in bloom at Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

The landmark Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic St. Patrick's Cathedral, Midtown Manhattan

The main laboratory building of the IBM Watson Research Center is located in Yorktown Heights, New York.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish residents in Brooklyn. Brooklyn has the largest Jewish community in the United States, with approximately 600,000 individuals.

Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, hub of the Broadway theater district, a media center, and one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections

Barclays Center in Pacific Park within Prospect Heights, home of the Nets and Liberty.

The Islamic Cultural Center of New York in Upper Manhattan was the first mosque built in New York City.

Ganesh Temple in Flushing, Queens, is the oldest Hindu temple in the Western Hemisphere.

CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, the largest container ship to enter the Port of New York and New Jersey as of September7, 2017

Brooklyn Tech as seen from Ashland Place in Fort Greene

The New York Stock Exchange, by a significant margin the world's largest stock exchange per market capitalization of its listed companies, at US$23.1 trillion as of April 2018. Pictured is the exchange's building on Wall Street.

Harris Hall of the City College of New York, a public college of the City University of New York

The Brooklyn College library, part of the original campus laid out by Randolph Evans, now known as "East Quad"

The Deutsche Bank Center as viewed from Central Park West

Brooklyn Law School's 1994 new classical "Fell Hall" tower, by architect Robert A. M. Stern

Times Square is the hub of the Broadway theater district and a media center. It also has one of the highest annual attendance rates of any tourist attraction in the world, estimated at 50 million.

South campus of the University at Buffalo, the flagship of the State University of New York

St. Francis College Administration Building

Rockefeller Center is home to NBC Studios.

The New York City Subway is one of the world's busiest, serving more than five million passengers per average weekday.

The Central Library at Grand Army Plaza.

Times Square Studios, home of Good Morning America

Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue subway station

Butler Library at Columbia University, described as one of the most beautiful college libraries in the United States

John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States

Atlantic Terminal is a major hub in Brooklyn

The Washington Square Arch, an unofficial icon of both New York University (NYU) and its Greenwich Village neighborhood

New York-Presbyterian Hospital, affiliated with Columbia University and Cornell University, the largest hospital and largest private employer in New York City and one of the world's busiest

Williamsburg Bridge, as seen from Wallabout Bay with Greenpoint and Long Island City in background

The New York Police Department (NYPD) is the largest police force in the United States.

Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, New York's U.S. Senators

Police officers of New York Police Department (NYPD)

Kathy Hochul (D), the 57th Governor of New York

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is the largest municipal fire department in the United States.

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Headquarters Building of the New York Public Library, at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street

The fast-paced streets of New York City, January 2020

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, part of Museum Mile, is one of the largest museums in the world.

Smorgasburg opened in 2011 as an open-air food market and is part of the Brooklyn Flea.

As of 2012, the city had about 6,000 hybrid taxis (shown) in service, the largest number of any city in North America.

New York City Hall is the oldest City Hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions.

The New York County Courthouse houses the New York Supreme Court and other offices.

Eric Adams, the current and 110th Mayor of New York City

New York City is home to the two busiest train stations in the U.S., including Grand Central Terminal.

The New York City Subway is the world's largest rapid transit system by number of stations.

The Port Authority Bus Terminal, the world's busiest bus station, at 8th Avenue and 42nd Street

The Staten Island Ferry shuttles commuters between Manhattan and Staten Island.

Yellow medallion taxicabs are widely recognized icons of the city.

8th Avenue, looking northward ("uptown"). Most streets and avenues in Manhattan's grid plan incorporate a one-way traffic configuration.

The George Washington Bridge, connecting Upper Manhattan (background) from Fort Lee, New Jersey across the Hudson River, is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge.

The growing skyline of Long Island City, Queens (background),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-30/nyc-s-fastest-growing-neighborhood-gets-180-million-investment|title=NYC's Fastest-Growing Neighborhood Gets $180 Million Investment|first=Henry|last=Goldman|date=October 30, 2018|publisher=Bloomberg L.P|access-date=October 30, 2018}}</ref> facing the East River and Manhattan in May 2017

The Grand Concourse in the Bronx, foreground, with Manhattan in the background in February 2018

St. George, Staten Island as seen from the Staten Island Ferry, the world's busiest passenger-only ferry system, shuttling passengers between Manhattan and Staten Island

The Asia gate entrance to the Bronx Zoo, the world's largest metropolitan zoo.

The Spanish Harlem Orchestra. New York City is home to nearly 3 million Latino Americans, the largest Hispanic population of any city outside Latin America and Spain.

The Financial District of Lower Manhattan including Wall Street, the world's principal financial center

New York, often called New York City (NYC) to distinguish it from the State of New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

- New York City

The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local services in the State of New York.

- Administrative divisions of New York (state)

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York.

- Brooklyn

It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City.

- New York (state)

Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, as well as the second-most densely populated county in the United States.

- Brooklyn

With 20.2 million residents, it is the fourth most populous state in the United States as of 2021, with approximately 44% living in New York City, including 25% of the state's population within Brooklyn and Queens, and another 15% on the remainder of Long Island.

- New York (state)

The five boroughs—Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens County), Manhattan (New York County), the Bronx (Bronx County), and Staten Island (Richmond County)—were created when local governments were consolidated into a single municipal entity in 1898.

- New York City

Except for its 10 Indian Reservations and the City of New York, every piece of land in the State is part of a city or town, which, with the exception of the city of Geneva, is part of one and only one county.

- Administrative divisions of New York (state)

Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of New York State, making New York City one of the U.S. municipalities in multiple counties.

- New York City

2. Brooklyn

- Administrative divisions of New York (state)

Hempstead is the most populous town in the state; if it were a city, it would be the second largest in New York State, with more than 700,000 residents.

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Boroughs of New York City

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Chinatown in Manhattan, the most densely populated borough of New York City, with a higher density than any individual American city.

Landmark 19th-century brownstones in the Greenpoint Historic District of Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough.

The Unisphere in Queens, the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world.

The Bronx, the northernmost borough of New York City and the only borough situated on the United States mainland.

Borough Hall in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island, the most suburban borough of New York City.

The percentage of New York City population residing in each borough (from bottom to top):
1. Manhattan ,
2. Brooklyn ,
3. Queens ,
4. The Bronx, and
5. Staten Island . Populations before 1898 are for the areas now enclosed in the present boroughs.

1. The Bronx (Bronx County)
2. Brooklyn (Kings County)
3. Manhattan (New York County)
4. Queens (Queens County)
5. Staten Island (Richmond County)
Note: JFK and LGA airports are both part of Queens.

New York City is composed of five boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of New York State, making New York City one of the U.S. municipalities in multiple counties.

Staten Island

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Skeletons unearthed at Lenape burial ground in Staten Island, the largest pre-European burial ground in New York City

Sir William Howe established his headquarters at the Rose and Crown Tavern at New Dorp Lane and Richmond Road prior to the invasions of Long Island and Manhattan.

Historic Richmond Town museum complex is located in the heart of Staten Island.

New housing on Staten Island, 1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.

US Navy ships tied up at the home port pier during Fleet Week in 2007

View of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from the South Beach on Staten Island.

Serpentinite shown in rock cut along I-278 in Staten Island by Todt Hill marked on USGS geological map.

Location of Staten Island (red) within New York City (remainder yellow)

Population density and elevation above sea level in Greater NYC, U.S. (2010). Staten Island is especially vulnerable to sea level rise.

Aerial view of Staten Island from the east at night

Deer found in Charleston, Staten Island. Deer may be part of 40-large herd in Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserves.

Borough Hall in St. George, Staten Island.

"Postcards 9/11 Memorial", at St. George Esplanade

A 1905 golf match with Isaac Mackie (right) at Fox Hills Golf Club, Staten Island, NY

The Staten Island Ferry provides travel between lower Manhattan and the St. George Terminal.

The Staten Island Railway operates along the Richmond/Amboy Roads corridor.

Staten Island is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County, in the U.S. state of New York.

Motor traffic can reach the borough from Brooklyn by the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge and from New Jersey by the Outerbridge Crossing, Goethals Bridge and Bayonne Bridge.

Ultimately, 65% of Staten island residents voted to secede, through the approval of a new city charter making Staten Island an independent city, but implementation was blocked in the State Assembly.