Short History of Many Neighborhoods

New York City is in reality a collection of many neighborhoods scattered among the city’s five boroughs Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island each exhibiting its own lifestyle. Moving from one city neighborhood to the next may be like passing from one country to another. New York is the most populous and the most international city in the country. Its urban area extends into adjoining parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Located where the Hudson and East rivers empty into one of the world’s premier harbors, New York is both the gateway to the North American continent and its preferred exit to the oceans of the globe.