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The New York City borough of Queens was authorized May 4, 1897, by a vote of the New York State Legislature after an 1894 referendum on consolidation. [36] The eastern 280 square miles (730 km 2) of Queens that became Nassau County was partitioned January 1, 1899. [37] Queens Borough was established on January 1, 1898. [38] [39] [40] 1898:
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 most U.S. cities, which lie within a single county or extend partially into another county, constitute a county in themselves, or are completely ...
Directory of the City of New York. New York: John F. Trow. hdl:2027/chi.27275303. Trow's New York City Directory. 1857. 1859 ed. 1865 ed. 1872 ed. Wilson's New York City Copartnership Directory. New York: John F. Trow. 1864. Trow's Business Directory of Manhattan and Bronx. Trow (Formerly Wilson's) business directory of the boroughs of ...
New York City is split up into five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.Each borough has the same boundaries as a county of the state. The county governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county.
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 ...
The New York Public Library: a universe of knowledge. New York: New York Public Library in association with Scala Publishers, London. Dierickx, Mary B. (1996). The Architecture of Literacy: The Carnegie Libraries of New York City. New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and the New York City Dept. of General Services.
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 ...
Mayors of New York City (listed from 1664 to the present) Mayoral elections (since 1897) New York City: the 51st State (1969 Mailer-Breslin candidacy) Mayors of Brooklyn (category) Mayors of New York City (category) Police Commissioners