The city of New York is divided into five boroughs, each of which also forms a county of a different name. The five boroughs are the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island and Brooklyn. No matter what time of day, looking at the NYC traffic report will show congestion where three of the boroughs intersect in the center of the city: Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.
New York City is the center, both literally and figuratively, of the New York metropolitan area. It is also the gateway through which legal immigrants enter the United States. Regarded by many as the financial and cultural capital of the world, it is a designated global power city. The United Nations is located here, as are two major league baseball teams, pro basketball and hockey, and two NFL football teams, the Giants and the Jets.
It is the borough of Brooklyn that has the largest population, 2.6 million. Queens is the largest in terms of land surface area. Brooklyn is coterminal with Kings County. One of Brooklyn's biggest and most famous landmarks is the Brooklyn Bridge, which was built in 1883 and connects Brooklyn to the borough of Manhattan. Brooklyn has been around for more than 350 years.
The largest square mileage (109) of all the boroughs is occupied by Queens, which holds the largest population of souls, numbered at around 2.3 million. Famous people who lived in Queens include Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run for the vice presidency of the United States, Josephine Esther Mentzer (Corona)(aka Estee Lauder) and the notorious Bernie Madoff, disgraced stock broker and mastermind of one of the largest-ever Ponzi schemes.
The island of Manhattan, in New York County, wins the prize for being the most densely populated of the five boroughs, with 1.6 million people stuffed into a land area of 23 square miles. Outside the city and also part of the same island as Manhattan are White Plains and New Rochelle. Central Park is situated in Manhattan. Central Park has appeared in numerous films and on several television shows, but it is probably best known for Friends, which ran for ten series.
North and slightly east of Manhattan, and sharing the same island, lies the borough of The Bronx. It is the only one of the five boroughs of New York that contains the definite article in its name. The Bronx has a population of around 1.4 million. This borough is the home of Yankee Stadium. The Bronx is located in Bronx county.
The Bronx cheer is a sound like blowing raspberries and is believed to have first uttered by fans of the New York Yankees. Numerous song titles mention the Bronx, specifically, Cousin in the Bronx, by the Kaiser Chiefs; Alfie from the Bronx by the Toy Dolls; and Bronx Bombers by Grandmaster Flash.
Staten Island is the southernmost borough of New York City. It is coterminal with Richmond County. The population of Staten Island, compared with the other boroughs, is a paltry 470,000 people. An exciting new development is being planned for Staten Island in the form of Freshkills Park, destined to become New York City's second-largest. The borough has been featured on the television programs, Sex in the City, Grounded for Life, the Blue Bloods, and Law and Order.
New York City is the center, both literally and figuratively, of the New York metropolitan area. It is also the gateway through which legal immigrants enter the United States. Regarded by many as the financial and cultural capital of the world, it is a designated global power city. The United Nations is located here, as are two major league baseball teams, pro basketball and hockey, and two NFL football teams, the Giants and the Jets.
It is the borough of Brooklyn that has the largest population, 2.6 million. Queens is the largest in terms of land surface area. Brooklyn is coterminal with Kings County. One of Brooklyn's biggest and most famous landmarks is the Brooklyn Bridge, which was built in 1883 and connects Brooklyn to the borough of Manhattan. Brooklyn has been around for more than 350 years.
The largest square mileage (109) of all the boroughs is occupied by Queens, which holds the largest population of souls, numbered at around 2.3 million. Famous people who lived in Queens include Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run for the vice presidency of the United States, Josephine Esther Mentzer (Corona)(aka Estee Lauder) and the notorious Bernie Madoff, disgraced stock broker and mastermind of one of the largest-ever Ponzi schemes.
The island of Manhattan, in New York County, wins the prize for being the most densely populated of the five boroughs, with 1.6 million people stuffed into a land area of 23 square miles. Outside the city and also part of the same island as Manhattan are White Plains and New Rochelle. Central Park is situated in Manhattan. Central Park has appeared in numerous films and on several television shows, but it is probably best known for Friends, which ran for ten series.
North and slightly east of Manhattan, and sharing the same island, lies the borough of The Bronx. It is the only one of the five boroughs of New York that contains the definite article in its name. The Bronx has a population of around 1.4 million. This borough is the home of Yankee Stadium. The Bronx is located in Bronx county.
The Bronx cheer is a sound like blowing raspberries and is believed to have first uttered by fans of the New York Yankees. Numerous song titles mention the Bronx, specifically, Cousin in the Bronx, by the Kaiser Chiefs; Alfie from the Bronx by the Toy Dolls; and Bronx Bombers by Grandmaster Flash.
Staten Island is the southernmost borough of New York City. It is coterminal with Richmond County. The population of Staten Island, compared with the other boroughs, is a paltry 470,000 people. An exciting new development is being planned for Staten Island in the form of Freshkills Park, destined to become New York City's second-largest. The borough has been featured on the television programs, Sex in the City, Grounded for Life, the Blue Bloods, and Law and Order.
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