A report on Manhattan, New York City and List of counties in New York

New Amsterdam, centered in the eventual Lower Manhattan, in 1664, the year England took control and renamed it "New York"
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.
Peter Minuit, early 1600s
Columbia University was founded by royal charter in 1754 under the name of King's College.
Pieter Schaghen's 1626 letter saying Manhattan was purchased for 60 guilders.
The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolution, took place in Brooklyn in 1776.
The Castello Plan showing the Dutch city of New Amsterdam in 1660, at the southern tip of Manhattan
Broadway follows the Native American Wickquasgeck Trail through Manhattan.
Washington's statue in front of Federal Hall on Wall Street, where in 1789 he was sworn in as first U.S. president
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.
Manhattan in 1873. The Brooklyn Bridge was under construction from 1870 until 1883
A construction worker atop the Empire State Building as it was being built in 1930. The Chrysler Building is behind him.
The "Sanitary & Topographical Map of the City and Island of New York", commonly known as the Viele Map, was created by Egbert Ludovicus Viele in 1865
Manhattan's Little Italy, Lower East Side, circa 1900
Manhattan's Little Italy, Lower East Side, circa 1900
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
Manhattan personified, early 20th century
United Airlines Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
V-J Day in Times Square in Times Square, 1945
The core of the New York City metropolitan area, with Manhattan Island at its center
Flooding on Avenue C caused by Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012
Satellite image of Manhattan Island, bounded by the Hudson River to the west, the Harlem River to the north, the East River to the east, and New York Harbor to the south, with rectangular Central Park prominently visible. Roosevelt Island, in the East River, belongs to Manhattan.
Lower and Midtown Manhattan, as seen by a SkySat satellite in 2017
Location of Manhattan (red) within New York City (remainder yellow)
Central Park in Winter by Raymond Speers, in Munsey's Magazine, February 1900
Manhattan schist outcropping in Central Park
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.
Liberty Island is an exclave of Manhattan, of New York City, and of New York State, that is surrounded by New Jersey waters
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 Empire State Building in the foreground looking southward from the top of Rockefeller Center, with One World Trade Center in the background, at sunset. The Midtown South Community Council acts as a civic caretaker for much of the neighborhood between the skyscrapers of Midtown and Lower Manhattan.
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
Central Park in autumn
California sea lions play at the Bronx Zoo, the world's largest metropolitan zoo.
The Estonian House, the main center of Estonian culture amongst Estonian Americans
A map of racial distribution in New York, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people:
A. T. Stewart in 1870, 9th Street, Manhattan
The landmark Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic St. Patrick's Cathedral, Midtown Manhattan
Many tall buildings have setbacks on their facade due to the 1916 Zoning Resolution. This is exemplified at Park Avenue and 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish residents in Brooklyn. Brooklyn has the largest Jewish community in the United States, with approximately 600,000 individuals.
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.
The Islamic Cultural Center of New York in Upper Manhattan was the first mosque built in New York City.
The Financial District of Lower Manhattan, seen from Brooklyn
Ganesh Temple in Flushing, Queens, is the oldest Hindu temple in the Western Hemisphere.
The Flatiron District is the center and birthplace of Silicon Alley
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.
Times Square is the hub of the Broadway theater district and a major cultural venue in Manhattan, it also has one of the highest annual attendance rates of any tourist attraction in the world, estimated at 50 million
The Deutsche Bank Center as viewed from Central Park West
The New York Times headquarters, 620 Eighth Avenue
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.
Butler Library at Columbia University, with its notable architectural design
The I Love New York logo, designed by Milton Glaser in 1977
Stuyvesant High School, in Tribeca
Rockefeller Center is home to NBC Studios.
New York Public Library Main Branch at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue
Times Square Studios, home of Good Morning America
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Butler Library at Columbia University, described as one of the most beautiful college libraries in the United States
The scene at Manhattan's 2015 LGBT Pride March. The annual event rivals the sister São Paulo event as the world's largest pride parade, attracting tens of thousands of participants and millions of sidewalk spectators each June.
The Washington Square Arch, an unofficial icon of both New York University (NYU) and its Greenwich Village neighborhood
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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
Madison Square Garden is home to the Rangers and Knicks, and hosts some Liberty games
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is the largest police force in the United States.
The Skating Pond in Central Park, 1862
Police officers of New York Police Department (NYPD)
Manhattan Municipal Building
The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) is the largest municipal fire department in the United States.
James Farley Post Office
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Headquarters Building of the New York Public Library, at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street
A slum tour through the Five Points in an 1885 sketch
The fast-paced streets of New York City, January 2020
Tenement houses in 1936
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
At the time of its construction, London Terrace in Chelsea was the largest apartment building in the world
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, part of Museum Mile, is one of the largest museums in the world.
Grand Central Terminal is a National Historic Landmark.
Smorgasburg opened in 2011 as an open-air food market and is part of the Brooklyn Flea.
Ferries departing Battery Park City and helicopters flying above Manhattan
As of 2012, the city had about 6,000 hybrid taxis (shown) in service, the largest number of any city in North America.
The Staten Island Ferry, seen from the Battery, crosses Upper New York Bay, providing free public transportation between Staten Island and Manhattan.
New York City Hall is the oldest City Hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions.
The Brooklyn Bridge to the right and the Manhattan Bridge towards the left, are two of the three bridges that connect Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn over the East River.
The New York County Courthouse houses the New York Supreme Court and other offices.
Eighth Avenue, looking northward ("Uptown"), in the rain; most streets and avenues in Manhattan's grid plan incorporate a one-way traffic configuration
Eric Adams, the current and 110th Mayor of New York City
Tourists looking westward at sunset to observe the July 12, 2016 Manhattanhenge
New York City is home to the two busiest train stations in the U.S., including Grand Central Terminal.
Ferry service departing Battery Park City towards New Jersey, see from Paulus Hook
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
John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States
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

Manhattan, known regionally as The City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

- Manhattan

It is the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, and coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York.

- Manhattan

The newest is Bronx County, created in 1914 from the portions of New York City that had been annexed from Westchester County in the late 19th century and added to New York County.

- List of counties in New York

Situated on one of the world's largest natural harbors, with water covering 36.4% of its surface area, New York City is composed of five boroughs, each of which is coextensive with a respective county of the state of New York.

- New York City

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

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