City of Greater New York
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The City of Greater New York was a ceremonial name used during the consolidation of the City of New York with Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island, which took effect on January 1, 1898.
"Up With the Flag! (of Brooklyn)", an 1895 anti-consolidation song
"Selfish Objections to a Good Match", Puck, 1893
A satanic Thomas C. Platt presides over the marriage of Richard Croker to "Greater New York", 1898
Boroughs of New York City
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New York City is made up of five governmental districts named boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of the State of
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. New York City is shown in lower Manhattan.
Chinatown in Manhattan, the most densely populated borough of New York City, with a higher density than any individual American city
Landmark nineteenth-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