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1.Manhattan(New York County)
2.Brooklyn(Kings County)
3.Queens(Queens County)
4.The Bronx(Bronx County)
5.Staten Island(Richmond County)
Note:JFKandLGAairports are both located in Queens (marked by brown).

Theboroughs of New York Cityare the five major governmental districts that composeNew York City.Theboroughsarethe Bronx,Brooklyn,Manhattan,Queens,andStaten Island.Each borough is coextensive with a respectivecountyof theState of New York:The Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens is Queens County, and Staten Island is Richmond County.

All five boroughs came into existence with the creation ofmodern New York Cityin 1898, when New York County (then including the Bronx), Kings County, Richmond County, and part of Queens County were consolidated within one municipal government under anew city charter.All former municipalities within the newly consolidated city were dissolved.

New York City was originally confined to Manhattan Island and the smaller surrounding islands that formed New York County. As the city grew northward, it began anne xing areas on the mainland, absorbing territory fromWestchester Countyinto New York County in 1874 (West Bronx) and 1895 (East Bronx). During the 1898 consolidation, this territory was organized as the Borough of the Bronx, though still part of New York County. In 1914, Bronx County was split off from New York County so that each borough was then coterminous with a county.

When the western part of Queens County was consolidated with New York City in 1898, that area became the Borough of Queens. In 1899, the remaining eastern section of Queens County was split off to formNassau CountyonLong Island,thereafter making the borough and county of Queens coextensive with each other.

Terminology

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The termboroughwas adopted in 1898 to describe a form ofgovernmental administrationfor each of the five fundamental constituent parts of the newlyconsolidated city.Under the 1898 City Charter adopted by the New York State Legislature, a borough is amunicipal corporationthat is created when a county is merged with populated areas within it.[1]The limited powers of the boroughs are inferior to the authority of thegovernment of New York City,contrasting significantly with the powers of boroughs as that term is used inConnecticut,New Jersey,andPennsylvania,where a borough is an independent level of government, as well as with borough forms used inother statesand inGreater London.[2]

Background

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New York City'sfive boroughs
Jurisdiction Population Land area Density of population GDP
Borough County Census
(2020)		 square
miles		 square
km		 people/
sq. mile		 people/
sq. km		 billions
(2022 US$)2
The Bronx
Bronx
 1,472,654 42.2 109.2 34,920 13,482 51.574
Brooklyn
Kings
 2,736,074 69.4 179.7 39,438 15,227 125.867
Manhattan
New York
 1,694,251 22.7 58.7 74,781 28,872 885.652
Queens
Queens
 2,405,464 108.7 281.6 22,125 8,542 122.288
Staten Island
Richmond
 495,747 57.5 149.0 8,618 3,327 21.103
City of New York
 8,804,190 300.5 778.2 29,303 11,314 1,206.484
State of New York
 20,201,249 47,123.6 122,049.5 429 166 2,163.209
Sources:[3][4][5][6]and see individual borough articles.

New York City is often referred to collectively as thefive boroughs,which can unambiguously refer to the city proper as a whole, avoiding confusion with any particular borough or with theGreater New York metropolitan area.The term is also used by politicians to counter a frequent focus on Manhattan and thereby to place all five boroughs on equal footing. In the same vein, the termouter boroughsrefers to all of the boroughs excluding Manhattan, even though the geographic center of the city is along the Brooklyn–Queens border.

The current five boroughs of Greater New York as they appeared in 1814. The Bronx was part of Westchester County, Queens County included modern Nassau County, Kings County had six towns, one of which was Brooklyn, and New York City is shown by hatching in lower Manhattan.

Changes

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All five boroughs were created in 1898 during consolidation, when the city's modern boundaries were established.

The Bronx originally included parts of New York County outside of Manhattan that had previously been ceded by neighboringWestchester Countyin two stages; in 1874 (southern Yonkers,and the towns ofKingsbridge,West Farms,andMorrisania) and then following areferendumin 1894 (towns ofWestchester,Williamsbridge,and the southern portion ofEastchester).[7]Ultimately in 1914, the present-day separate Bronx County became the most recent county to be created in the State of New York.[8]

The borough of Queens consists of what formerly was only the western part of a then-larger Queens County. In 1899, the three eastern towns of Queens County that had not joined the city the year before—the towns ofHempstead,North Hempstead,andOyster Bay—formally seceded from Queens County to form the newNassau County.[9]

The borough of Staten Island, coextensive with Richmond County, was officially the borough of Richmond until the name was changed in 1975 to reflect its common appellation, while leaving the name of the county unchanged.[10]

Description of the boroughs

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Further information:Neighborhoods in New York CityandList of parks in New York City

There arehundreds of distinct neighborhoodsthroughout the five boroughs of New York City, many with a definable history and character to call their own.

Manhattan

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

Brooklyn

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A view down a street with rowhouses in brown, white, and various shades of red
Landmark nineteenth-centurybrownstonesin theGreenpoint Historic DistrictofBrooklyn,New York City's most populous borough

Queens

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TheUnisphereinQueens,the mostethnically diverseurban area in the world[31][32]

The Bronx

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The Bronx,the northernmost borough of New York City and the only borough situated primarily on the United States mainland
  • The Bronx(co-extensive with Bronx County) is New York City's northernmost borough and is the only New York City borough that is part of the United States mainland (excluding some islands that are part of the borough). It is the location ofYankee Stadium,the baseball stadium of theNew York Yankees,and home toCo-op City,the largestcooperatively owned housingcomplex in the United States.[34]It is also home to theBronx Zoo,the world's largest metropolitan zoo,[35]which covers 265 acres (107 ha) and houses over 6,000 animals.[36]Directly to the zoo's north is theNew York Botanical Garden,a botanical garden and National Historic Landmark.Pelham Bay Parkis the largest park in New York City, at 2,772 acres (1,122 ha).[27]

Staten Island

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Borough Hallin theSt. Georgeneighborhood ofStaten Island,the mostsuburbanborough of New York City
  • Staten Island(co-extensive with Richmond County) is generally the mostsuburbanin character of the five boroughs. Staten Island is connected to Brooklyn by theVerrazzano-Narrows Bridgeand to Manhattan by way of theStaten Island Ferry,a freecommuterferry and popular tourist attraction which provides unobstructed views of the Statue of Liberty,Ellis Island,andLower Manhattan.In central Staten Island, theStaten Island Greenbeltspans approximately 2,500 acres (10 km2), including 28 miles (45 km) of walking trails and one of the last undisturbed forests in the city.[37]Designated in 1984 to protect the island's natural lands, the Greenbelt comprises seven city parks.

Governance

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Main article:Borough president
The percentage of New York City population residing in each borough (from bottom to top):1. Manhattan,2. Brooklyn,3. Queens,4. The Bronx,and5. Staten Island.Populations before 1898 are for the areas now enclosed in the present boroughs.

Since 1914, each of New York City's five boroughs has been coextensive with a county of New York State – unlike mostU.S. cities,which lie within a singlecountyor extend partially into another county, constitute a county in themselves, or are completely separate andindependentof any county.

Each borough is represented by aborough president.Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island each have a Borough Hall with limited administrative functions. The Manhattan Borough President's office is situated in theManhattan Municipal Building.The Bronx Borough President's office used to be in its ownBronx Borough Hallbut has been in theBronx County Courthousefor decades. Since the abolition of theBoard of Estimatein 1990 (due to a1989 rulingof theU.S. Supreme Court[38]), the borough presidents have minimal executive powers, and there is no legislative function within a borough. Executive functions in New York City are the responsibility of theMayor of New York City,while legislative functions reside with theNew York City Council.The borough presidents primarily act as spokesmen, advocates, andceremonial leadersfor their boroughs, have budgets from which they can allocate relatively modest sums of money to community organizations and projects, and appoint the members of the 59 largely advisorycommunity boardsin the city's various neighborhoods. The Brooklyn and Queens borough presidents also appoint trustees to the localpublic library systemsin those boroughs.

Being coextensive with an individual county, each borough also elects adistrict attorney,as does every other county of New York State. While the district attorneys of Manhattan and Brooklyn are popularly referred to as "Manhattan D.A.Cyrus Vance, Jr.",or" Brooklyn D.A.Kenneth P. Thompson"by the media, they are technically and legally the district attorneys of New York County and Kings County, respectively. The same goes for Staten Island. There is no such distinction made for the district attorneys of the other two counties, Queens and the Bronx, since these boroughs share the respective counties' names. Because the five district attorneys are, technically speaking, state officials (since the counties are considered to be arms of the state government), rather than officials of the city government, they are not subject to theterm limitationsthat govern other New York City officials such as the mayor, theNew York City Public Advocate,members of the city council, or the borough presidents. Somecivil courtjudges also are elected on a borough-wide basis, although they generally are eligible to serve throughout the city.

In some document collections the boroughs used to be designated with a one-letter abbreviation: K for Brooklyn, M for Manhattan, Q for Queens, R for Staten Island (Richmond County), and X for the Bronx.[39]

Sixth borough

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Main article:Sixth borough

The term "sixth borough" is used to describe any of a number of places that have beenmetaphoricallycalled a part of New York City because of their geographic location, demographics (they include large numbers of former New Yorkers), special affiliation, orcosmopolitancharacter. They have included adjacent cities and counties in theNew York metropolitan areaas well as in other states,U.S. territories,and foreign countries.[40][41][42]In 2011, New York MayorMichael Bloombergreferred to the city'swaterfrontand waterways as a composite sixth borough during presentations of planned rehabilitation projects along the city'sshoreline,[43][44][45][46][47][48]includingGovernor's Islandin theUpper New York Bay.[49]TheHudson Waterfront,in theU.S. stateofNew Jersey,lies opposite Manhattan on theHudson River,and during theDutch colonial era,it was under the jurisdiction ofNew Amsterdamand known asBergen.Jersey CityandHoboken,in New Jersey'sHudson County,are sometimes referred to as the sixth borough, given their proximity and connections byrapid transit PATH trainsto the city.[50][51][52][53]Fort Lee,inBergen County,opposite Upper Manhattan and connected by theGeorge Washington Bridge,has also been called the sixth borough.Yonkers,in Westchester County, is often referred to as the sixth borough as well.[54][55][56][57]

See also

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