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The earliest surviving map of the area now known as New York City is the Manatus Map, depicting what is now Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey in the early days of New Amsterdam. [7] The Dutch colony was mapped by cartographers working for the Dutch Republic. New Netherland had a position of surveyor general.
The transit map showed both New York and New Jersey, and was the first time that an MTA-produced subway map had done that. [79] Besides showing the New York City Subway, the map also includes the MTA's Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit lines, and Amtrak lines in the consistent visual language of the Vignelli map.
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New York City has focused on reducing its environmental impact and carbon footprint. [223] Mass transit use is the highest in the country. New York's high rate of public transit use, more than 610,000 daily cycling trips as of 2022, [224] and many pedestrian commuters make it the most energy-efficient major city in the United States. [225]
Counties of New York Location State of New York Number 62 Populations 5,082 (Hamilton) – 2,561,225 (Kings) Areas 33.77 square miles (87.5 km 2) (New York) – 2,821 square miles (7,310 km 2) (St. Lawrence) Government County government Subdivisions Cities, Towns, Indian Reservations Part of a series on Regions of New York Downstate New York New York City Long Island Hudson Valley (Lower ...
The New York Times geography editor, Tim Wallace, notes that perception-based map humor has existed since at least a January 16, 1908 Chicago Tribune front page cartoon by John T. McCutcheon, titled "Map of the United States as seen by the Finance Committee of the United States Senate". [8]
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 separate and independent of any county. Each borough is represented by a borough ...
Modified version of United States (Outline Map) 1998 from Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: United States Maps This image is a copy or a derivative work of usa_blank.jpg , from the map collection of the Perry–Castañeda Library (PCL) of the University of Texas at Austin .