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  2. Boroughs of New York City - Wikipedia

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    3. Queens (Queens County) 4. The Bronx (Bronx County) 5. Staten Island (Richmond County) Note: JFK and LGA airports are both located in Queens (marked by brown). The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City. The boroughs are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

  3. Neighborhoods in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Neighborhoods in New York City. The five boroughs: 1: Manhattan, 2: Brooklyn, 3: Queens, 4: The Bronx, 5: Staten Island. The neighborhoods in New York City are located within the five boroughs of the City of New York. Their names and borders are not officially defined, and they change from time to time. [1]

  4. Geography of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The five boroughs of New York City. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.

  5. Administrative divisions of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    The five boroughs of New York City: 1. Manhattan 2. Brooklyn 3. Queens 4. The Bronx 5. Staten Island. A borough is one of the five major administrative divisions of the consolidated City of New York. Boroughs do not currently exist elsewhere in the state. Each of the five boroughs of the city is coextensive with a county of the state of New ...

  6. New York City Council - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs. The council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government model, the performance of city agencies' land use decisions, and legislating on a variety of other issues.

  7. List of Brooklyn neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    Bridge Plaza/RAMBO. DUMBO. Fulton Ferry. Fort Greene. Prospect Heights. Pacific Park /Atlantic Yards. Vinegar Hill. South Brooklyn – takes its name from the geographical position of the original town of Brooklyn, which today includes the neighborhoods listed above under the heading "northwestern Brooklyn."

  8. List of borough presidents of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of borough presidents of the five boroughs of New York City. Manhattan Before 1874, when it annexed part of the Bronx, New York City was the same as the present Borough of Manhattan. For New York's mayors before 1898, see List of mayors of New York City. # Borough President Party Dates in office Notes 1 Augustus W. Peters (1844–1898) Democratic January 1, 1898 ...

  9. List of counties in New York - Wikipedia

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    Five of New York's counties are each coextensive with New York City's five boroughs. They are New York County , Kings County , Bronx County , Richmond County (Staten Island), and Queens County . In contrast to other counties of New York, the powers of the five boroughs of New York City are very limited and in nearly all respects are governed by ...